10th Grade Academics

English

English, Grade 10 (regular pathway)

Pre-requisites: English Language Arts, Grade 9

Reading literature, reading informational text, writing, speaking and listening, and language. NOTE: FULFILLS ENGLISH CREDIT REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION. This course is appropriate for students interested in a wide range of postsecondary options.

English, Grade 10, Advanced Level

Pre-requisites: English Language Arts, Grade 9

Advanced work in reading literature, reading informational text, writing, speaking and listening, and language. NOTE: FULFILLS ENGLISH CREDIT REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION. This course is encouraged for students interested in pursuing postsecondary education at the two-year or four-year level.

History

United States History I: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution (regular pathway)

Pre-requisites: None

Chronological survey of major events and issues: colonization; American Revolution; development of political system and distinct culture; slavery; reform movements; sectionalism; Civil War; Reconstruction; Alabama's history and geographic changes that have influenced aspects of life during and after events. This course is appropriate for students interested in a wide range of postsecondary options.

AP US History I: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution

(only recommended if you made an A or B in Advanced World History in 9th grade). Will require summer work. College Level Course.

Pre-requisites: Successful completion of world history, preferably at the advanced level

This course focuses on the development of historical thinking skills (chronological reasoning, comparing and contextualizing, crafting historical arguments using historical evidence, and interpreting and synthesizing historical narrative) and the development of students’ abilities to think conceptually about U.S. history from approximately 1491 to the early industrial movement. Students are expected, but not required, to take the AP US History II course. The AP Exam is taken at the end of the AP US History II course. This course is encouraged for students interested in pursuing postsecondary education at the two-year or four-year level.

Science

Physical Science (regular pathway; most students that took regular biology will take this course)

Pre-requisites: Completion of biology, any level

This course will satisfy the physical science requirement needed for graduation. This is a conceptual, inquiry-based course that provides students with an investigation of the basic concepts of chemistry and physics. Content standards covered in this course include matter and its interactions, forces and motion, energy and waves. This course is appropriate for students interested in a wide range of postsecondary options.

Chemistry (those in advanced math have the opportunity to take this)

Pre-requisites: Completion of biology, any level

This course will satisfy the physical science requirement needed for graduation. This is a mathematics-heavy course that applies mathematical concepts to chemical interactions. Content standards covered in this course include matter and its interactions, energy transformations, changes in matter, chemical reactions, stoichiometric calculations, etc. This course is appropriate for students interested in a wide range of postsecondary options.

Chemistry, Advanced (most challenging science option; recommend high grade in advanced math and advanced science from previous years)

Pre-requisites: Successful completion of biology, preferably at the advanced level.

This academically challenging course is designed to prepare students for success in AP Chemistry. This course is an in-depth study of those topics in Chemistry and will also include an introduction of equilibrium, redox reactions nuclear chemistry and electrochemistry, to name a few. This course is encouraged for students interested in pursuing postsecondary education at the two-year or four-year level.

Math

Algebra I with Probability

Pre-requisites: Successful completion of Geometry with Data Analysis or Advanced Geometry with Data Analysis

NOTE: FULFILLS ONE OF THE FOUR MATHEMATICS CREDITS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION. Algebra I with Probability builds upon algebraic concepts studied in Grade 7 and Grade 8 Mathematics. It provides students with the necessary knowledge of algebra and probability for use in everyday life and in the subsequent study of mathematics. Algebra I with Probability is the second of three courses required for all students. Students may enroll in this course after completing Geometry with Data Analysis in Grade 9. Students who wish to accelerate their mathematics pathways in high school may also elect to enroll in Algebra I with Probability concurrently with Geometry with Data Analysis in the 9th grade.

Advanced Algebra I with Probability

Pre-requisites: Successful completion of Geometry with Data Analysis or Advanced Geometry with Data Analysis

NOTE: FULFILLS ONE OF THE FOUR MATHEMATICS CREDITS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION. Advanced Algebra I with Probability builds upon algebraic concepts studied in Grade 7 and Grade 8 Mathematics. It provides students with the necessary knowledge of algebra and probability for use in everyday life and in the subsequent study of mathematics. Advanced Algebra I with Probability is the second of three courses required for all students. Students may enroll in this course after completing Geometry with Data Analysis in Grade 9. Students who wish to accelerate their mathematics pathways in high school may also elect to enroll in Advanced Algebra I with Probability concurrently with Geometry with Data Analysis in the 9th grade.