Two years ago, with the encouragement and blessing of the GEH BOE and OHS admin, I altered this course and re-wrote the curriculum. This was done for two reasons: 1. To create a greater distinct between students on the AP track and those who chose to remain in Honors. 2. To create a greater distinction between the course of study in the regular English 2 curriculum (which is designed as a survey of Early American literature and high school writing modes) and this one. Ours is a curriculum that balances the study of Early America with analysis of current events in America, especially those with a direct link to comprehensive understanding of American government.
This will be an interesting year to be in this course because we will have a Presidential election to deconstruct. Your job over this next week, while we work our way through the particulars of opening week, will be to familiarize yourself with the candidates. The sign linked below is one of thousands of ways to do this. This site claims to be "unbiased and fact based," but as we will discuss this semester, that is not always the case. Credibility of the site itself is very low, but most sources contained within are well-cited and most seem to be primary. I like the integration of multi-media here, so that's why I am using it. Provides some decent overview.
http://2012.candidate-comparison.org/?compare=Romney&vs=Obama
http://2012.candidate-comparison.org/?compare=Romney&vs=Obama
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