Program of Studies 2022-23

LINK12 LAKEVILLE - ONLINE PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Physical Education Health Issues

Grades: 9-12 Course Duration: Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
Semester-long Semester-long

Instructional Delivery: Online Instructional Delivery: Online

Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation

Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None

Course Description: Course Description:

This course is the study of skills needed for This course is the study of various topics related
living a healthy active lifestyle. to the condition of a person’s physical, mental,
emotional, and social well-being.
The primary units of study include goal setting,
lifelong activities, wellness, personal safety and The primary units of study include nutrition,
good citizenship. mental health and stress management, family
life, non-infectious disease, substance abuse,
The students will demonstrate learning through first aid and CPR.
assignments, tests, quizzes, projects and
discussions. The students will demonstrate learning through
completion of assignments, tests, and projects.
Board Approved Primary Resource:
The students will be expected to plan
There is no additional text for this course. nutritious meals and develop a healthy weight
management plan; research a noninfectious
Additional Registration Information: disease and develop a lesson to teach the class;
examine characteristics of mental health and
This course is delivered 100% online. This mental disorders; examine the effects of stress
course has an exercise component included. and practice coping skills; evaluate reasons to
Each student is required to complete a postpone sexual activity and practice refusal
minimum of 90 minutes of exercise each week. skills; examine the risks of commonly abused
Exercise will be recorded on a fitness log and drugs; demonstrate proper CPR and AED
documented using a Heart Rate Monitor that techniques; and demonstrate first aid skills.
will be provided. Data will be downloaded and
submitted to the instructor on a weekly basis. Board approved Primary Resource:

Lifetime Health
David P Friedman - Curtis C Stine - Shannon
Whalen - Holt, Rinehart and Winston – 2004 –
Print
ISBN: 9780030646140

Board Approved Primary Resource:

There is no additional text for this course.

Additional Registration Information:

This course is delivered 100% online.

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LINK12 LAKEVILLE - ONLINE SCIENCE

Physical Science Biology

Grades: 9 Course Duration: Grades: 10-12 Course Duration:
Year-long Year-long

Instructional Delivery: Online Instructional Delivery: Online

Fulfills Physical Science Requirement for Fulfills Biology Requirement for Graduation
Graduation Prerequisite: None
Prerequisite: None
Course Description:
Course Description:
This course is the study of the living organisms
This course is the study of the fundamental laws in this world. Biology focuses on gaining a
of physics and chemical concepts that govern deeper understanding of life by studying:
both our interactions with the physical world cellular processes, structure, and function in
and outer space. living systems; interdependence of organisms/
biological communities in ecosystems; genetics
The units that pertain to Chemistry include and expression of traits in individuals; variation
the introduction to scientific methods, matter, within a species; history and diversity of life/
thermodynamics, atomic structure, chemical evolution in living systems/ creation, and human
bonds, the periodic table, chemical and interactions with living systems.
nuclear reactions. The units that pertain to
Physics include motion, forces, energy, waves, The primary units of study include: science of
and electricity & magnetism. Earth science biology, chemistry of life, molecular biology
standards will be emphasized where appropriate of a gene, structure and function of cells, cell
with connections to geology, climatology and division, genetics, biotechnology, evolution,
astronomy. homeostasis of living systems, ecology,
environmental engineering.
The students will demonstrate learning through
assignments, tests, quizzes, and projects. The students will demonstrate learning through
cooperative learning within experimental
Board Approved Primary Source: lab investigations; formative and summative
assessments; and project-based learning that
There is no additional text for this course. utilizes problem solving and complex thinking
skills.
Additional Registration Information:
Board Approved Primary Resource:
This course is delivered 100% online.
There is no additional text for this course.

Additional Registration Information:

This course is delivered 100% online.

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Honors Biology Advanced Placement
Biology
Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
Year-long

Instructional Delivery: Online Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
Year-long
Fulfills Biology Requirement for Graduation
Instructional Delivery: Online
Prerequisite: None
Fulfills Biology Requirement for Graduation
Course Description: Prerequisite: None

This course is the study of the living organisms The Advanced Placement program (AP) provides
in this world. Biology focuses on gaining a high school students with the opportunity
deeper understanding of life by studying: to take college-level course work and exams
cellular processes, structure, and function in while still in high school, with each course
living systems; interdependence of organisms/ culminating in a rigorous, optional exam to earn
biological communities in ecosystems; genetics potential college credit. AP provides motivated
and expression of traits in individuals; variation and academically prepared students with the
within a species; history and diversity of life/ opportunity to develop the study skills, habits
evolution in living systems/ creation, and human of mind, and critical thinking skills that they will
interactions with living systems. need in college.

The primary units of study include: science of Course Description:
biology, chemistry of life, molecular biology
of a gene, structure and function of cells, cell This course guides students to a deeper
division, genetics, biotechnology, evolution, understanding of biological concepts including
homeostasis of living systems, ecology, the diversity and unity of life, energy and
environmental engineering. the processes of life, homeostasis, and
genetics. Students learn about regulation,
The students will demonstrate learning through communication, and signaling in living
collaborative explorations, experimental lab organisms, as well as interactions of biological
investigations, debates, quizzes, tests, and systems.
research papers.
The primary units include cells, genetics,
Course Recommendation: evolution, diversity, plant form and function,
animal form and function, and ecology.
This course is designed for the highly motivated
Science student. Students best suited for this The students will demonstrate learning through
class should have excelled in previous science class participation, group projects, individual
classes. projects, labs, homework, quizzes and tests.

Board Approved Primary Resource: Course Recommendation:

There is no additional text for this course. This course is designed to be the equivalent of
a college introductory biology course usually
Additional Registration Information: taken by Biology majors during their first year.

This course is delivered 100% online. Board Approved Primary Resource:

There is no additional text for this course.

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Additional Registration Information: Honors Chemistry

This course is delivered 100% online. This Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
course meets the rigorous course waiver for the Year-long
Biology requirement. Summer homework may
be required. In addition to the units of study, Instructional Delivery: Online
the AP Biology curriculum has “7 Significant
Practices” that will be covered over the course Fulfills Chemistry Option for Graduation
of the year. There is a SIGNIFICANT emphasis
on quantitative skills and application of Prerequisite: Geometry
mathematical methods during the course and
on the AP exam in May. Course Description:

Chemistry This course is the study of the elements that
make-up our world and how they can be
Grades: 9-12 Course Duration: combined, arranged and rearranged to modify
Year-long a substance or create something new. Students
will develop skills to answer many types of
scientific questions.

Instructional Delivery: Online The primary units of study include states of
matter, bonding, the periodic table, atomic
Fulfills Chemistry Option for Graduation structure, chemical reactions and stoichiometry.

Prerequisite: Geometry

Course Description: The students will demonstrate learning through
laboratory work, research projects, discussion
This course is the study of the elements that boards, worksheets, quizzes, and tests.
make-up our world and how they can be
combined, arranged and rearranged to modify Course Recommendation:
a substance or create something new. Students
will develop skills to answer many types of This course is recommended for students who
scientific questions. have excelled in previous science classes.

The primary units of study include states of Board Approved Primary Resource:
matter, bonding, the periodic table, atomic
structure, chemical reactions and stoichiometry. There is no additional text for this course.

Additional Registration Information:

This course is delivered 100% online.

The students will demonstrate learning through
laboratory work, worksheets, quizzes, and tests.

Course Recommendation:

This course is recommended for students who
need to fulfill the Chemistry requirement for
graduation.

Board Approved Primary Resource:

There is no additional text for this course.

Additional Registration Information:

This course is delivered 100% online.

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Physics Advanced Placement
Physics 1
Grades: 11-12 Course Duration:
Year-long
Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
Instructional Delivery: Online Year-long

Fulfills Physics Option for Graduation Instructional Delivery: Online

Prerequisite: Algebra 2 Fulfills Physics Option for Graduation

Course Description: Prerequisite: Algebra 2

This course is the study of matter, energy and The Advanced Placement program (AP) provides
the fundamental laws that govern our physical high school students with the opportunity
world. to take college-level coursework and exams
while still in high school, with each course
The primary units of study include motion, culminating in a rigorous, optional exam to earn
forces, momentum, energy, electricity, potential college credit. AP provides motivated
magnetism, waves, sound, optics, relativity, and and academically prepared students with the
quantum theory. opportunity to develop the study skills, habits
of mind, and critical thinking skills that they will
The students will demonstrate learning through need in college.
unit tests, quizzes, projects, labs, and homework
problems. Course Description:

Course Recommendation: This course is the study of the main principles
of college physics and emphasizes the
This course is recommended for students who development of conceptual understanding and
excel in Science and have strong problem- problem-solving ability using high-level math
solving skills. This course, in conjunction with skills.
Chemistry, meets the rigorous course waiver for
the Physical Science requirement. The primary units of study include Newtonian
Mechanics (including rotational dynamics and
Board Approved Primary Resource: angular momentum), Work, Energy, Power,
Mechanical Waves and Sound, Circuits, and
There is no additional text for this course. Magnetism.

Additional Registration Information: The students will demonstrate learning through
tests, quizzes, homework, and hands-on labs.
This course is delivered 100% online. Operating
a scientific calculator is an integral part of Course Recommendation:
this course. Because of students’ desires
to complete homework assignments in the It is recommended that students have a strong
evening, students benefit from having a mathematics background and have taken
scientific calculator. A limited number of Algebra 2. Students will need a quad-ruled
scientific calculators will be available for laboratory notebook.
students to check out for the entire year.
Board Approved Primary Resource:

There is no additional text for this course.

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Additional Registration Information: Anatomy & Physiology 2

This course meets the rigorous course waiver for Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
the Physics requirement. This course is delivered Semester-long
100% online.

Instructional Delivery: Online

Anatomy & Physiology 1 Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation
Prerequisite: Anatomy & Physiology 1

Grades: 9-12 Course Duration: Course Description:
Semester-long
This course is the study of the human body
Instructional Delivery: Online and how it functions. This course also includes
Infection Control and Standard Precautions,
Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation which emphasizes the importance of
maintaining health and safety in the health care
Prerequisite: Biology work environment.

Course Description: The primary units of study include learning
about the heart, circulation, lymphatic system,
This course is the study of the human body and respiratory system, digestive systems, excretory
how it functions. Students will receive a general system, and reproductive system.
introduction to life functions, the terminology,
and an overall review of human development This course fulfills the elective requirement for
and body processes. graduation.

The primary units of study include learning Board Approved Primary Resource:
about cells, tissues and membranes, special
senses, skeletal system, muscular system, central There is no additional text for this course.
nervous system, and endocrine system.
Additional Registration Information:
This course fulfills the elective requirement for
graduation. This course is delivered 100% online.

Board Approved Primary Resource: Astronomy Course Duration:
Semester-long
There is no additional text for this course. Grades: 10-12

Additional Registration Information:

This course is delivered 100% online.

Instructional Delivery: Online

Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation

Prerequisite: None

Course Description:

This course is the study of astronomy, including
its history and development, basic scientific
laws of motion and gravity, the concepts of
208 modern astronomy, and the methods used by

SCIENCE LINK12 LAKEVILLE - ONLINE

astronomers to learn more about the universe.

The primary units of study include the solar
system, galaxies, sun and stars.

The students will demonstrate learning through
discussions, labs, quizzes, and tests.

Board Approved Primary Resource:

This course is delivered 100% online.

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Civics urban development, and human-environmental
interaction - focusing on different regions of the
Grades: 9-12 Course Duration: world as case studies.
Semester-long
The primary units of study include map skills,
Instructional Delivery: Online geospatial technologies, demographics, land
use and human-environmental interaction and
Fulfills Civics Requirement for Graduation impact.

Prerequisite: None The students will demonstrate learning through
class participation, written assignments, written
Course Description: and oral projects, as well as tests and quizzes.

This course is the study of the foundations of Board Approved Primary Resource:
our American government and their modern
applications. There is no additional text for this course.

The primary units of study include the early Additional Registration Information:
foundations of the United States, the creation
of our government institutions, the rights and This course is delivered 100% online.
responsibilities of American citizenship, the
American political process, and America’s early United States History
stages of foreign relations.
The students will demonstrate learning through Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
assignments, tests, quizzes, and projects. Year-long

Board Approved Primary Resource: Instructional Delivery: Online

Civics and U.S. History Fulfills United States History Requirement for
McGraw Hill 2014 Graduation
ISBN: 978-0-02-134638-7 Prerequisite: None

Additional Registration Information: Course Description:

This course is delivered 100% online. This course is the study of American history from
the beginning of the United States to present
Geography times.

Grades: 9-12 Course Duration: The primary units of study include American
Semester-long Beginnings, Formation of the United States,
Westward Expansion, the Civil War, Industrial
Instructional Delivery: Online Growth, Immigration, the Development of the
U.S. as a Global Player, the World Wars, the
Fulfills Geography Requirement for Graduation Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement.
Prerequisite: None

Course Description: The students will demonstrate their learning by
tests, projects, presentations and a cumulative
This course is the study of analyzing geographic final exam.
data to understand patterns of population, the
210 development and spread of culture, rural and

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Board Approved Primary Resource: and continuity and change over time; and
developing historical arguments. The course
The American Pageant: A History of the also provides seven themes that students
American People (Updated 16th Edition explore throughout the course in order to make
Kennedy & Cohen, Cengage Learning 2016, connections among historical developments
Print in different times and places: American and
ISBN: 978-1-337-09016-2 national identity; migration and settlement;
politics and power; work, exchange, and
Additional Registration Information: technology; America in the world; geography
and the environment; and culture and society.
This course is delivered 100% online.

Advanced Placement The primary units of study include the founding,
United States History building, and testing of a new nation, forging an
industrial society, struggling for justice at home
and abroad, and making modern America.

Grades: 10-12 Course Duration: The students will demonstrate learning through
Year-long multiple-choice, Long Essay Questions, Data
Based Questions, and Short Answer Questions.
Instructional Delivery: Online
Board Approved Primary Resource:
Fulfills United States History Requirement for
Graduation None
Prerequisite: None
Additional Registration Information:
The Advanced Placement program (AP) provides
high school students with the opportunity This course is delivered 100% online. This
to take college-level course work and exams course meets the Rigorous Course Waiver
while still in high school, with each course for United States History course. Summer
culminating in a rigorous, optional exam to earn homework may be required. Students should be
potential college credit. AP provides motivated able to read a college-level textbook and write
and academically prepared students with the grammatically correct, complete sentences.
opportunity to develop the study skills, habits
of mind, and critical thinking skills that they will
need in college.

Course Description: 211

This course is the study of United States
history from 1491 to present. AP U.S. History
is designed to be the equivalent of a two-
semester introductory college or university
U.S. history course. In AP U.S. History students
investigate significant events, individuals,
developments, and processes in nine historical
periods. Students develop and use the same
skills, practices, and methods employed by
historians: analyzing primary and secondary
sources; making historical comparisons; utilizing
reasoning about contextualization, causation,

LINK12 LAKEVILLE - ONLINE SOCIAL STUDIES

World History Advanced Placement
European History
Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
Year-long
Grades: 10-12 Course Duration:
Instructional Delivery: Online Year-long

Fulfills World History Requirement for Instructional Delivery: Online
Graduation
Prerequisite: None Fulfills World History Requirement for
Graduation

Course Description: Prerequisite: None

This course is the study of world history from The Advanced Placement program (AP) provides
prehistoric to contemporary times. high school students with the opportunity
to take college-level coursework and exams
The primary units of study include interpreting while still in high school, with each course
statistical data from maps, charts and graphs, culminating in a rigorous, optional exam to earn
the achievements of civilizations in the fields of potential college credit. AP provides motivated
science, technology and the arts. and academically prepared students with the
opportunity to develop the study skills, habits
The students will demonstrate learning through of mind, and critical thinking skills that they will
assignments, tests, quizzes, projects and need in college.
discussions.
Course Description:
Board Approved Primary Resource:
This course is the study of major world events
World History and Geography from 1450 to the present from a Euro-centric
McGraw-Hill Education, 2018, Print viewpoint.
ISBN: 978-0-07-668386-4
The primary units of study include the
Additional Registration Information: Renaissance and Reformation, Absolutism,
Scientific Revolution, consolidation of the large
This course is delivered 100% online. nation-states, Imperialism, the world wars,
Marxism and the communist world, the Cold
War and superpowers, and the collapse of
Communism.

The students will demonstrate learning through
unit multiple-choice tests, and a variety of
essays including Long Essay Questions, Data
Based Questions, and Short Answer Questions.

Board Approved Primary Resource:

None

Additional Registration Information:

This course is delivered 100% online. This
course meets the Rigorous Course Waiver for
the World History course.

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Advanced Placement Introduction to Economics
World History
Grades: 10-12 Course Duration:
Semester-long
Grades: 10-12 Course Duration:
Year-long Instructional Delivery: Online

Instructional Delivery: Online Fulfills Economics Requirement for Graduation

Fulfills World History Requirement for Prerequisite: None
Graduation
Course Description:
Prerequisite: None
This course is the study of basic economic
The Advanced Placement program (AP) provides concepts: how markets work and the
high school students with the opportunity relationship between money, banking, finance,
to take college-level coursework and exams and measurements of economic performance.
while still in high school, with each course In addition, the course will examine our
culminating in a rigorous, optional exam to earn government’s role in the economy while
potential college credit. AP provides motivated also examining the complexities of a global
and academically prepared students with the economy.
opportunity to develop the study skills, habits
of mind, and critical thinking skills that they will The primary units of study include personal
need in college. finance, the study of markets, the dynamics of
money, banking and finance, and the global
Course Description: economy.

This course is the study of world history from the The students will demonstrate learning through
Neolithic agricultural revolution to the present. assignments, tests, quizzes, and projects.

The primary units of study include early river Board Approved Primary Resource:
civilizations, classical civilizations, the rise and
spread of major world religions, hemispheric There is no additional text for this course.
exchange, imperialism, colonialism, both world
wars, and globalization. Additional Registration Information:

This course is delivered 100% online.

The students will demonstrate learning through
chapter tests, graded discussions and essays,
and semester final exams.

Board Approved Primary Resource:

None

Additional Registration Information:

This course is delivered 100% online. This
course meets the Rigorous Course Waiver for
the World History course.

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Advanced Placement Advanced Placement
Macroeconomics Microeconomics

Grades: 10-12 Course Duration: Grades: 10-12 Course Duration:
Semester-long Semester-long

Instructional Delivery: Online Instructional Delivery: Online

Fulfills Economics Requirement for Graduation Fulfills Economics Requirement for Graduation

Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None

The Advanced Placement program (AP) provides The Advanced Placement program (AP) provides
high school students with the opportunity high school students with the opportunity
to take college-level coursework and exams to take college-level coursework and exams
while still in high school, with each course while still in high school, with each course
culminating in a rigorous, optional exam to earn culminating in a rigorous, optional exam to earn
potential college credit. AP provides motivated potential college credit. AP provides motivated
and academically prepared students with the and academically prepared students with the
opportunity to develop the study skills, habits opportunity to develop the study skills, habits
of mind, and critical thinking skills that they will of mind, and critical thinking skills that they will
need in college. need in college.

Course Description: Course description:

This course is the study of the principles This course is the study of the principles of
of economics that apply to an economic economics that apply to the functions of
system as a whole. The primary units of individual decision makers, both consumers and
study include learning about performance producers, within the economic system.
measures, economic growth, and international
economics. A special emphasis is placed on The primary units of study include the nature
the analysis of current economic problems and and functions of product markets and of the role
the presentation of several different schools of government in promoting greater efficiency
of economic thought. This course prepares and equity in the economy. This course prepares
students for further study in business, history, students for further study in business, history,
and political science. and political science.

The students will demonstrate learning through The students will demonstrate learning through
assignments, tests, quizzes, and projects. assignments, tests, quizzes, and projects.

Board Approved Primary Resource: Course Recommendation:

There is no additional text for this course. Students wishing to pursue a postsecondary
degree in business or economics should take
Additional Registration Information: this course.

This course is delivered 100% online. This Board Approved Primary Resource:
course meets the Rigorous Course Waiver for
Economics. There is no additional text for this course.

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Additional Registration Information: behaviors, therapies, social psychology and
methodology.
This course is delivered 100% online. This class
will prepare students for the AP exam given The students will demonstrate learning through
in the spring. This course meets the Rigorous tests, quizzes, group work, computer lab
Course Waiver for Economics. experiments, individual projects and in-class
discussion.
Advanced Placement
Psychology Board Approved Primary Resource:

Grades: 10-12 Course Duration: Myers’ Psychology for the AP Course- Third
Year-long Edition
David G. Myers; C. Nathan DeWall - Bedford,
Instructional Delivery: Online Freeman & Worth Publishing Group. – 2018 -
Digital
Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation ISBN: 9978-1319070502
Prerequisite: None
Additional Registration Information:

This course is delivered 100% online.

The Advanced Placement program (AP) provides Advanced Placement
high school students with the opportunity United States Government
to take college-level coursework and exams & Politics
while still in high school, with each course
culminating in a rigorous, optional exam to earn Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
potential college credit. AP provides motivated Semester-long
and academically prepared students with the
opportunity to develop the study skills, habits Instructional Delivery: Online
of mind, and critical thinking skills that they will
need in college. Fulfills Civics Requirement for Graduation

Course Description: Prerequisite: None

This course is the scientific study of the The Advanced Placement program (AP) provides 215
mental processes of human behavior; and the high school students with the opportunity
ethics and methods psychologists use in their to take college-level coursework and exams
science and practice. The course is designed while still in high school, with each course
to introduce students to the systematic and culminating in a rigorous, optional exam to earn
scientific study of the behavior and mental potential college credit. AP provides motivated
processes of human beings and other animals. and academically prepared students with the
Students are exposed to the psychological facts, opportunity to develop the study skills, habits
principles, and phenomena associated with of mind, and critical thinking skills that they will
each of the major subfields within psychology. need in college.
They also learn about the ethics and methods
psychologists use in their science and practice. Course Description:

The primary units of study include neurobiology, This course is the study of the forces that
states of consciousness, learning, memory, helped to shape the American government
cognition, sensation and perception, emotion “experiment” while evaluating both past and
and motivation, development, abnormal

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present American governmental leaders, History of the Holocaust
using the Constitution and the Declaration of
Independence as guidelines. Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
Semester-long
The primary units of study include a focus on
the Constitution, the political parties, the media, Instructional Delivery: Online
the three branches of government and the
bureaucracy. Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation

The students will demonstrate their learning Prerequisite: None
by tests, quizzes, written and oral reports and
virtual discussion. Course Description:

Board Approved Primary Resource: This course is the study of the Holocaust from an
interdisciplinary perspective integrating world
There is no additional text for this course. and American history, geography and civics.

Additional Registration Information: The primary units of study include the history of
anti-Semitism, the rise of the Nazi party and the
This course is delivered 100% online. This Holocaust from its beginning through liberation
course meets the Rigorous Course Waiver for and the aftermath of the tragedy.
the Civics course.

Criminology The students will demonstrate learning through
assignments, tests, quizzes, projects and
discussions.

Grades: 9-12 Course Duration: Course Recommendation:
Semester-long
This course is recommended for students who
Instructional Delivery: Online want to gain a comprehensive understanding of
the Holocaust.
Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation
Prerequisite: None Board Approved Primary Resource:

There is no additional text for this course.

Course Description: Additional Registration Information:

This course is the study of explanations for crime This course is delivered 100% online.
from the standpoint of psychological, biological
and sociological perspectives, categories and
social consequences of crime, and the criminal
justice system.

The students will demonstrate learning through
assignments, tests, quizzes, projects and
discussions.

Board Approved Primary Resource:

There is no additional text for this course.

Additional Registration Information:

This course is delivered 100% online.

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Law & Order: Introduction Psychology
to Legal Studies
Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
Semester-long
Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
Semester-long Instructional Delivery: Online

Instructional Delivery: Online Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation

Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation Prerequisite: None

Prerequisite: None Course description:

Course Description: This course is the study of the science of human
behavior. Topics include history, methodology,
This course is the study of the creation and bio-psychology, sensation, perception, learning,
application of laws in various areas of society. motivation, cognition, personality theory, social
Law & Order is designed to provide students psychology, and other relevant topics.
with an understanding of their legal rights and
responsibilities. The primary units of study include the brain,
processes of learning, personality theory, states
The primary units of study include world law of consciousness and abnormal behavior.
and ethics, lawmaking, courts, criminal tort and
consumer and family law. The students will demonstrate learning through
assignments, tests, quizzes, and projects.
The students will demonstrate learning through
assignments, tests, quizzes, projects and Board Approved Primary Resource:
discussions.
Psychology
Course Recommendation: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – 2018 - Digital
ISBN: 9780544859388
This course is recommended for students who
want to pursue a career in law related careers. Additional Registration Information:

Board Approved Primary Resource: This course is delivered 100% online.

There is no additional text for this course.

Additional Registration Information:

This course is delivered 100% online.

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Sociology

Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
Semester-long

Instructional Delivery: Online

Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation

Prerequisite: None

Course Description:

This course is an introductory study of basic
sociological concepts: humans and their
behavior group. In addition, this course will
seek to examine societal concepts (values,
traditions, roles) that influence the interaction
among individuals, groups, and institutions, as
well as to understand how societal concepts and
institutions develop and change over time.

The primary units of study include cross-cultural
studies of family, marriage, divorce, death, the
right to die, effects of death on people, deviant
subculture, race, and ethnicity.

Students will demonstrate learning through
assignments, tests, quizzes, and projects.

Board Approved Primary Resource:

There is no additional text for this course.

Additional Registration Information:

This course is delivered 100% online.

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American Sign Language 1 American Sign Language 2

Grades: 9-12 Course Duration: Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
Year-long Year-long

Instructional Delivery: Online Instructional Delivery: Online

Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation

Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: American Sign Language 1

Course Description: Course Description:

This course is an introduction to the basic skills This course builds upon students’ skills in
in production and comprehension of American production and comprehension of American
Sign Language (ASL). It includes the manual Sign Language (ASL). Lessons are designed
alphabet and numbers. Develops conversational around recognition and demonstration of
ability, culturally appropriate behaviors and grammatical features of ASL with a focus
exposes students to ASL grammar. on increasing fluency and accuracy. Cultural
awareness of the diverse Deaf communities of
The primary units of study include: Units 1-5 the world will also be taught.
- Introduction to the Deaf World, Academics,
Family and Relationships, Residences and The primary units of study include: Units 6-10 -
Communities, Scheduling and and Good Times All about Food, People Among Us, My Home,
Finances and the Workplace, Wellness and
The students will demonstrate learning Fitness, Residences and Communities
through signed presentations, informal video
submissions, online worksheets, receptive tests, The students will demonstrate learning
research papers, written tests, and individual through signed presentations, informal video
and group projects. submissions, online worksheets, receptive tests,
research papers, written tests, and individual
Course Recommendation: and group projects.

This course is recommended for any student Course Recommendation:
who has a desire to communicate in a visual
language and especially those who plan This course is recommended for any student
to pursue a four-year degree or career in who has a desire to communicate in a visual
which a second language is desirable. Highly language and especially those who plan
recommended for students who want to work to pursue a four-year degree or a career in
collaboratively and develop language skills in a which a second language is desirable. Highly
new (visual) mode. recommended for students who want to work
collaboratively and develop language skills in a
Board Approved Primary Resources: new (visual) mode.

TRUE+WAY ASL: Unit 1-5 e-Workbook. 3rd Board Approved Primary Resources:
Edition. (2021)
Harris R. - Bryant, R. - Gelineau, L. - Shannon T. TRUE+WAY ASL: Unit 6-10 e-Workbook. 3rd
ISBN: 9780998524542 Edition. (2021)
Harris R. - Bryant, R. - Gelineau, L. - Shannon T.
ISBN: 9780998524542

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WORLD LANGUAGE LINK12 LAKEVILLE - ONLINE

French 1 French 2

Grades: 9-12 Course Duration: Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
Year-long Year-long

Instructional Delivery: Online Instructional Delivery: Online

Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation

Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: French 1

Course Description: Course Description:

This course is the study of beginning French This course is the study of intermediate French
language and culture. language and culture.

The goal of this course is to give students This course is a continuation of French 1 that
basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing will introduce the student to a variety of areas
skills through activities. Throughout the of language learning. Throughout the five units
five units of material - Greetings, Calendar, of material (Daily Routine, Animals, Hobbies,
Weather, Time and Colors - students learn The Body and Descriptions), students learn to
to talk about themselves and other, describe express themselves using an ever-increasing
their surroundings and use numbers for dates vocabulary, present - tense verbs, articles, and
and time. Regular verbs are introduced in the adjectives. Grammar is introduced and practiced
present tense. Simple grammatical structures in innovative and interesting ways with a variety
are practiced in innovative and interesting of learning styles in mind. Culture is sprinkled
ways with a variety of learning styles in mind. throughout the course in an attempt to help the
Culture is presented throughout the course learner focus on the French speaking world and
to help students understand the context of their culture, people, geographical locations
the language and to better understand the and histories.
perspectives of the French - speaking world.
The students will demonstrate learning through
The students will demonstrate learning through class discussion, homework, projects, quizzes,
class discussions, homework, projects, quizzes, and tests. All units address the four modalities
and tests. All units address the four modalities of language learning: reading, writing, speaking,
of language learning: reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
and listening.
Course Recommendation:
Course Recommendation:
This course is recommended for those students
This course is recommended for those students who foresee a post-secondary education at
who foresee a post-secondary education at the the university level, have completed level 1 of
university level and/or anticipate a career in French, and/or anticipate a career in which a
which a second language is desirable. second language is desirable.

Board Approved Primary Resource: Board Approved Primary Resource:

There is no additional text for this course. There is no additional text for this course.

Additional Registration Information: Additional Registration Information:

This course is delivered 100% online. This course is delivered 100% online.

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French 3 French 4

Grades: 9-12 Course Duration: Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
Year-long Year-long

Instructional Delivery: Online Instructional Delivery: Online

Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation

Prerequisite: French 2 Prerequisite: French 3

Course Description: Course Description:

This course continues the study of intermediate This course is the study of advanced French
French language and culture. language and culture.

French 3 is a continuation of the first two years. Students will continue to sharpen listening,
The student will continue to improve listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through a
speaking, reading and writing skills. Throughout variety of activities. Throughout the five units of
the five units - Feelings, Transportation, material, students learn to express themselves
Work, Countries and Future - students build using an ever-increasing vocabulary. Grammar
on previous knowledge with additional is practiced in innovative and interesting ways
vocabulary, verb tenses, and grammatical with a variety of learning styles in mind. This
structures appropriate to their level. Grammar course is rich in authentic text reading material
is introduced and practiced in innovative and and authentic, native - speaker recordings and
interesting ways with a variety of learning styles presentations to enrich culture, grammar and
in mind. vocabulary presentations. Culture is woven
throughout the course in an attempt to help the
The students will demonstrate learning through learner focus on the French speaking world and
class discussion, homework, projects, quizzes, their culture, people, geographical locations
and tests. All units address the four modalities and histories.
of language learning: reading, writing, speaking,
and listening. The students will demonstrate learning through
class discussion, homework, projects, quizzes,
Course Recommendation: and tests. All units address the four modalities
of language learning: reading, writing, speaking,
This course is recommended for those students and listening.
who foresee a post-secondary education at the
university level, have completed levels 1 and 2 Course Recommendation:
of French, and/or anticipate a career in which a
second language is desirable. This course is recommended for those students
who foresee a post-secondary education at the
Board Approved Primary Resource: university level, have completed levels 1-3 of
French, and/or anticipate a career in which a
There is no additional text for this course. second language is desirable.

Additional Registration Information: Board Approved Primary Resource:

This course is delivered 100% online. There is no additional text for this course.

Additional Registration Information:

This course is delivered 100% online.

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WORLD LANGUAGE LINK12 LAKEVILLE - ONLINE

German 1 German 2

Grades: 9-12 Course Duration: Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
Year-long Year-long

Instructional Delivery: Online Instructional Delivery: Online

Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation

Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None

Course Description: Course Description:

This course is the study of beginning German This course is the study of intermediate German
language and the cultures of German-speaking language and the cultures of German-speaking
countries. countries.

The primary units of study include the alphabet The primary units of study include daily routine,
and numbers, greetings, introductions, the animals, entertainment, body parts, rooms and
calendar, weather, time, colors, familiar objects furniture, shopping and clothing, meals, sports
and places, family, food, pastimes and school and recreation and transportation.
objects and routines.
The students will demonstrate learning through
The students will demonstrate learning through assignments, speaking activities, tests, quizzes,
assignments, speaking activities, tests, quizzes, projects and discussions. All units address the
projects and discussions. All units address the four modalities of language learning: reading,
four modalities of language learning: reading, writing, speaking and listening.
writing, speaking and listening.
Course Recommendation:
Course Recommendation:
This course is recommended for students
This course is recommended for students interested in learning a new language or
interested in learning a new language or culture, foresee a post-secondary education at
culture, foresee a post-secondary education at the university level, and/or anticipate a career
the university level, and/or anticipate a career in which knowledge of a second language is
in which knowledge of a second language is desirable.
desirable.
Board Approved Primary Resource:
Board Approved Primary Resource:
There is no additional text for this course.
There is no additional text for this course.
Additional Registration Information:
Additional Registration Information:
This course is delivered 100% online.
This course is delivered 100% online.

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German 3 Spanish 1

Grades: 9-12 Course Duration: Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
Year-long Year-long

Instructional Delivery: Online Instructional Delivery: Online

Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation

Prerequisite: German 1 and 2 Prerequisite: None

Course Description: Course Description:

This course is the study of intermediate German This course is the study of beginning Spanish
language and the cultures of German-speaking language and the cultures of Spanish speaking
countries. countries.

Students will expand their knowledge of The primary units of study include greetings,
German language and culture and use of hobbies, school, physical descriptions,
multiple tenses. nationalities telling time, numbers, feelings,
pastimes, food, family, the city, animals,
The students will demonstrate learning through shopping, clothing, weather and present tense
assignments, speaking activities, tests, quizzes, verb conjugation.
projects and discussions. All units address the
four modalities of language learning: reading, The students will demonstrate learning through
writing, speaking and listening. tests and quizzes, projects, homework, class
participation, and final semester exams that
Course Recommendation: incorporate the four modalities of language
learning: listening, speaking, reading, and
This course is recommended for students writing.
interested in learning a new language or
culture, foresee a post-secondary education at Course Recommendation:
the university level, and/or anticipate a career
in which knowledge of a second language is This course is recommended for independent
desirable. learners who are interested in learning a new
language and culture, foresee a post-secondary
Board Approved Primary Resource: education at the university level, and/or
anticipate a career in which knowledge of a
There is no additional text for this course. second language and culture is desirable.

Additional Registration Information: Board Approved Primary Resource:

This course is delivered 100% online. There is no additional text for this course.

Additional Registration Information:

This course is delivered 100% online.

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Spanish 2 Spanish 3

Grades: 9-12 Course Duration: Grades: 9-12 Course Duration:
Year-long Year-long

Instructional Delivery: Online Instructional Delivery: Online

Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation

Prerequisite: Spanish 1 Prerequisite: Spanish 2

Course Description: Course Description:

This course is the study of intermediate Spanish This course is the study of intermediate Spanish
language and the cultures of Spanish speaking language and cultures of the Spanish speaking
countries. world.

The primary units of study include the birthdays, The primary units of study include volunteering
numbers, food, health, family, professions, in the community, family relationships, leisure
adjectives, pastimes, body, holidays, houses, at on the coast, media, socio-cultural interactions,
school, cars, in the city, proverbs. around the neighborhood, urban living, future
of the planet, describing others and their
The students will demonstrate learning through professions, and travel preparations.
tests and quizzes, projects, homework, class
participation, and final semester exams that The students will demonstrate learning through
incorporate the four modalities of language tests and quizzes, projects, homework, class
learning: listening, speaking, reading, and participation, and final semester exams that
writing. incorporate the four modalities of language
learning: listening, speaking, reading, and
Course Recommendation: writing.

This course is recommended for independent Course Recommendation:
learners who are interested in learning a new
language and culture, foresee a post-secondary This course is recommended for independent
education at the university level, and/or learners who are interested in learning a new
anticipate a career in which knowledge of a language and culture, foresee a post-secondary
second language and culture is desirable. education at the university level, and/or
anticipate a career in which knowledge of a
Board Approved Primary Resource: second language and culture is desirable.

There is no additional text for this course Board Approved Primary Resource:

Additional Registration Information: There is no additional text for this course

This course is delivered 100% online. Additional Registration Information:

This course is delivered 100% online.

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LINK12 LAKEVILLE - ONLINE WORLD LANGUAGE

Spanish 4

Grades: 10-12 Course Duration:
Year-long

Instructional Delivery: Online

Fulfills Elective Requirement for Graduation

Prerequisite: Spanish 3

Course Description:

This course is the study of advanced Spanish
language and the cultures of Spanish speaking
countries.

The primary units of study include the world of
work, pastimes and hobbies, travel, our society,
the arts, the media, music, and dance.

The students will demonstrate learning through
tests and quizzes, projects, homework, class
participation, and final semester exams that
incorporate the four modalities of language
learning: listening, speaking, reading, and
writing.

Course Recommendation:

This course is recommended for independent
learners with a strong background in Spanish
who are interested in learning a new language
and culture, foresee a post-secondary education
at the university level, and/or anticipate a career
in which knowledge of a second language and
culture is desirable.

Board Approved Primary Resource:

There is no additional text for this course.

Additional Registration Information:

This course is delivered 100% online.

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