ASE: High School Diploma

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In this activity, students discuss the music they do and do not enjoy. They then watch a short video segment of a band playing "St. Louis Blues" and are asked to write a critique of the music they heard based on their opinion and a critique from a music critic. Students then reflect on how their point of view influenced their opinion.

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In this activity, students watch a video called The Science of Flavor to learn about the perception of flavor and then discuss what they learned.

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For student success in school, learning how to organize time is critical. This begins with a calendar to write assignments, projects, deadlines, and tests. In this activity students learn how to use Microsoft Office to create a personal calendar.

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In this activity, students use primary sources to answer the question of whether Pocahontas saved John Smith’s life.

Screenshot of the Reading Like a Historian lesson on Pocahontas

The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features sets of primary documents modified for groups of students with diverse reading skills and abilities. U.S. History consists of the following Units:

• Unit 1: Introduction
• Unit 2: Colonial
• Unit 3: Revolution and Early America
• Unit 4: Expansion/Slavery
• Unit 5: Civil War and Reconstruction
• Unit 6: The Gilded Age
• Unit 7: American Imperialism
• Unit 8: Progressivism
• Unit 9: World War I and the 1920s
• Unit 10: New Deal and World War II
• Unit 11: Cold War
• Unit 12: Cold War Culture/Civil Rights
• Unit 13: Late 1900s and Early 2000s