Curriculum Plan Revised

ka|nshadow Commun|ty Charter
n|gh Schoo|
Curr|cu|um Cverv|ew
Ioe Ierguson M.S., Mar|sa kenda|| M.S., Sam C'8r|en M.A., kachae| 1u||ar M.A., V|ctor|a
Ve|azquez, Steve West h. D., A||ssa W||met M.A., 1oby W|edenmayer M.A
Iounders and Cr|g|na| Authors: Stephen 1chud| h.D. and Steven Lafer h.D.
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1ab|e of Contents
Introduct|on.................................................................................................................4
1he Crgan|zat|on of 1h|s 8ook......................................................................................S
Cvera|| Curr|cu|um |an ...............................................................................................S
Coie Couises, Pioject Class Focus, anu Social Emotional Focus............................................................S
Quaiteily Themes By Yeai .....................................................................................................................................6
ear Cne: 1he ua||ty of L|fe.......................................................................................7
Semester Cne, uarter Cne: Lxp|or|ng Cur 1own........................................................8
Week 0ne.......................................................................................................................................................................8
Week Two......................................................................................................................................................................9
Week Thiee................................................................................................................................................................ 1u
Week Foui .................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Week Five ................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Week Six...................................................................................................................................................................... 1S
Week Seven................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Week Eight ................................................................................................................................................................. 1S
Week Nine .................................................................................................................................................................. 16
ear 1wo: An Lxpand|ng Un|verse .............................................................................17
Semester Cne, uarter Cne: Lxp|orers, Irom re-Co|umb|an to Iremont..................18
Week 0ne.................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Week Two................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Week Thiee................................................................................................................................................................ 2u
Week Foui .................................................................................................................................................................. 21
Week Five ................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Week Six...................................................................................................................................................................... 2S
Week Seven................................................................................................................................................................ 24
Week Eight ................................................................................................................................................................. 2S
Week Nine .................................................................................................................................................................. 26
ear 1hree: M|crowor|ds and Mode|s........................................................................27
Semester 1, uarter 1: 1he 1ruckee M|crocosm ........................................................28
Week 0ne.................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Week Two................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Week Thiee................................................................................................................................................................ Su
Week Foui .................................................................................................................................................................. S1
Week Five ................................................................................................................................................................... S2
Week Six...................................................................................................................................................................... SS
Week Seven................................................................................................................................................................ S4
Week Eight ................................................................................................................................................................. SS
Week Nine .................................................................................................................................................................. S6
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ear Iour: Mapp|ng, Document|ng, kemember|ng, D|smember|ng............................37
Semester Cne, uarter Cne: n|story Iar and Near, ersona| and G|oba| ...................38
Week 0ne.................................................................................................................................................................... S8
Week Two................................................................................................................................................................... S9
Week Thiee................................................................................................................................................................ 4u
Week Foui .................................................................................................................................................................. 41
Week Five ................................................................................................................................................................... 42
Week Six...................................................................................................................................................................... 44
Week Seven................................................................................................................................................................ 46
Week Eight ................................................................................................................................................................. 48
Week Nine .................................................................................................................................................................. Su

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Introduct|on

"#$%&'() $*+,-$#$. /,**0('&1 *$*2$#3 &4#,0)4 #$%56-,#5. $.0/%&',(7 What uoes this
mean. It means that leaining must be tieu to something that is authentic foi it to be
meaningful. Leaining shoulu not occui in a vacuum, but iathei shoulu be attacheu to
something that is moie lasting. With that unueistanuing, it is felt that stuuents will begin to
feel moie empoweieu about the woilu aiounu them.

At Rainshauow, goals foi stuuent success extenu beyonu the classioom anu into the woilu
of woik. 0ui goals foi stuuents with iegaiu to the National Coie Stanuaius anu assessment
incluue:
o Stuuents will apply knowleuge anu skills acioss all subject aieas, as ieflecteu in the
uistiict, state, anu national stanuaius foi euucation.
o Stuuents anu all stuuent gioups will make continuous measuiable gains in
achievement of content stanuaius.
o Stuuent leaining activities incluue ielevant anu ieal-woilu piojects anu pioblems.
o Assessment iesults will be utilizeu to guiue instiuction anu to iepoit on inuiviuual
stuuent knowleuge anu piogiess.
o Assessment will allow stuuents to uemonstiate knowleuge in uiveise ways.

In auuition to goals foi stanuaius anu assessment, Rainshauow also has goals foi caieei
piepaiation. They aie as follows:
o Stuuents will gain an awaieness of theii own inteiest, values, abilities, anu
aptituues.
o Stuuent will uevelop an awaieness of the iole anu value of woik foi themselves anu
foi society.
o Stuuents will make the connection between what is leaineu in school anu how that
knowleuge anu those skills aie applieu in the woikplace.
o Stuuents will exploie caieeis using a vaiiety of iesouices anu expeiiences to plan
anu piepaie a caieei pathway.

Rainshauow auministiation anu staff piomote the following beliefs about all stuuents:
o Stuuents leain peisonal anu social iesponsibility by being empoweieu thiough
uemociatic owneiship of theii school community anu theii inuiviuual euucation.
o Stuuents paiticipate in cieating a stable community of leaineis to ensuie acauemic,
peisonal, social anu caieei giowth.
o Stuuent use community-baseu inteiuisciplinaiy activities, piojects, anu expeiiences
to make meaningful connections to the ieal woilu.

All of these goals contiibute to, anu inueeu uesciibe, the schools mission statement:
"#$%&'() $*+,-$#$. /,**0('&1 *$*2$#3 &4#,0)4 #$%56-,#5. $.0/%&',(7 This mission
statement is the founuation of eveiything else that follows in this cuiiiculum uesciiption.
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1he Crgan|zat|on of 1h|s 8ook

This book is oiganizeu thematically baseu upon the stuuent's yeai of schooling. The themes
have been enhanceu fiom the oiiginal chaitei, anu begin with a localizeu fiamewoik,
moving outwaiu to examine the woilu as a whole, anu finally moving inwaiu again to allow
stuuents to ieflect upon theii place within the woilu. The couises have been uevelopeu to
meet National Coie Stanuaius, while still incoipoiating authentic leaining expeiiences.

Each chaptei will incluue a basic outline of the theme, incluuing suggesteu weekly themes,
as linkeu to the actual giaue level of the stuuent. In auuition to the cuiiiculai themes, theie
aie socialemotional themes that aie auuiesseu at each level. The couises that aie offeieu
foi each level aie uesciibeu, as well as the suggesteu InteiuisciplinaiyPioject couise.
Finally, poitfolio outcomes aie uesciibeu foi each giaue level.

Cvera|| Curr|cu|um |an
Core Courses, ro[ect C|ass Iocus, and Soc|a| Lmot|ona| Iocus

Year One:
The Quality of Life
Year Two:
An Expanding Universe
Year Three:
Microworlds and Models
Year Four:
Mapping, Documenting,
Remembering,
Dismembering
Interdisciplinary English
1A-B

2A-B
3A-B
4A-B
Interdisciplinary
Geography and
Humanities 1 & 2
Interdisciplinary World
History 1 & 2
Interdisciplinary United
States History 1 & 2
Interdisciplinary U.S.
Government and
Economics 1 & 2
Interdisciplinary Math
Essentials:
Algebra 1A-B
Problem Solving:
Geometry 2A-B
Advanced Problem
Solving:
Intermediate Algebra 3A-B
or Advanced Algebra 4A-B
Interdisciplinary Senior
Topics: Advanced Algebra
4A-B or Trigonometry and
Pre-Calculus 5A-B
Interdisciplinary Natural
Science 1 & 2
Interdisciplinary Earth
Space Science 1 & 2
Interdisciplinary Physical
Science 1 & 2
Interdisciplinary Science,
Technology, and Society 1
& 2
Project Class Focus:
Health, Project Problem
Solving
Computer Literacy,
Cultures
Media literacy,
Environmental Field
Experience
Project Citizen,
Documentary Film, Baking
Social/Emotional Focus:
How does one initiate into
a community?
Connections in life through
meaningful relationships
Patterns, Exploration, and
Goal-setting
Transition and Reflection
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In auuition to these couises, stuuents will be iequiieu to take an assoitment of elective
couises. In auuition, the pioject class focuses aie suggesteu, as stuuents have the ability to
select which couises they woulu most like to take. Noie elaboiate couise uesciiptions will
be incluueu unuei each yeai's cuiiiculum outline.

In auuition to coie couises, which stuuents aie automatically placeu into cauies foi, theie
aie specific social emotional goals that aie focuseu on foi each giaue level. Teacheis anu
the school counseloi attenu to these goals thiough inuiviuual meetings as well as classioom
expeiiences. 0utsiue gioups aie utilizeu to suppoit these goals as well.

uarter|y 1hemes 8y ear

Each of the oveiaiching themes can be bioken uown into quaiteily themes that aie then
linkeu between each of the coie classes as uesciibeu in the weekly pacing guiue. These aie
suggesteu concepts, anu flexible in natuie baseu upon what is cuiiently happening in the
school, in the community, nation, oi beyonu.
Year One:
The Quality of Life
Year Two:
Year Three:
Year Four:
Remembering,
Dismembering
Exploring Our Town

From Pre-Columbians to
Columbus and Fremont
The Truckee Microcosm History Far and Near,
Personal and Global
Science, Technology,
Society
Telescopes to
Intergalactic: Aristotle to
Galileo to ?
The Lives of a Cell History of Language and
Writing
Social and Human
Resources
Science Fact/ Science
Fiction/ Science Future
The Lives of an Atom Knowledge Systems
Ecosystems Your Expanding Universe Utopias and Dystopias:
One Individuals Place
The Book of Myself: A
Knowledgeable
Autobiography

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ear Cne: 1he ua||ty of L|fe

Fieshman at Rainshauow will begin to investigate the theme "The Quality of Life." The goal
of this theme is two-folu: the theme both initiates new stuuents into the community of
Rainshauow anu allows stuuents to investigate how one's quality of life is establisheu,
incluuing anu especially the quality of life of Rainshauow stuuents. As new stuuents entei
the Rainshauow community, they will have the oppoitunity to engage in a mentoiship
piogiam that paiis them with oluei Rainshauow stuuents. Stuuents will begin to gathei
infoimation about how the Rainshauow community opeiates, incluuing both the
iesponsibilities of being a Rainshauow stuuent as well as how inteiuisciplinaiy pioject-
baseu leaining woiks.
Year One:
The Quality of Life
Quarter 1
Theme:
Exploring Our
Town
Quarter 2
Theme:
Science,
Technology,
and Society
Quarter 3
Theme: Social
and Human
Resources
Quarter 4
Theme:
Ecosystems
1A-B
Introduction to language as a
tool for interdisciplinary
inquiry. Develop students
skills in reading, writing,
listening, and speaking.
Music/Lyrics/Local
Artists
Myths/ Legends /
Fables

Vietnam War
Things They
Carried
Letter Writing

Persuasive Essay
Drafts

Interdisciplinary Geography
and Humanities 1 & 2
Introduction to world
geography, emphasis on
approaches to global issues
and problems.
Reno/History of
Town
Local, state, and
national geography
Native American
History.
Native Populations
in terms of
geography.
Geography of Asia
Korean and
Vietnam Wars.

Essentials:
Algebra 1A-B
Introduction to a wide variety
of core math topics,
connections to real-world
mathematics, problem
solving. Emphasis on math
exploration to prepare for
more advanced math topics.
Renos
Demographics,
Data Collection,
Data Interpretation,
Creating and
Interpreting Charts
and Graphs
Renos City
Infrastructure,
Renos Plan and
Urban Sprawl,
Bridge Design,
Bridge Construction

Interdisciplinary Natural
Science 1 & 2
Introduction to scientific
methodology and the role of
science in interdisciplinary
inquiry.
The Rainshadow
Effect, Weather,
Climate, Truckee
River Watershed,
Geology of Great
Basin
Science,
Technology,
Society, Future
Cities, Medical
Technologies and
Breakthroughs,
Career, Disease,
Nutrition, Future of
Medicine and
Health

Health, Project Problem
Solving

Social Emotional Focus:
How does one initiate into a
community?
What is quality of
life, and what local
resources are
available to support
a positive quality of
life?

Teambuilding:
Ropes

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Semester Cne, uarter Cne: Lxp|or|ng Cur 1own
Week Cne
Subject Unit Standards Activities/
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Introduction: Getting to
Know One Another

o Goal setting
o Learning
styles
o Setting up
portfolio

2.12.1
3.12.5
4.12.7
6.12.3
6.12.7
7.12.1
8.12.1

Goal setting and
learning activities
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Introduction: Getting to
know one another, our
neighborhood, and the
world
G6. (9-12).1
Determine how
relationships between
humans and the
physical environment
lead to the
development of and
connections among
places and regions.
Rainshadow
responsibilities activity.

Name game, sketch
out the neighborhood
activity, Neighborhood
question and
scavenger hunt.

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Math Review and
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The Nature of Science:
Where we find science
in our world.
1.12.8 Adding Positive and
Negative Numbers,
Math Assessment
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The Rainshadow Effect

L.12.C.4 Students
know the unique
climatic characteristics
of Nevadas bioregions
Goal setting activity
and school rules,
teambuilding.

Research science
using different
representations of
organized data; pick a
branch of science and
research using various
sources. Construct an
argument for the need
for science by applying
information for those
various sources.

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Team building: Understanding the norms of the Rainshadow Community, working
with upperclassmen.
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Week 1wo
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Poetry: Devices and
Styles

Vocabulary

Poetry Analysis

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Map Unit: United
States and the World
G5 (9-12).1 Use map
elements including
scale to identify and
locate physical and
human features in the
US and the world.
G5.(9-12).4 Analyze a
variety of complex
maps.
G5(9-12).7 Analyze
and interpret Earths
physical and human
features using
appropriate tools.
G6 (9-12).8 Use
absolute and relative
location to locate
geographic features.
Map of the US and
World Map Activity,
Longitude and Latitude
Activity, Five themes of
geography activity.

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Adding and Subtracting
Positive and Negative
Numbers

1.12.8
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Weather E.12.A Students
understand heat and
energy transfer in and
out of the atmosphere
and influence weather
and climate.
E.12.A.4 Students
know convection and
radiation play important
roles in moving heat
energy in the Earth
system.

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Poetry: Figurative
Language and Styles

Vocabulary

Poetry Writing

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Geographic layers of
the earth, volcanoes,
and other landmarks.
G5(9-12).7 Analyze
physical and human
features using
appropriate tools.
G8 (9-12).1 Analyze
how changes in the
physical environment
can increase or
diminish its capacity to
support human activity.
Layers of the Earth
activity. Ring of Fire
Lesson. World
Geographic Features
Lesson.

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Multiplying/Dividing
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1.12.8
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Climate E.12.A.2 Students
know the composition
of Earths atmosphere
has changed in the
past and is changing
today.
E.12.A.3 Students
understand the role of
the atmosphere in
Earths greenhouse
effect.

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Poetry: Music and
Lyrics

Vocabulary

Music/Poetry Research

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Weather, Ocean Tides G5(9-12).7 Analyze
physical and human
features using
appropriate tools.

Weather activity, and
ocean tide activity.

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1.12.8
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The Truckee River
Watershed
L.12.C.4 Students
know the unique
hydrologic
characteristics of
Nevadas bioregions.

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Poetry: Music and
Lyrics

Vocabulary

Music/Lyrics Project
Presentation

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Prevailing Winds and
Water Cycle
G5(9-12).7 Analyze
physical and human
features using
appropriate tools.

Unit 1 Assessment

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Order of Operations 1.8.3, 1.8.7
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Geology of the Great
Basin
L.12.C.4 Students
know the unique
geologic characteristics
of Nevadas bioregions.

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Paragraph Writing:
Nouns, Com. Plan

Vocabulary

3 Paragraph
Descriptive Essay

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Globalization E.12.(9-12).3 Assess
the impact of
globalization on the US
and world economies.
NAFTA Globalization
Activity

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Commutative
Properties

1.8.3, 1.8.7, 2.12.3
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Renos Demographics N.12.A Students
understand that a
variety of
communication
methods can be used
to share scientific
information.
N.12.A.2 Students
know scientists
maintain a permanent
record of procedures,
data, analyses,
decisions, and
understandings of
scientific investigations.

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Paragraph Writing:
Nouns, Com., Plan

Vocabulary

3 Paragraph Narrative
Essay

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E11.(9-12).5 Explain
how individual self-
interest, channeled
through the
marketplace, can
increase the overall
standard of living.
E11(9-12).8 Illustrate
the idea that real world
economies tend to be
mixed economies
containing elements of:
capitalism, socialism,
command allocations of
resources, market
allocations of
resources.
E11(9-12).9 Compare
the benefits and costs
of allocating resources
through markets or
government.
C15.(9-12).4 Analyze
the role of media in the
process of political
persuasion.
Different stories and
how they are viewed
differently throughout
the world. Open and
closed markets.

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Data Collection N.12.A.3 Students
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for statistical analysis
and unbiased
conclusions. E/S
N.12.A.4 Students
know how to safely
conduct an original
scientific investigation
using the appropriate
tools and technology.

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Nouns, Com. Plan

Vocabulary
3 Paragraph
Persuasive Essay

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Money and Movement,
introduction of natural
environment
E10.(9-12).6 Explain
how the circular flow
can affect the nations
income.

Circular flow of money,
supply and demand

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Distributive Properties

1.8.3, 1.8.7, 2.12.3
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Data Interpretation N.12.A.1 Students
know tables, charts,
illustrations and graphs
can be used in making
arguments and claims
in oral and written
presentations.
N.12.A.6 Students
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schema can be used to
represent and describe
relationships of sets

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Nouns, Com. Plan

3 Paragraph Expository
Essay: City Plan

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Different Political and
Economic Systems:
Capitalism vs.
Socialism
E11.(9-12).7 Describe
the rise of national
economies, the
emergence of free
marks, and democratic
capitalism.
E11.(9-12).8 Illustrate
the idea that real world
economies tend to be
mixed economies
containing elements of:
capitalism, socialism,
command allocations of
resources, market
allocations of
resources.
Comparative and
political terms reading
and questions. History
of capitalism and
socialism viewing and
questions.

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Fractions

1.8.2, 1.8.8
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Interpreting Charts and
Graphs
N.12.A.5 Students
know models and
modeling can be used
to identify and predict
cause-effect
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ear 1wo: An Lxpand|ng Un|verse

A goal for sophomores at Rainshadow is that they build on the knowledge they absorbed
as freshman, and begin to branch out even further into the community, the nation, and
the world. In addition, as one thinks of expanding universes, another key component of
expanding ones world is relationship building. Sophomores at Rainshadow work to
understand relationships and how to cultivate positive support systems within their lives.
Year Two:
Quarter 1
Theme:
Explorers: From
Pre-Columbians
to Fremont
Quarter 2
Theme:
Telescopes to
Intergalactics:
Aristotle to
Galileo to ?
Quarter 3
Theme:
Science
Fact/Science
Fiction/ Science
Future
Quarter 4
Theme: Your
Expanding
Universe
2A-B
The processes of reading,
writing, listening, speaking in
interdisciplinary inquiry.
Texts will emphasize, but not,
but not be limited to,
American literature.
Collectivism vs.
Individualism

Raisin in the Sun
Issues of Equality/
Plays

Realism vs.
Naturalism
Short stories-
Chopin and London

Post War: Jackson,
Salinger, Beat
Writers

Interdisciplinary World
History 1 & 2
This course presents history
as a tool for interdisciplinary
inquiry with a focus on world
history, from pre-history
through the present.
Students will focus on
identifying key current global
issues, concerns, problems,
and debates, and tracing their
historical roots through
history.
Early civilization/
Nomadic People/
Agriculture
Slave Trade?
Mercantilism?
Feudal/ Tribal
Power
Romantic/ Scientific
Revolution
Industrialization
and the rise of the
Cities & War.
Conformity/ Social
and Cultural
Revolution
Essentials:
Geometry 1A-B
This course explores basic
geometry as a tool for
interdisciplinary inquiry.
Mapping,
Orienteering and
GPS
Nasa Space Math:
How is math used
in outer space?

Interdisciplinary Earth
Space Science 1 & 2
This course is an intensive
look at the Earth and space
as tool for interdisciplinary
inquiry.
Inventions,
Exploration and
Compasses,
Geologic Process
and
Biogeochemistry,
Weathering and
Erosion, Plate
Tectonics, Geologic
Time Scales and
the Fossil Record
Astronomy, Origin
of the Universe,
Stars, Nuclear
Fusion, Planetary
Motion, Seasons,
Space Exploration,
Life in Outer Space

Computer Literacy,
Cultures

Connections in Life
Through Meaningful
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Intro to course, goal
setting, learning styles,
portfolio set-up.
6.12.7, 8.12.3, 7.12.5 Journals, inventories,
and portfolio, Alice
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discussion of afterlife.
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Intro: getting to know
one another
H1.K.1 Discuss the
importance of working
together to complete
tasks
H2.2.1 Identify ways in
which people
cooperate to achieve a
common goal
H2.3.1 Discuss how
conflicts can be
resolved through
compromise.
Rainshadow rules and
responsibilities review
and quiz. The World
As I See It activity,
Bomb Shelter group
activity, Human
Treasure Hunt.

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Tessellations,
symmetry,
Transformations

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Inventions N.12.A.3 Students
know repeated
and unbiased
conclusions.
N.12.A.4 Students
know how to safely
conduct an original
N.12.B Students
understand the impacts
of science and
technology in terms of
costs and benefits to
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Differences between
theme and topic.
Bildungsroman.
1.12.4,5.12.1, 3.12.8,
2.12.1
Personal
bildungsroman,
vocabulary words,
Issue Paper
brainstorm, Alice
Sebold
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Discovering the World
Around You and
Revisiting the Past
G5.(9-12).1 Use map
elements including
scale to identify and
locate physical and
human features in the
US and the world.
G6.(9-12).8 Use
absolute and relative
location to locate
prominent features
throughout the world.
G7.(9-12).3 Analyze
the development of
civilizations and the
impact it has on the
changes and progress
of human
development.
Map of the US and
World Map.
Neanderthal reading
and questions. Cave
Art SAS Curriculum
Pathways lesson and
questions.

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Line and Angle
Properties/Relationships
3.12.5, 4.12.5, 6.8.9
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Exploration and
Compasses
N.12.A Students
understand that a
variety of
communication
methods can be used
to share scientific
information.
N.12.B.4 Students
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The Lovely Bones

6.12.4, 1.12.5, 2.12.2,
8.12.1, 8.12.2, 6.12.7
The Lovely Bones
chapters 1-2,
questions, vocabulary;
Coming to America
double entry notes,
communication,
listening and speaking
activities
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Egypt and the Fertile
Crescent
G7.(9-12).3 Analyze
the development of
civilizations and the
impact it has on the
changes and progress
of human
development.
G7.(9-12).5 Evaluate
why major cities
develop in particular
geographic locations
and how this affects
cultures.
SAS Egyptian notes.
Pyramid building
activity and
Mesopotamian SAS
lesson and notes.

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Pythagorean Theorem 2.12.2, 3, 3.12.5, 4.8.7,
4.12.2, 7

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Mapping N.12.A.1 Students
in oral and written
presentations.
N.12.A.6 Students
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First Person Omniscient

3.12.1, 3.12.9 The Lovely Bones
chapters 3-6,
Quiz; Portfolio
responses, map of
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Mesopotamian Unit G7.(9-12).5 Evaluate
why major cities
cultures.
Epic of Gilgamesh and
Hammurabis Code
Activity. Chart of
Ancient Mesopotamian
Civilizations.

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Pythagorean Theorem:
Solving for Angles and
Sides
2.12.2, 3, 3.12.5, 4.8.7,
4.12.2, 7

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The Lovely Bones

Suspense and genre,
elements of plot

1.12.5, 3.12.1, 3.12.6,
3.12.9, 2.12.3, 1.12.4
The Lovely Bones
chapters 7-10
Vocabulary quiz
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Indian Unit G7.(9-12).4 Compare
characteristics and
patterns of rural and
urban migration and
settlement in
developing and
developed countries.
G7.(9-12).5 Evaluate
why major cities
cultures.
Finish Cuneiform
writing activity and
complete Indian Map
activity

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Pythagorean Theorem:
Real World
Relationships
2.12.2, 3, 3.12.5, 4.8.7,
4.12.2, 7

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Geologic Processes and
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E.12.C.3 Students
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fixed amounts and
move through solid
earth, oceans,
atmosphere and living
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The Lovely Bones

Issue paper project
proposal

3.12.7, 5.12.1 The Lovely Bones
chapters 11-12,
Issues within The
Lovely Bones, current
issues brainstorm,
project proposal
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World Religion Unit H3.(9-12).15 Explain
the impact of the five
major world religions
on the worlds social
and political fabric.
Complete India in 90
slides, geography and
writing assignment,
begin World Religion
assignment.

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Circles: Radius, Chord,
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Circumference
4.12.1, 8
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Weathering and Erosion E.12.C.5 Students
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weathered rocks and
decomposed organic
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Book summaries and
personal statements

6.12.4, 6.12.7, 1.12.4,
3.12.8, 3.12.9
The Lovely Bones
chapters 13-15,
summaries with
personal statements, 4-
fold vocabulary, new
synonym vocabulary
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Unit
H3.(9-12).15 Explain
the impact of the five
major world religions
on the worlds social
and political fabric.
Finish World Religions
packet and group
poster.

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Circles: Relationship of
Pi
3.12.3, 4.12.8
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Plate Tectonics E.12.C.2 Students
understand the
concept of plate
tectonics including the
evidence that supports
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paleontological
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Issue Paper project
proposal share

3.12.1, 1.12.4, 6.12.9,
3.12.9
The Lovely Bones
chapters 16-17
Issue Paper Project
proposal share, issue
paper web, vocabulary
board game and
crossword
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Review, test and begin
China Unit
H3.(9-12).25
Understand how
border disputes
reflected and
influenced peoples
conceptions of identity.
Test and Interactive
Great Wall of China
Activity.

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Geologic Time Scales E.12.C Students
understand evidence
for processes that take
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The Lovely Bones

Validity of Sources

6.12.9, 3.12.9, 3.12.4,
3.12.9, 3.12.2
The Lovely Bones
chapters 18-20,
Quiz, Through Their
Eyes activity
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China Unit G6.(9-12).1 Determine
how relationships
between humans and
the physical
environment lead to
the development of
and connections
among places and
regions.
Correct tests and
complete Silk Road
Lesson.

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The Fossil Record E.12.C.1 Students
know how successive
rock strata and fossils
can be used to confirm
the age, history, and
changing life forms of
the Earth, including
how this evidence is
affected by the folding,
breaking, and uplifting
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ear 1hree: M|crowor|ds and Mode|s

Junior students at Rainshadow are becoming future leaders. They are beginning to
research their own lives as well as the world around them with greater depth. Junior
students begin to set personal goals for their long term well being. They also begin to
see the world and their own behavior in a pattern that can be modeled. This pattern is
investigated with the goal of greater understanding.
Year Three:
Quarter 1
Theme: The
Truckee
Microcosm
Quarter 2
Theme: The
Lives of a Cell
Quarter 3
Theme: The
Lives of an
Atom
Quarter 4
Theme: Utopias
and Dystopias:
One Individuals
Place
3A-B
Literary and nonliterary texts
in exploring and
understanding ideas, values,
and concepts. Texts
emphasizing, but not limited
to, major texts in British
Literature.
A Long Way Gone/
Child Stories

Night/ Inhumanity
toward others

Career Exploration
and the American
Dream

Voices of
Immigration: Amy
Tan

Interdisciplinary United
States History 1 & 2
History as a tool for
interdisciplinary inquiry with a
focus on American and
Nevada history topics. (US
History credit)
Native American
Relationships/
Colonial Europe
Split between the
North and South

History up to the
Civil War:
Intolerance and
Slavery
Rags to Riches/
Guilded Age/
Progressive Era/
World War II
Great Depression/
World War II and
the Holocaust/
Japanese
Internment, Present
day border
relations
Advanced Problem Solving
3A-B or 4A-B: Intermediate
or Advanced Algebra
Topics
Explores advanced algebra
inquiry. Prepares students for
the HSPE.

Human Population
Growth
Patterns and
mutations: Math
and stem cells and
cancer

Interdisciplinary Life
Science 1 & 2
An intensive look at Biology
inquiry.
Scientific Method,
Scientific
Knowledge, Ethics,
Experimentation
Cells, Tissues,
Human Embryo,
DNA, Disease

Project Class Focus: Media
literacy, Environmental
Field Experience

Patterns, Exploration, and
Goalsetting

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Introduction to course 8.12.3, 1.12.4, 2.12.1 Goal setting, Weebly
set-up, name game.
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Introduction to the
course
H1.12 Identify and
describe the
characteristics of pre-
agricultural societies.
H1.3 Describe the
interactions among
Native Americans,
Europeans, and
Africans.
Written explanation of
Gold, Glory, and God.
Completion of note
guide regarding Early
Peoples.

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Class Introduction
Introduction to
Matrices

Exponents: Properties
1.12.6, 1.12.7, 2.12.3 Pre-Assessment,
Define it: Matrices
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The Scientific Method N.12.B.4 Students
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knowledge builds on
previous information.

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Memoirs and A Long
Way Gone
7.12.1, 1.12.4, 6.12.7,
5.12.2, 6.12.2
Goals Assignment,
analyze A Long Way
Gone cover, memoir
lesson, background
info fro ALWG,
vocabulary.
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Early Arrivals in the
Americas
H1.14 Identify the
characteristics of Pre-
Columbian civilizations
in South American the
became part of
American Culture
H1.15 Evaluate
factors that contributed
to the fall of the pre-
Columbian civilizations
Completion of letter
writing of conditions in
the colonies. Written
list of facts about
Squanto, Completion of
questions regarding the
Migration of
Diseases.
Comparison between
Incan and Mayan
Civilizations

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Real World Matrix
Applications

Exponents/Exponentials
1.12.6, 1.12.7,
2.12.3,4
Internet Discovery
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The Body Of Scientific
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N.12.A.2 Students
know scientists
data, analyses,
decisions, and
understandings of
scientific
investigations.

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Expository Writing and
the Diamond Conflict
1.12.4, 4.12.4, 3.12.8,
6.12.5, 7.12.1, 6.12.1
Vocabulary, War
Wounds film,
expository essay about
diamond conflict
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Encountering the
Natives
H1.3 Describe the
interactions among
Native Americans,
Europeans, and
Africans.
Completion of a written
depiction of the Pequot
War. List of ideas of
the colonies and their
ways of life. Video
responses to After the
Mayflower.

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Adding and
subtracting matrices

Exponential Graphs
1.12.6, 1.12.7, 2.12.3 Matrix Skill A
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Ethics N.12.B.3 Students
know the influence of
ethics on scientific
enterprise.

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A Long Way Gone
6.12.1, 7.12.1, 2.12.3 Format for expository
essay, Film: Blood
Diamond, Ch. 1-2 A
Long Way Gone,
graphic organizer
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Shape
H1.4 Compare
lifestyles in New
England, Middle, and
Southern colonies as
determined by race,
gender, and class.
Analysis of trade
agreements and
assessment of validity.
Analysis of colonial
religious communities.
Continuation of
questions from After
the Mayflower.

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Subtracting Matrices:
Combination

Polynomial: Naming/
Degrees
1.12.7, 2.8.3, 2.12.3 Matrix Skill B
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Experimentation N.12.A.3 Students
know repeated
and unbiased
conclusions.

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A Long Way Gone 3.12.9, 2.12.3, 1.12.5,
5.12.2
Ch. 2-6, Weebly
assignment, rough
draft of expository
essay, vocabulary quiz
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Reach a Breaking
Point
H2.1 Summarize the
concepts and results of
the American
Revolution and post-
revolutionary outcomes
as they apply to the
20
th
century.
Written discussion of
ideas of trade, tariffs,
and mercantilism.
Definitions of trade
vocabulary. Necessity
of taxes and colonial
response. Readings of
primary source
documents about
Native/Colonist
interactions.

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by Grouping

Test 1
2.12.3, 1.12.7 Exam
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know how to safely
conduct an original
N.12.A.1 Students
in oral and written
presentations.
N.12.A.5 Students
know models and
modeling can be used
to identify and predict
cause-effect
relationships.
N.12.A.6 Students
know organizational
relationships of sets.

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A Long Way Gone
3.12.9, 1.12.4, 6.12.1,
1.12.5, 5.12.2
Ch. 7-8, study guide,
new vocabulary words,
citing sources lesson,
rough draft work
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Communication
H1.4 Compare
lifestyles in New
determined by race,
gender, and class.
H1.3 Describe the
interactions among
Native Americans,
Europeans, and
Africans.
Compare/Contrast
colonies activity.
Benefits of remaining
sovereign vs. banding
together. Drafting a
paper addressing the
various encounters
between colonists and
natives.

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Test Corrections
2.12.3, 1.12.7 Exam
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Peer-Review Process N.12.A Students
understand that a
variety of
communication
methods can be used
to share scientific
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Personal narrative
7.12.5, 5.12.1, 6.12.7 Peer edit for expository
essay, sharing circle,
personal narrative
brainstorm
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Rocky Relationships H1.4 Compare
lifestyles in New
determined by race,
gender, and class.
H1.3 Describe the
interactions among
Native Americans,
Europeans, and
Africans.
Drafting, compiling
information, developing
ideas for positive/
negative encounters
between natives and
colonists.

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Weebly Activity 1
2.12.3, 1.12.7 Portfolio
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Microcosm
L.12.C.4 Students
know the unique
geological,
hydrological, climatic
and biological
characteristics of
Nevada's bioregions.
L.12.C.2 Students
know how changes in
an ecosystem can
effect biodiversity and
biodiversity's
contribution to an
ecosystems stability.

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A Long Way Gone
6.12.7, 3.12.9, 5.12.1,
1.12.4, 6.12.7, 5.12.1,
7.12.1
Ch. 9, vocabulary
crossword, personal
narrative timeline,
structuring personal
narratives lesson,
writing the introduction,
quiz on AWLG
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Whose Revolution? H3.3 Describe key
political ideas that
influenced the
American Revolution
and the formation of
the USA.
Elements that make
one a revolutionary.
Founding Brothers
video: questions
regarding the American
Founding Fathers.
Developing questions
for mock interview of
revolutionary figure.

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2.12.3 Formula sheet review,
test prep, test taking
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Human Population
Growth
N.12.B.2 Students
know consumption
patterns, conservation
efforts, and cultural or
social practices in
countries have varying
environmental impacts.
L.12.C.3 Students
know the amount of
living matter an
environment can
support is limited by
the availability of
matter, energy and the
ability of the
ecosystem to recycle
materials.

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Root Words
A Long Way Gone
1.12.3, 4.12.6, 6.12.4,
4.12.5
Ch. 10-11, vocabulary
root words,
compare/contrast
characters life to ones
own
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Setting Policy and
Precedents
H3.3 Describe key
political ideas that
influenced the
American Revolution
and the formation of
the USA.
Designation of tasks as
either state or
federal to understand
the issue of Federalism
and States rights.
Develop thoughtful
questions for interviews
and use information to
frame appropriate
responses to those
questions.

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Polynomials: Factors
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HSPE Testing Week:
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2.12.3 Formula sheet review,
test prep, test taking
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Our Community, Our
School, Our Niche
L.12.C.4 Students
know the unique
geological,
hydrological, climatic
and biological
characteristics of
Nevada's bioregions.
N.12.B Students
understand the
impacts of science and
technology in terms of
costs and benefits to
society.

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Senior students at Rainshadow spend their fourth year evaluating and reflecting on what
they have learned, and planning for a transition into the real world. In this year, students
complete a senior project on a personal choice topic. Many students begin looking for
internships and job shadowing experiences. The goal for the senior student at
Rainshadow is self sufficiency: that each student can leave Rainshadow with a diploma
and feel confident that they can stand on their own two feet in any endeavor.
Year Four:
Remembering,
Dismembering
Quarter 1
Theme: History
Far and Near,
Personal and
Global
Quarter 2
Theme: History
of Language
and Writing
Quarter 3
Theme:
Knowledge
Systems
Quarter 4
Theme: The
Book of Myself:
A
Knowledgeable
Autobiography
4A-B
The global role of language(s)
and literature(s) in human
affairs. Culminating senior
project.
Short Stories and
World Literature

Senior project,
narrowing drafts

Research drafts

Senior Project and
Reflection,
Portfolios

Interdisciplinary
Government and
Economics 1 & 2
History as a tool for
interdisciplinary inquiry with a
focus the processes and
responsibilities of citizenship.
Principles of
government,
checks and
balances
Individual Rights/
Immigration and
the Supreme Court
Financial literacy,
IES and
Globalization
Economics
simulation and
Globalization
Advanced Math and Society
4A-B or 5A-B: Advanced
Algebra Topics or
Trigonometry and
Precalculus
Completes and reviews
Rainshadow math education
with a focus on problem
solving and communication in
the areas of advanced
algebra or trigonometry and
precalculus.

Interdisciplinary Science,
Technology, and Society
Synthesis of the role of
sciences in interdisciplinary
inquiry with an emphasis on
the relationships of science,
technology, and society.

Project Citizen,
Documentary Film, Baking

Transitions and Reflections

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Semester Cne, uarter Cne: n|story Iar and Near, ersona| and
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Week Cne
Assessment
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Intro to Course 8.12.3, 1.12.4, 2.12.1 Goal setting, Portfolio
Set-Up, Get to Know
You Games, Class
Responsibilities
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Intro to the Course H3.5 Discuss the
major news events on
the local and state
levels
H3.24 Examine the
ideals and the
institutions of freedom,
equality, justice, and
citizenship and explain
how they have
changed.
Written analysis of the
current major news in
the nation, examination
of unjust laws and how
they have changed
over time, reading and
note guide on basic
governmental
structure.

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Class Introduction and
Pre-assessment
Pre-assessment
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Introduction to
Forensic Science
Principles, Career
Possibilities, and
Scientific Crime
Analysis
N.12.A.2 Students
know scientists
data, analyses,
decisions, and
understandings of
scientific investigations
N.12.B.4 Students
know scientific
knowledge builds on
previous information
Daily Warm Up (DWU),
Forensic science intro
guided notes, career
story assignment,
crime scenario
assignment

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Intro to Things Fall
Apart, SAT
Vocabulary, Senior
Project: I-Search
3.12.9, 3.12.8, 3.12.7,
2.12.1, 1.12.3, 1.12.4,
4.12.7
Background info.
Things Fall Apart, SAT
Vocab., I-Search
brainstorm
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Governments Major
Institutions
H3.5.5 Discuss issues
and events that have
an impact on people at
local, state, national,
and global levels
H2.(9-12).3 Analyze
how different cultures,
points of view, and
self-interests influence
compromise and
conflict over territories,
borders, and
resources.
Complete reading and
note guide on basic
governmental
structure, response to
issues about disparities
in wealth due to
exploitative practices
and monopolies,
analyze the issue of
colonialism and
determine intentions of
the colonizers.

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Trigonometry:
Vocabulary and
Introduction
3.12.3 Define It: Trig notes,
graphs, and diagrams
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Intro to Crime Scene
Analysis and
eyewitness vs.
physical evidence, and
their application to
forensic investigations
N.12.A.2 Students
know scientists
data, analyses,
decisions, and
understandings of
N.12.B.4 Students
know scientific
knowledge builds on
DWU, Crime Scene
Basics Guided Notes,
Eyewitness Basics
Guided Notes,
Eyewitness Basics
Webquest

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African Proverbs, SAT
Vocabulary
5.12.1, 3.12.5, 2.12.1,
1.12.5
Presentation of
background
information, I-Search
Brainstorm due, lesson
and reading on African
Proverbs
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Foundations of
Government
H2.(9-12).16 Examine
the roles of
nationalism,
imperialism, and
religion in the building
and development of
nations.
Written response to
Teddy Roosevelts Big
Stick Policy,
completed note frame
of obstacles,
unification, distance
from Britain, the
Declaration of
Independence, and
state governments,
response to child labor

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Trigonometry:
Vocabulary
3.12.3 Define It: Trig. Notes,
graphs, and diagrams
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Introduction to
Forensics Assessment
N.12.A.2 Students
know scientists
data, analyses,
decisions, and
understandings of
N.12.B.4 Students
know scientific
knowledge builds on
DWU, Unit 1
Assessment

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Assessment
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Writing a Proposal
1.12.5, 2.12.3, 5.12.1,
1.12.4
Ch. 1-2, Study
Questions, Vocab.
Quiz, I-Search
Proposal
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The Importance of
Freedom of Speech
H2.12 Identify the
individual and states
rights protected by the
Bill of Rights and their
continuing significance
H3.11 Discuss the rise
of Progressive
Movements and how
they influenced social
change
Determine the
effectiveness of
photography as a
Muckraker technique,
analysis of political
campaigns and the use
of mudslinging,
determine how far
freedom of speech
goes and when it can
be prevented

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Law of Sine and Law
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Notes and examples
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Different Types of
Physical Evidence,
Use in Forensics, and
Physical Properties
N.12.A.2 Students
know scientists
data, analyses,
decisions, and
understandings of
N.12.B.4 Students
know scientific
knowledge builds on
DWU, Physical
Evidence Guided
Notes, Value of
Evidence Video
Questions

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Assessment
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I-Search
Proposal
3.12.1, 3.12.2 Ch. 3-6, Study Guide
Questions, I-Search
Proposal due
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America
Evolves
H4.(9-12).1 Describe and
interpret the causes and
effects of WWI and WWII on
the relationship between the
United States and Europe.
C16.(9-12).2 Analyze the
conflict between US policies
of isolationism vs. intervention
in world affairs.
C16.(9-12).4 Critique the role
of international organizations
like the United Nations, World
Bank, Amnesty International,
and Red Cross
Written opinion about
prohibition, list of
arguments that are
supportive of both
arguments about
prohibition,
development of
arguments into a
debate format using
factual information,
discussion of
globalization, written
excerpt from reading
about globalization

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Law of Cosine
Skill A
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Importance of
Fingerprints to
Forensic
Science
N.12.A.1 Students know
tables, charts, illustrations,
and graphs can be used in
making arguments and claims
in oral and written
presentations.
repeated experimentation
allows for statistical analyses
and unbiased conclusions.
N.12.A.4 Students know how
to safely conduct original
scientific investigation using
appropriate tools of
technology.
L.12.A.1 Students know
genetic information passes
from parents to offspring and
is coded in the DNA molecule.
L.12.B.2 Students know the
human body has a specialized
anatomy and physiology
composed of an hierarchical
arrangement of differentiated
cells
DWU, Fingerprints
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I-Search and
Senior Project
3.12.1, 3.12.7, 3.12.8,
5.12.1
Ch. 7, Study Guide and
questions, PowerPoint
on Igbo, 25 questions
about your topic
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America Goes
Global
conflict between US policies
of isolationism vs.
intervention in world affairs.
C16.(9-12).4 Critique the
role of international
organizations like the United
Nations, World Bank,
Amnesty International, and
Red Cross
Written idea about
developing a company
that considers earth
friendly practices while
being for profit,
prohibition debate
research, shared ideas
from globalization
reading and note
taking, globalization
simulation to exemplify
the world

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Trigonometry
Vocab., Law of
Sine, and Law of
Cosine
3.12.3 Exam
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Experimentation
and Analyzing of
Fingerprints to
Understand the
Role in Forensic
Science
making arguments and
claims in oral and written
presentations.
allows for statistical
analyses and unbiased
conclusions.
how to safely conduct
original scientific
investigation using
technology.
from parents to offspring
and is coded in the DNA
molecule.
human body has a
specialized anatomy and
physiology composed of an
hierarchical arrangement of
differentiated cells
DWU, Classroom
Fingerprint Analysis,
Ridgeology Guided
Notes, Fingerprint
Challenge, Latent Print
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Citing
Sources
5.12.1, 2.12.2, 2.12.3, 8.12.3,
7.12.2, 6.12.9
Ch. 8, Study Guide
Questions, Finish
PowerPoint on Igbo,
notecard format for
resources- gather
resources
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Globalization:
What is it
Good For?
conflict between US policies of
isolationism vs. intervention in
world affairs.
C16.(9-12).4 Critique the role of
international organizations like
the United Nations, World Bank,
Amnesty International, and Red
Cross
Discussion regarding
who is responsible for
resource
depletion/world
degradation through
photographs, Venn
diagram comparing
conflict and
competition, World
Trade Organization
webquest to learn
about the WTOs
environmental policies

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Exam 1
corrections

Portfolio
Activity 1
3.12.3 Portfolio
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Examination
of Impression
Evidence to
Understand
Role in
Forensic
Science.

Assessment
on
Fingerprint
Forensics
N.12.A.1 Students know tables,
charts, illustrations, and graphs
arguments and claims in oral
and written presentations.
repeated experimentation allows
for statistical analyses and
unbiased conclusions.
N.12.A.4 Students know how to
safely conduct original scientific
investigation using appropriate
tools of technology.
L.12.A.1 Students know genetic
information passes from parents
to offspring and is coded in the
DNA molecule.
human body has a specialized
anatomy and physiology
composed of an hierarchical
arrangement of differentiated
cells
DWU, Impression
Evidence Guided
Notes, Tire Tracks
Challenge,
Assessment #2

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Assessment
Thematic
Link(s)
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Things Fall Apart

Citations
5.12.1, 3.12.9, 6.12.7,
6.12.4, 8.12.4, 6.12.9
Ch. 9-10, Study Guide
Questions, 5 notecards
due with correct citations
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Voting: Two
Steps Forward,
One Step Back
C15.1 Describe the
election process
H3.9 Identify the 15
th

Amendment and its impact
upon human rights
H3.10 Identify the Black
Codes and Jim Crow Laws
and explain how they
reflected attitudes about
race
What makes a citizen?
and who is not/should
not be a citizen? written
evaluation, questions
from We The People
about expansion of
voting rights, barriers to
voting questions,
completed timeline
about voting rights and
their expansion, list of
regulations/requirements
for voting in Nevada

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Radian vs.
Degrees:
Conversions
3.12.3 Notes, in class
examples
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Dental Records
and Bite Marks
to Understand
Role in Forensic
Science
making arguments and
claims in oral and written
presentations.
allows for statistical
analyses and unbiased
conclusions.
original scientific
investigation using
technology.
molecule.
L.12.B.2 Students know
the human body has a
DWU, Tool Marks
Guided Notes, Tool
Mark Lab Parts 1 & 2,
Bite Mark Impression
Lab Parts 1 & 2

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Things Fall Apart

Assessment

Vocabulary
3.12.9, 9.12.9, 2.12.3,
1.12.5
Ch. 11-12, Study Guide
Questions, vocabulary,
Things Fall Apart
assessment
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Voting: Two
Steps Forward,
One Step Back
C15.1 Describe the
election process
C13.(9-12).7 Analyze and
evaluate the role of citizen
participation in civic life
role and function of political
parties in public policy and
the electoral process
Effectiveness of
lobbyists and various
constituent groups
response, voter
behavior questions
addressing who votes
and who doesnt, poem
to show the importance
of voting using
information about
voting requirements
and notes/information
gathered

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Radian vs.
Degrees:
Conversions
3.12.3 Radians- Degrees and
Degrees; Radians Skill
A & B
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Examination of
Trace Evidence,
Such As Hairs
and Fibers, to
Understand Role
in Forensic
Science
original scientific
investigation using
technology.
molecule.
DNA molecules provide
instructions for assembling
protein molecules
L.12.A.3 Students know all
body cells in an organism
develop from a single cell
and contain essentially
identical instructions
cell structures and their
functions.
the human body has a
DWU, Hair and Fiber
Evidence, Guided
Notes

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