2016y / 2019y-H

Europe and the World: History and Literature

Full Year / 1 credit* / Grade 9

Prerequisites:

Placement in the Honors section of this course requires: Completion of all assigned Honors summer work; Teacher recommendation based on Q1 performance and grade (minimum B+ and above ); Honors Placement is finalized after Q1.

Course Description:

Europe and the World: Literature & History 9 is an interdisciplinary, team-taught course based on the essential theme: The Journey as a Metaphor. Students will examine this question and theme through the prisms of history, literature and art. The course develops skills in critical thinking, reading, writing, and speaking. Course reading will include a variety of genres including drama, novels, short stories, historical essays, articles, poetry, historical documents, and extracts from primary and secondary sources. Students will develop skills in close reading of a text, participate in individual and group presentations and create multimedia projects. Written tasks will include journal writing, informal responses, formal essays and literary commentaries. A unique feature of this course is the culminating, collaborative student project entitled “A Journey to Peace”.

* An ACS Athens Scholar Diploma core course.