Voices & Visions of Justice
Envisioning the demands of equitable societies and developing their distinctive, expressive voices as writers and thinkers, ninth graders explore familiar and unfamiliar lives and dilemmas
March 25, 2023
Envisioning the demands of equitable societies and developing their distinctive, expressive voices as writers and thinkers, ninth graders explore familiar and unfamiliar lives and dilemmas
Tenth-grade English emphasizes critical reading, focused discussions and a variety of writing assignments connected to the study of literature derived from the British tradition. These
The American Dream is a familiar phrase, but what does it mean? Whose dream is it? Is there just one dream for all Americans? How
Carl Sagan once declared, “Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs.” What
We typically arrive at new understanding through our own experience. And so in this course we will explore the many ways writers across the American
Writing what’s new is inextricably linked to reading what’s come before. With that in mind, this three-genre writing workshop offers a survey of American literature
In this course, we will use a wide range of American short stories, poems, and novels to sample the many voices and issues that have
America is made up of a patchwork of ethnicities, races, religions, and personal experiences. As the country has grown over the past 250 years, individuals
“I don’t believe in ghosts,” the writer Edith Wharton once asserted, “but I am afraid of them.” In this course, we will dare to awaken
This course traces how the American literary tradition has turned again and again to the gothic genre to engage with issues of gender, race, class,
Here in the Pioneer Valley, the dark greens of late summer transition to a rich panoply of color as temperatures shift from hot and humid
In the first half of the year, students are introduced to microeconomic theory through the study of such concepts as supply and demand, the law
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