About our Course
10th Grade Learning Community Mission Statement
Learning Communities offer increased interdisciplinary connections, greater responsibility and ownership of the community, and an opportunity to build stronger relationships with teachers and other students. All Tenth Grade Learning Communities are committed to furthering the Bloomfield Hills High School cornerstones of relationships, innovation, authentic learning, and ownership and responsibility.
*Yearly 10th grade themes: identity, discovery, change
Course Overview and Objectives
American Literature and American History courses will align timelines and skills throughout the year. The English and history teachers will collaborate during several units each semester so that all students will benefit from a shared interdisciplinary experience
American History will be taught in a chronological approach. Students will analyze causes and effects of events, use primary and secondary sources to explore time and place, and scrutinize the impact of major geographical themes, economic principles, and governmental ideologies of the United States. American Literature will introduce students to the major literary periods in the development of American Literature. Students will study the characteristics, works, and significant authors of each of the historical periods, as well as the major philosophical trends that both permeate and transcend each period in American literary history. Writing assignments, projects, activities and reading will stimulate critical thinking and self-expression and reinforce grammatical, mechanical, and vocabulary skills.
Learning Communities offer increased interdisciplinary connections, greater responsibility and ownership of the community, and an opportunity to build stronger relationships with teachers and other students. All Tenth Grade Learning Communities are committed to furthering the Bloomfield Hills High School cornerstones of relationships, innovation, authentic learning, and ownership and responsibility.
*Yearly 10th grade themes: identity, discovery, change
Course Overview and Objectives
American Literature and American History courses will align timelines and skills throughout the year. The English and history teachers will collaborate during several units each semester so that all students will benefit from a shared interdisciplinary experience
American History will be taught in a chronological approach. Students will analyze causes and effects of events, use primary and secondary sources to explore time and place, and scrutinize the impact of major geographical themes, economic principles, and governmental ideologies of the United States. American Literature will introduce students to the major literary periods in the development of American Literature. Students will study the characteristics, works, and significant authors of each of the historical periods, as well as the major philosophical trends that both permeate and transcend each period in American literary history. Writing assignments, projects, activities and reading will stimulate critical thinking and self-expression and reinforce grammatical, mechanical, and vocabulary skills.