Grade 11 Required Courses
World Studies/World Literature
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2 credits:1 English, 1 social studies
Grade 11
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World Studies and World Literature are the third level of the core requirement in Humanities building on the Division 1 curriculum.
Junior Research Project
Graduation Requirement
Grade 11
The Junior Research Project, a graduation requirement, is a researched writing process that culminates with a comprehensive research paper written in the spring of the junior year. As part of the World Studies curriculum, students gain research and writing skills that aid them in the completion of this paper. In their final product, students exhibit their competence in the Academic Learner Expectations. The Junior Research Project is a graduation requirement.
World Studies
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Required: 1 credit social studies
Grade 11
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Why are there oppressive governments and how do they maintain control? Is there one right form of government? How do systems of beliefs shape culture, history, and societies? How do beliefs create conflict? What cultural understanding is needed to navigate the increasingly global economy? How has colonization had enduring impacts on the world?
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The course is organized around central themes that address the questions above in terms of issues that exist for all people worldwide, such as the nature of political and social power, interdependence, the condition of the environment, economic development and the impact of the past on current conditions. The 11th grade World Studies Program takes a multidisciplinary approach within the social studies (history, political science, culture studies, geography, and economics) to examine different areas of the world and the people who inhabit them.
World Literature
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Required: 1 credit English
Grade 11
How do different cultural practices reflect the character of a people? What elements of the human experience are universal? How does literature reflect political and social dynamics in the world? How do individuals seek power within a culture and how do cultures seek power within the world?
Students demonstrate proficiency in the areas of reading, writing and research, speaking and listening, and language use. Students read selected complex text sets including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, memoir, drama and non-fiction essays from Asia, Africa, Latin America, Middle East and Europe, while the writing curriculum focuses largely on various forms of analysis in argument and exposition.