High School
BlueSky is a Minnesota online high school dedicated to excellence. The high-quality, high-interest courses at BlueSky are designed by our licensed teachers with the needs of our students in mind. Our teachers use innovative, creative methods to bring the best possible education to BlueSky students and provide the one-on-one attention that they need to succeed in online high school and middle school.
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Course Offerings
Language Arts
21st Century Communications
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 11–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 (elective) | Syllabus
“This course will explore how the Internet has changed and expanded the way we interact with each other. Delve into how the internet has revolutionized communication, understanding AI’s role, mastering social media, and evaluating your digital footprint. Learn responsible online practices and develop skills in discerning real from fake news. This interactive course includes project-based learning and a novel study, equipping students with critical 21st-century skills. Can be taken for English 3 or 4 credit with Teacher and Counselor approval.”
Creative Writing
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 (elective) | Syllabus
Creative Writing provides an opportunity to develop your own personal writing portfolio through a variety of creative writing prompts for mixed genres. Through the units of creative nonfiction, short fiction, poetry, and a genre of choice, students participate in studies of the writer’s craft, studies of various authors, and creation of their own writing. The overarching goal of this course is to explore techniques and skills while developing and growing as creative writers through the creation of a portfolio of original work. Students will present their completed portfolio and self-graded rubric for a final grade. Opportunities to publish will be provided.
English 1
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9 • Term: Flex Term and Single Terms • Credit: 1.0 | Syllabus
This introductory English course combines the study of literary genre with a focus on composition skills. Students learn effective communication skills by focusing on the 6 + 1 Traits of Writing. Oral communication and research skills are included. Group Pace live class session times are Monday at 10:00 am or Tuesday at 12:00 pm.
English 1 Honors
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9 • Term: Semester 1/Semester 2 • Credit: 1.0 | Syllabus
This advanced course combines the study of literary genre with a focus on composition skills. In addition to learning effective communication, students read and study several novels throughout each semester. This course has greater depth and breadth than the regular course and requires more work and time from the student. Group Pace live class session times are Tuesday at 10:00 am. Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation and maintaining an overall GPA of 3.0.
English 2
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 10 • Term: Flex Term and Single Terms • Credit: 1.0 | Syllabus
This intermediate English course incorporates the study of world literature along with a continued focus on composition skills. Media literacy is emphasized throughout. Students read, reflect, synthesize, and respond to several different types of world literature. Group Pace live class session times are Thursdays at 10:00 AM or 2:00 PM.
English 2 Honors
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 10 • Term: Semester 1/Semester 2 • Credit: 1.0 | Syllabus
This advanced course focuses on world literature and develops skills to create new ideas, analysis and texts. Media literacy is emphasized throughout. Students read and study several novels throughout each semester. This course encourages critical thinking skills and collaboration requiring more work and time from the student. Group Pace live class session times are Monday at 10:00 am. Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation and maintaining an overall GPA of 3.0.
English 3
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 11 • Term: Flex Term and Single Terms • Credit: 1.0 | Syllabus
This class brings a global panorama of the “human condition” to our students via stories, speeches, plays, satire, podcasts, and poetry. Students increase composition skills pondering topics like war and peace, utopia and dystopia, and wealth and poverty. Discussion forums provide students an authentic audience of their peers and a place to present and connect. Group Pace live class session times are Wednesday at 11:00 am..
English 3 Honors
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 11 • Term: Flex Term and Single Term • Credit: 1.0 | Syllabus
This class brings a global panorama of the “human condition” to our students via stories, speeches, plays, satire, podcasts, and poetry. This course encourages critical thinking skills, analytical writing and collaboration requiring more work and time from the student. Discussion forums provide students an authentic audience of their peers and a place to present and connect. Group Pace live class session times are Wednesday at 10:00 AM. Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation and maintaining an overall GPA of 3.0.
English 4
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 12 • Term: Flex Term and Single Terms • Credit: 1.0 | Syllabus
The first part of this course offers an in depth look at media and society. Students analyze the impact media have on our daily lives, learn about the art of persuasion, explore contemporary issues, and finally examine workplace communication. The second part of this course covers the foundation of American literature and the pursuit of the American dream. Students view historical works through multiple lenses. Through the exploration of classic American themes and ideals, they deepen their awareness of influences that shape modern American culture. Assignments focus on practical writing for life after high school. Group Pace live class session times are Tuesday at 11:00 am.
English 4 Honors
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 1.0 | Syllabus
The first part of this advanced course offers an in depth look at media and society. The second part of this advanced course covers the foundation of American literature and the pursuit of the American dream. Students view historical works through multiple lenses. Through the exploration of classic American themes and ideals, they deepen their awareness of influences that shape modern American culture. Assignments focus on practical writing for life after high school. Students read and study several novels throughout each semester. This course encourages critical thinking skills and collaboration requiring more work and time from the student. Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation and maintaining an overall GPA of 3.0.
Independent Language Arts Project
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 10-12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 | Syllabus
In this project-based course, students work independently and collaboratively with the teacher to create their own specialized writing and/or literature project in the genre of their choice. Students draft a Independent Language Arts Project Plan and log their weekly progress in an online journal. Final projects will be published through the BlueSky Online Library as well as in the BlueSky Literary Arts Journal: Sky Writing. This course is for the students serious about writing and/or literature who may want to pursue a career in publishing or further study. Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation.
Reading for Success
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 (elective) | Syllabus
This course will focuses on providing students with the skills to be successful in reading grade level material. Students will focus on learning fundamental reading strategies. Participation in one-on-one sessions is required. Only available to students enrolled in BlueSky’s full-time program.
Mathematics
Algebra/Statistics II
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 11–12 • Term: Flex Term and Single Terms • Credit: 1.0 | Syllabus
In this course, students will use their prior knowledge from previous courses to learn and apply Algebra II skills. This course will include topics such as functions, radical functions, rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometry, geometry, conic sections, systems of equations, probability, and statistics. Students will apply the skills that they learn in this course to real-world situations. Group Pace live class session times are Monday at 11:00 am.
Geometry
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9 • Term: Flex Term and Single Terms • Credit: 1.0 | Syllabus
The Geometry course is a comprehensive look at the study of geometric concepts including the basic elements of geometry, proofs, parallel and perpendicular lines, the coordinate plane, triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, circles, trigonometry, congruence and similarity, surface area, volume, and transformations. Group Pace live class session times are Monday at 10:00 am, Monday at 12:00 pm, or Tuesday at 12:00 pm.
Math for Success
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 (elective) | Syllabus
Students will study the topics necessary for success in their required math classes. They will focus on topics they have not already mastered. This could include but is not limited to integer operations, fractions, decimals, order of operations, exponents, radicals, linear equations, linear inequalities, functions, and graphing. This course is offered as an elective math credit only. Participation in one-on-one sessions is required. Only available to students enrolled in BlueSky’s full-time program.
Math for the Trades
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 10–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 1.0 (elective) • STEM Career Academy| Syllabus
This class equips students with the functional math skills required for trades including electrical trades, automotive trades, plumbing, allied health, construction, and many more — particularly in the physical trades. The math concepts are presented completely within the context of practical on-the-job applications, making the math tangible and relevant. There are no exams in this class. Each homework unit will focus on solving real-world applications not just on calculations. Each unit will end with a Case Study where each Case Study is a multi-part problem that delves deeply into a specific real-world application and uses many of the mathematical skills covered in each unit. This is a chance to put into practice what you have learned. Think of each Case Study being similar to a shop class project. Prerequisites: Algebra/Statistics 2 or equivalent. Can be counted toward graduation math credit with counselor approval.
Non-Linear Algebra
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 10 • Term: Flex Term and Single Term • Credit: 1.0 | Syllabus
The purpose of this course is to allow the student to gain mastery in working with and evaluating mathematical expressions, equations, graphs, and other topics in a year-long algebra course. Topics included are a review of linear algebra (including solving equations and graphing lines and inequalities), systems of equations, quadratic functions, polynomials, factoring, radical functions, rational functions, and exponential functions. Assessments within the course include multiple-choice, short answer, or extended response questions. Also included in this course are self-check quizzes, audio tutorials, and interactive games. Group Pace live class session times are Tuesday at 10:00 am or Tuesday at 12:00 pm.
Pre-Calculus
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 11–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 1.0 • STEM Career Academy| Syllabus
Pre-Calculus A is a course that covers Higher Level mathematics and is designed to prepare students for a college-level calculus course. Graphing functions, properties of linear and quadratic functions, polynomial and rational functions, trigonometric functions and analytic trigonometry are covered. Pre-Calculus B continues the study of pre-calculus topics in the areas of trigonometry, polar coordinates, vectors, analytic geometry, systems of equations, as well as calculus topics such as limits derivative and integral functions. Other topics include sequences and probability.
Principles of Computer Science
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Semester 1 & Semester 2 • Credit: 1.0 (elective) • Computer Science Career Academy • STEM Career Academy| Syllabus
Principles of Computer Science introduces students to the foundational concepts of computer science and challenges them to explore how computing and technology can impact the world. More than a traditional introduction to programming, it is a rigorous, engaging, and approachable course that explores many of the foundational ideas of computing so all students understand how these concepts are transforming the world we live in. Group Pace live class session times are Wednesday at 1:00 pm. Students are expected to take both semesters of this course.
Science
Biology
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 10 • Term: Flex Term and Single Terms • Credit: 1.0 | Syllabus
This course is an introduction to general biology and to the processes of scientific inquiry and thinking. It will include the fundamental principles of living organisms including physical and chemical properties of life, cellular organization and function, the transfer of energy through metabolic systems, cellular reproduction, the classification of living things, the six kingdoms of life will be examined. The main focus is to present biological information in an understandable and straightforward way that will capture the students’ interest dealing with up to date principles and concepts. Group Pace live class session times are Wednesday at 10:00am or Wednesday at 12:00 pm.
Chemistry
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 11–12 • Term: Flex Term and Single Terms • Credit: 1.0 • STEM Career Academy| Syllabus
This course adheres closely to standards for the teaching of chemistry. It emphasizes the mathematical, theoretical and experimental basis of modern chemistry. Emphasis is placed on the use of theoretical and mathematical concepts to explain and predict chemical behavior. Group Pace live class session times are Tuesday at 11:00 am. Chemistry B Prerequisite: Chemistry A.
Earth & Space Science
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9 • Term: Flex Term and Single Terms • Credit: 1.0 | Syllabus
In Earth Science, students will be studying the interactions between the living and non-living world. Throughout this course, we will divide the processes that take place on Earth into four spheres; the exosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. Together, these spheres will help identify the interactions that make our planet truly unique. This course will provide an overview of the systems that have shaped the Earth, and how they are continuously altered by human activity. Group Pace live class session times are Wednesday at 10:00am, Thursday at 10:00am, or Thursday at 12:00 pm.
Forensic Science
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 10–12 • Term: Semester 1 • Credit: 0.5 (elective) • Law & Order Career Academy • STEM Career Academy| Syllabus
Fingerprints. Blood spatter. DNA analysis. The world of law enforcement is increasingly making use of the techniques and knowledge from the sciences to better understand the crimes that are committed and to catch those individuals responsible for the crimes. Forensic science applies scientific knowledge to the criminal justice system. This course focuses on some of the techniques and practices used by forensic scientists during a crime scene investigation (CSI). Starting with how clues and data are recorded and preserved, the student will follow evidence trails until the CSI goes to trial, examining how various elements of the crime scene are analyzed and processed. Can be taken for Science credit with Teacher and Counselor approval.
Physics
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 11–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 1.0 • STEM Career Academy| Syllabus
In Physics you will learn about topics such as motion, magnets, machines, light, sound, and electrical circuits. All of these concepts each illustrate very basic laws of our physical world. You will learn to analyze motion, including distance, velocity, and acceleration. You will observe and predict effects of periodic, circular, and orbital motion, including motions such as a child swinging back and forth on a swing or a planet traveling in an orbit around a star. You will learn about the behavior and properties of light and sound waves. You will explore the relationship between electricity and magnetism.
Veterinary Science
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Semester 2 • Credit: 0.5 • STEM Career Academy| Syllabus
Whether you want to step into the wild side of veterinary medicine or just take care of loveable dogs and cats, explore how to care for domestic, farm, and wild animals, diagnose their common diseases and ailments, and learn about different veterinary treatments. If you have always been drawn to the world of our furry, scaly, and feathered friends, this is the course for you! Can be taken for Science credit with Teacher and Counselor approval.
Health & Physical Education
Health
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 | Syllabus
This Health course will help you develop the knowledge and skills you need to make healthy decisions that allow you to stay active, safe and informed. The lessons and activities are designed to introduce students to important aspects of the main types of health: emotional and mental, social and consumer, and physical. Among other topics, you will explore nutrition, understanding and avoiding disease, first aid and CPR, and human sexuality. You will find out about the components of a healthy lifestyle and ways to approach making healthy choices and decisions.
Health Careers
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 11–12 • Term: Semester 1 • Credit: 0.5 (elective) • Health Career Academy| Syllabus
This is an entry-level course for the student that is interested in pursuing a career in health care. Topics covered will provide basic knowledge needed for all workers in the healthcare setting. Along with weekly assignments, students will also participate in at least three conference calls with healthcare professionals. These professionals will discuss their education, profession and the strengths and challenges of working in the health field. Topics covered will include: professionalism, medical terminology, safety precautions, first aid and CPR, disease prevention, communication, and employment. Prerequisite: Health. Junior or Senior.
Nutrition and Wellness
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 11–12 • Term: Semester 2 • Credit: 0.5 (elective) • Culinary Arts Career Academy • Health Career Academy| Syllabus
This half-credit course will introduce the student to an overview of good nutrition principles that are needed for human physical and mental wellness. Discussion of digestion, basic nutrients, weight management, sports and fitness, and lifespan nutrition is included. Application to today’s food and eating trends, plus learning to assess for reliable nutrition information is emphasized. Prerequisite: Health.
Physical Education 9/10 & 11/12
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Semester 1/Semester 2 • Credit: 0.5 | Syllabus
This course focuses on the fundamental components and principles of fitness. The course examines safety guidelines, proper technique, and exercise principles such as the FITT. Students will assess their current level of fitness in relation to the five components of physical fitness: flexibility, cardiovascular health, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and body composition. Students will also learn strategies to help them begin, design, and maintain an exercise program to keep them fit for life. Group Pace live class session times are Tuesday or Wednesday at 1:00 pm (grades 9/10) and Monday at 1:00pm (11/12).
Art & Music
Art Appreciation
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Fine Arts Career Academy| Syllabus
This course is an exploration into visual art techniques, processes, and media. Students will study the elements and principles of art as they have been used in professional and historical examples and use these elements and principles to enhance the expressive quality of their own work. Students will also learn to enhance their observational skills by increasing their artistic vocabulary to better verbalize their thoughts and feelings of the visual world in which they live.
Art & Wellness
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 •| Syllabus ..coming soon
Art for Wellness is an opportunity for all students to develop wellness and mindfulness practices through art. The course will focus on color psychology, stages of artistic development, the history and theory of art therapy, approaches to artmaking, and purposes of artmaking. This course provides an opportunity for those who are interested in promoting wellness through art practices, and those interested in Art Therapy or Psychotherapy as a career. Content in this course also aligns with the following career pathways: Education and Training, Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications, Hospitality and Tourism, Marketing, and Health Sciences.
Cross Cultural Art Project
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Semester 1 • Credit: 0.5 • Fine Arts Career Academy| Syllabus
In this course, students get a chance to take a closer look at art around the world. Each unit focuses on a different country and is broken up into 5 sections: Destination, Art & Culture, Art Focus, Art Project and Project Response. Students will learn a little about the region, the craft of the region, make a hands-on version of the craft and discuss contemporary issues facing these artist groups. This course is for someone who likes hands-on art projects as well as taking a closer look at various countries and regions around the world.
Digital Design (ACC)
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s) 10–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Visual Communications Career Academy| Syllabus
This course introduces students to digital design as a form of visual communication that uses type, image, form, and color. Projects explore design concepts, practices and processes while encouraging creative problem solving, critiques and discussion. Investigation of career pathways in visual arts, print technology, and digital design provides the student with an artistic and business perspective of this exciting field. Prerequisite: Visual Communications
This course qualifies for Articulated College Credit.
Digital Photography
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s):9–12 • Term: Flex Term and Semester 2 • Credit: 0.5 • Fine Arts Career Academy • Visual Communications Career Academy| Syllabus
This is an introductory course in which students learn basic photographic concepts including how the camera works and how to use the various modes of the camera. Design elements and principles are reviewed and practiced as well as learning how to develop a photographic eye. Students then learn composition skills with the opportunity to practice what they learn with photo taking assignments. The concept of design as a manner of visual communication is carried throughout. Students finish up the course with photographic analysis and sharing their work in an online collaborative photo gallery.
This is a great course for those wanting to explore photography to improve their own skills as well as career exploration.
Independent Art Project
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Fine Arts Career Academy • Visual Communications Career Academy| Syllabus
This course is designed for art students who are considering art as a post-secondary study and who want to flex their creative muscles by engaging in art projects of their own design. Students will work through the design process from concept to finished project and public display. Students will collaborate with the art teacher throughout the process of demonstrating their individual artistic expression. What students create is limited only by their imagination. Students are required to supply their own materials or their own choice of medium. One-on-one live class sessions will be scheduled on an individual basis. Prerequisite: Students must have passed at least 2 high school art courses before taking this class. Cap: 5 students.
Independent Music Lessons
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Semester 1/Semester 2 • Credit: 0.5 • Music Career Academy| Syllabus
This course is for students who are actively engaged in a structured weekly musical activity outside of BlueSky. Students may not already be earning high school credit for their musical activity. Structured musical activities include, but are not limited to: private music lessons at any level on any instrument or voice, small or large ensemble rehearsal, a songwriting class, or theory lessons. Regardless of the activity, students should be spending a minimum of 2 hours engaging with music on their own, outside of Bluesky coursework. The activity should be scheduled on a weekly basis for the majority of the Bluesky semester.
At Bluesky, students will complete weekly written assignments on topics designed to help students become better musicians. Students will report on their progress outside of Bluesky through weekly practice recordings and goal setting activities. Students may take this class multiple semesters with teacher approval.
Introduction to Guitar
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Semester 1 • Credit: 0.5 • Music Career Academy| Syllabus
This one semester course will introduce students to playing the guitar. Through a weekly live session with an instructor, individual practice, written assignments, and practice recordings, students will learn about the guitar and gain the ability to play melodies and chords. Students will learn to read guitar tab, traditional notation and chord symbols. Students are expected to practice their guitar 5 days a week outside of class. Requires an acoustic or electric guitar in good working order, a guitar pick, a webcam and headphones. Group Pace live class session times are Tuesday at 1:00 pm.
Introduction to Visual Communications
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s):9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Visual Communications Career Academy| Syllabus
This is an introductory course that prepares students for entry into the Visual Communications field. General overviews will be given of the visual arts, photography and graphic design fields and career pathways of study. This course covers the fundamental elements and principles of design and how these relate to effective communication through various hands-on assignments as well as videos and tutorials. Course credit also counts toward meeting art requirement.
This is a good course for those who are thinking of entering the career fields of visual arts, photography and graphic design.
Modern Art
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Semester 2 • Credit: 0.5 • Fine Arts Career Academy| Syllabus
This course aims to broaden and deepen exposure to modern and contemporary artists, movements, and art forms. Students will practice observation and critical thinking skills, reflective writing, art making techniques and presentation, critique, and evaluation. Students will gain competency in talking about art using the elements and principles of design terminology and will learn about how artistic intent and historical context shape individual works of art. Through hands-on art making assignments in a variety of visual art media students will develop their own artistic voice.
Music Appreciation
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Music Career Academy| Syllabus
This one semester course introduces students to all musical elements. Start by learning to read and write music while creating your own music. Learn about elements of music such as tempo, dynamics and articulation and use these to analyze music while learning about musical instruments, European music history and American music. Learn about the life of a composer by planning a birthday party for your composer and dig into pop music by creating a mixtape with liner notes. Finally, evaluate why you listen to music and what is important in the music you like to listen to.
Music Lessons GP
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Semester 1/Semester 2 • Credit: 0.5 • Music Career Academy| Syllabus
Learn to play or improve your skills on a musical instrument through weekly one on one lessons with an instructor, individual practice, and written assignments. Beginners and students who already play an instrument are welcome to take this class.
Students are expected to practice their instrument a minimum of 20 minutes a day, 5 days a week outside of class. Requires a musical instrument in good working order, appropriate accessories (like reeds, valve oil or rosin), a webcam and headphones. Guitar students who have little or no experience playing guitar should sign up for the Introduction to Guitar class instead. Voice lessons are not taught. Students can take this class multiple semesters upon teacher approval. One-on-one live class sessions will be scheduled on an individual basis.
Songwriting and Music Production
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Semester 1 • Credit: 0.5 • Music Career Academy| Syllabus
In this project-based learning class, students will learn about instruments, notating music (in both traditional and non-traditional formats), lyrics and music theory. Using this knowledge, students will create or produce their own songs. No musical background or songwriting experience is required, however previous music classes may be helpful. Students will be encouraged to explore the areas that interest them to ultimately create a song that fits their musical style.
World Music
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Semester 2 • Credit: 0.5 • Music Career Academy| Syllabus
Students should enter this class prepared to listen, experience, and react to music from around the world that they might have never heard before! Students will learn about music history and current music genres from over 25 different countries and regions around the world.
Career & Technology
Accounting I
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 10–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Business Career Academy • Culinary Arts Career Academy| Syllabus
Upon completion of this course, the student will demonstrate an understanding of basic accounting theory and perform the accounting required for an accounting cycle. The student will perform the fundamentals required to record, summarize and analyze the transactions of a business and prepare and interpret the resultant financial statements. The student will also account for payroll and assets (cash, notes, and accounts receivable, inventories, plant and equipment, and intangibles).
Entrepreneurship
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s):10–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Business Career Academy • Culinary Arts Career Academy| Syllabus
Do you know someone who owns his or her own business? Do you want to be your own boss? Do you have the goal of owning a highly successful company? These are only a few of the reasons why thousands of people in the United States become entrepreneurs. Students will learn the skills necessary to run their own business. These concepts include: marketing, acquiring financing, managing, and the legal requirements of owning and operating a small business.
Hospitality and Tourism
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 10–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Culinary Arts Career Academy • Hospitality & Tourism Career Academy| Syllabus
With greater disposable income and more opportunities for business travel, people are traversing the globe in growing numbers. As a result, hospitality and tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. This course will introduce students to the hospitality and tourism industry, including hotel and restaurant management, cruise ships, spas, resorts, theme parks, and other areas. Students will learn about key hospitality issues, the development and management of tourist locations, event planning, marketing, and environmental issues related to leisure and travel. The course also examines some current and future trends in the field.
Introduction to Microsoft Applications
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s):9–12 • Term: Semester 1 • Credit: 0.5 • Business Career Academy • Computer Science Career Academy| Syllabus
This course is for the student who wants to learn the concepts of Microsoft Office Applications. Students will begin to learn the functions and capabilities of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. This course will begin preparing students for the Microsoft Certified Applications Specialist (MCAS) core-level exams in the Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications. Students will also learn keyboarding skills to increase keying speed and accuracy to employment levels of 30+ WPM.
Personal Finance
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s):10–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Business Career Academy| Syllabus
Understanding financial management concepts is an important life skill. From credit to insurance to taxes, it is imperative that students understand the consequences of their choices. Wisely managing their money, students become citizens that are more responsible. A thorough understanding of financial concepts, with practical application through activities and projects, will enable students to leave this course with applicable, useful skills for life. This course surveys the basic personal financial needs of most individuals and emphasizes the basics of budgeting, saving, checking, investments, credit, the wise use of insurance, and paying and preparing income tax returns. After high school, students face a world filled with possibilities, and the more knowledge they can acquire, the higher the probability that their financial future will be secure. Students taking this course will learn to better prepare for their financial futures.
Social Media Marketing (ACC)
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 10–12 • Term: Semester 2 • Credit: 0.5 • Business Career Academy| Syllabus
Through this course, students will have the opportunity to experience real-world social media marketing using a simulated real-world work environment! They will create and schedule ads, measure key performance indicators, perform demographic targeting, test promotional strategies and conduct data analysis to increase engagement with consumers — all while managing an advertising budget. Students will also have the opportunity to earn an industry-vetted certification in Social Media Marketing.
This course qualifies for Articulated College Credit.
Work Experience Seminar
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 10–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 | Syllabus
This is an employability skills course where students will explore and develop the foundational soft skills and other employability skills necessary to function successfully in a work environment. Safety, Right-to-Know, child labor laws, employability law, conflict management and communication are among the additional topics covered in this course.
Electives
Career Success
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Business Career Academy| Syllabus
This course is all about YOU as you prepare to transition from high school to adult life, college and the work world! Students complete self-assessments that analyze personal interests, characteristics and skills which then match students to career pathways that are likely to be personally fulfilling. Students will research careers and learn job search skills such as résumé writing, interviewing, and composing career-related correspondence. Emphasis is placed on Social and Emotional Learning where students develop the self-awareness, self-management and interpersonal skills necessary to position themselves for a lifetime of career success!
Computer Applications I
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Business Career Academy • Computer Science Career Academy| Syllabus
In this introductory course, students will become familiar with the basic principles of a personal computer, including the internal hardware, the operating system, and software applications. This course focuses on the operation and use of computer and information technology, emphasizing their role in communicating effectively and increasing productivity. Students will gain practice in using key applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint as well as understand social and ethical issues around the Internet, information, and security.
Criminal Justice
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term and Semester 2 • Credit: 0.5 (elective) • Law & Order Career Academy| Syllabus
Students will examine the history, organization, and function of local, state and federal agencies that make up the criminal justice system and survey the process of crime and punishment from arrest to release. The role of police, courts, and corrections will be explored along with an investigation into criminal justice careers. Ethics and real case scenarios and hot topics in criminal justice will be discussed.
Culinary Arts 1
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Culinary Arts Career Academy • Hospitality & Tourism Career Academy| Syllabus
Culinary Arts 1 is designed to create a complete foundation and understanding of culinary arts leading to postsecondary education or a foodservice career. This fundamentals course begins to involve in-depth knowledge and hands-on skill mastery of culinary arts. Students should be prepared to have fun demonstrating cooking skills, eating and sharing their projects with family and friends to critique. Students will need to take digital pictures of their cooking projects and supply their own recipe ingredients.
Culinary Arts 2
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Culinary Arts Career Academy| Hospitality & Tourism Career Academy| Syllabus
Culinary Arts 2 is designed to create a foundation and understanding of Culinary Arts, leading to postsecondary education or a foodservice career. Building from techniques and skills learned in Culinary Arts 1, this fundamentals course begins to involve in-depth knowledge and hands on skill mastery of Culinary Arts. This is a hands-on course, so students should be prepared to have fun demonstrating cooking skills, eating and sharing their projects with family and friends to critique. Students will need to take digital pictures of their cooking projects and supply the recipe ingredients.
Cyber Security 1A
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Semester 2 • Credit: 0.5 (elective) • Computer Science Career Academy| Syllabus
We depend more on the technologies we interact with every day; and we put more and more of our personal data out there online. Can all of that data really be kept “secret”? Learn about the various parts of your computer, how they work together, and how you can manipulate them to keep your data safe. Dive into the tools, technologies, and methods that will help protect you from an attack and discover the many opportunities in the rapidly growing field of cybersecurity.
Digital Design (ACC)
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s):10–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Visual Communications Career Academy| Syllabus
This course introduces students to digital design as a form of visual communication that uses type, image, form, and color. Projects explore design concepts, practices and processes while encouraging creative problem solving, critiques and discussion. Investigation of career pathways in visual arts, print technology, and digital design provides the student with an artistic and business perspective of this exciting field. Prerequisite: Visual Communications
This course qualifies for Articulated College Credit.
Digital Photography
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s):9–12 • Term: Flex Term and Semester 2 • Credit: 0.5 • Fine Arts Career Academy • Visual Communications Career Academy| Syllabus
This is an introductory course in which students learn basic photographic concepts including how the camera works and how to use the various modes of the camera. Design elements and principles are reviewed and practiced as well as learning how to develop a photographic eye. Students then learn composition skills with the opportunity to practice what they learn with photo taking assignments. The concept of design as a manner of visual communication is carried throughout. Students finish up the course with photographic analysis and sharing their work in an online collaborative photo gallery.
This is a great course for those wanting to explore photography to improve their own skills as well as career exploration.
Fashion Design
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s):9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Visual Communications Career Academy| Syllabus
Explore fashion styles, trends, influences and designers. You will design clothing and make those designs come alive with color, style, design elements and appropriate fabrics. Practice merchandising and marketing methods that bring fashion from textile to stores. The history of clothing and careers in fashion design and merchandising are part of this course. Build your own fashion portfolio and develop a plan to promote those creations. Students will need to provide their own supplies for projects. Credit earned in this course counts towards meeting the art requirement.
Forensic Science
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 10–12 • Term: Semester 1 • Credit: 0.5 (elective) • Law & Order Career Academy • STEM Career Academy| Syllabus
Fingerprints. Blood spatter. DNA analysis. The world of law enforcement is increasingly making use of the techniques and knowledge from the sciences to better understand the crimes that are committed and to catch those individuals responsible for the crimes. Forensic science applies scientific knowledge to the criminal justice system. This course focuses on some of the techniques and practices used by forensic scientists during a crime scene investigation (CSI). Starting with how clues and data are recorded and preserved, the student will follow evidence trails until the CSI goes to trial, examining how various elements of the crime scene are analyzed and processed. Can be taken for Science credit with Teacher and Counselor approval.
Interior & Architectural Design
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s):9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Visual Communications Career Academy| Syllabus
Come explore the exciting world of interior and architectural design! As a student, you will gain an understanding of the elements and principles of design and utilize them to create living spaces. You will learn to analyze a client’s needs and select appropriate colors, fabrics, furnishings, lighting and design elements. Students will develop skills in architectural drafting, CAD and space planning as they prepare sample rooms and floor plans. You will also have exposure to various career opportunities in this field. Credit earned in this course counts towards meeting the art requirement.
Life Skills
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s):9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Health Career Academy| Syllabus
Life Skills is designed to increase your knowledge and ability in skills necessary for everyday living. The course emphasizes defining personal values, goal-setting and planning, making decisions and solving problems. It covers evaluating information and dealing with media and peer pressure. You will also learn about relationships and communication skills, wellness, personal safety, and contributing to your community. This is a great prep course for developing basic skills for living on your own.
Manufacturing, Product Design and Innovation
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s):10–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • STEM Career Academy| Syllabus
Manufacturing is a high demand industry in Minnesota. In this course, students will learn about the different types of manufacturing systems as well as career opportunities including engineers, technicians and supervisory management. As a culminating project, students will plan their own manufacturing process and create an entirely original product! If you thought manufacturing meant mundane assembly lines, this course will show you how exciting, creative and practical this industry can be.
Parenting
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s):9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 | Syllabus
Parenting is a skill that the vast majority of us will need at some point in our lives. Learn how this demanding task can also be the most rewarding. This course is recommended for all students who are either parenting already or plan to be in the future. Children don’t come with a manual – but this course will help!
Principles of Business A
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Business Career Academy| Syllabus
Discover the fundamental knowledge that will help you pursue a career in business, as well as always generating interest and buzz around the products and services offered. Explore different types of businesses and ownership forms, the impact of governments on business, and the marketing of goods and services. Learn about globalization, free trade, and various economic systems, as well as the impact of technology on business, business ethics, and social responsibility.
Principles of Business B
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Business Career Academy| Syllabus
Take your knowledge of business basics, finance, and marketing to the next level. Learn how to create a marketing strategy that promotes and attracts customers in order to sell a product or service. Explore important basics of business finance, including accounting, budgeting, and investing. And learn what careers are available in business and the important employability skills you’ll need to ace the interview and land the job!
QuickBooks
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 10–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Business Career Academy| Syllabus
QuickBooks introduces students to the double-entry accounting method and industry standard accounting applications used to record transactions, prepare financial statements, analyze income, expenses, assets, liabilities, and equity. Students will learn to work with both spreadsheet and accounting applications including Microsoft Excel and Intuit QuickBooks. Students will have the opportunity to earn a professional level certification in Intuit QuickBooks and Microsoft Excel. Prerequisite: Accounting I
Travel Scandinavia
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 10–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 • Hospitality & Tourism Career Academy| Syllabus
This course combines hospitality, tourism and international business with a focus on the exciting destinations of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. Students will travel virtually through these beautiful countries while learning about international travel preparation, currency, passports/visas, booking flights, lodging and excursions and how to create travel itineraries. Other topics include people and cultures, cuisine, arts and entertainment, sports, languages, Viking history and World War II history. An optional field trip to Scandinavian cultural centers in Minneapolis is also included.
Veterinary Science
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Semester 2 • Credit: 0.5 • STEM Career Academy| Syllabus
Whether you want to step into the wild side of veterinary medicine or just take care of loveable dogs and cats, explore how to care for domestic, farm, and wild animals, diagnose their common diseases and ailments, and learn about different veterinary treatments. If you have always been drawn to the world of our furry, scaly, and feathered friends, this is the course for you! Can be taken for Science credit with Teacher and Counselor approval.
Youth Apprenticeship On-The-Job Training
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 11–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: Variable | Syllabus
Manufacturing Processes Youth Apprenticeship is a formalized, collaborative work experience that allows students to leave school for 1-3 hours in the afternoon to participate in a manufacturing processes internship at a local workplace and learn employment, occupational and technical skills that will help them be successful in the workplace. An official certificate with a State of Minnesota golden seal will be awarded after completion of 450 hours. Students must maintain satisfactory grades in all courses and no less than a B in the apprenticeship courses. Students will be required to work a minimum of 10 hours per week and will provide the work-based learning coordinator with work schedules and copies of timesheets and pay stubs. Students must apply and interview for participation in the program and have a sincere interest in working for the employer partner or in the industry after high school graduation. A written agreement and training plan is required between the school, employer, student and parent/guardian. Prerequisites (or concurrently) – Career Planning, Work Experience Seminar, Manufacturing Product Design and Innovation
Support Groups
Attacking Anxiety
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: 1st Semester/2nd Semester • Credit: 0.5 | Syllabus
Attacking Anxiety is a support group for students in grades 9-12 who struggle with anxiety on a daily basis and want to learn to manage it. Students will learn coping strategies to help them control their anxiety and reduce stress. Only available to students enrolled in BlueSky’s full-time program.
Grief Support Healing and Dealing
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: 2nd Semester • Credit: 0.5 | Syllabus
Grief Support Healing and Dealing is a support group that is offered as elective credit. This group allows students who have experienced the death of a loved one a place to learn coping skills, grieve, and have support. It is only available to students enrolled in BlueSky’s full-time program.
Mind Over Mood
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: 1st Semester/2nd Semester • Credit: 0.5 | Syllabus
Mind Over Mood is a support group to help you learn new skills to make changes in your moods, behaviors, and relationships. The skills are designed to help you handle stress by practicing relaxation, improve your self-esteem, improve your relationships, and become less fearful and more confident. Only available to students enrolled in BlueSky’s full-time program.
The Real You
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 | Syllabus
The Real You is a support group that is offered as elective credit. It is designed for students in grades 9-12 that allows for personal reflection and growth, strategies for building healthy relationships, improving self-esteem, boosting self-confidence, discussing media and the effects it has on youth today. Only available to students enrolled in BlueSky’s full-time program.
Who Am I?
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 | Syllabus
Who Am I? is a small group that will explore many different topics, including your personal values, family, relationships/friendships, diversity, discrimination, gender equity & identity, assumptions/stereotypes, managing stress, self-esteem, using a growth mindset and personal goals/dreams. By the end of the group, the goal is that you know yourself better and are able to answer the question, “Who Am I?” Only available to students enrolled in BlueSky’s full-time program.
World Languages
American Sign Language 1A
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: 1st Semester • Credit: 0.5 • World Language Career Academy| Syllabus
Did you know that American Sign Language (ASL) is the third most commonly used language in North America? Learn introductory vocabulary and simple sentences so that you can start communicating right away. Importantly, explore Deaf culture – social beliefs, traditions, history, values, and communities influenced by deafness. Because American Sign Language is a visual language, students are required to submit video samples of their signing progress or attend one-on-one sessions with the teacher.
American Sign Language 1B
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: 2nd Semester • Credit: 0.5 • World Language Career Academy| Syllabus
The predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States, American Sign Language, is complex and robust. Discover more of this language and its grammatical structures through expanding your vocabulary with acquiring hundreds of new signs. Additionally, explore interesting topics like Deaf education and Deaf arts and culture, and learn about careers where you can use your ASL skills. Because American Sign Language is a visual language, students are required to submit video samples of their signing progress or attend one-on-one sessions with the teacher.
American Sign Language 2A
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: 1st Semester • Credit: 0.5 • World Language Career Academy| Syllabus
It’s time to move beyond introductory ASL signs and start forming more compelling signs for communication. Explore how expressions can enhance signs and lend dimension to conversations, while learning vocabulary for descriptions, directions, shopping, making purchases, and dealing with emergencies. Because American Sign Language is a visual language, students are required to submit video samples of their signing progress or attend one-on-one sessions with the teacher. Prerequisite: American Sign Language 1
American Sign Language 2B
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: 2nd Semester • Credit: 0.5 • World Language Career Academy| Syllabus
Ready to dive deeper into learning about the Deaf community, culture, and language? Learn about sequencing, transitions, role-shifts, and future tenses. Discover how to tell a story and ask questions, benefiting with greater exposure to deaf culture. Speed, conversations, signing skills, and cultural awareness are characteristics of this course. Because American Sign Language is a visual language, students are required to submit video samples of their signing progress or attend one-on-one sessions with the teacher. Prerequisite: American Sign Language 1
Spanish I
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: 1st Semester/2nd Semester • Credit: 1.0 • World Language Career Academy| Syllabus
Spanish is one of the most common languages in the world! Students in this course will begin their foreign language study through listening, speaking, reading and writing activities. Culture is embedded throughout the course to help students better understand and appreciate the culture, people, geographical locations and history of the Spanish-speaking world.
Group Pace live class session times are Monday at 1:00 pm.
Spanish II
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 1.0 • World Language Career Academy| Syllabus
Spanish II builds on the language skills learned in Spanish I. Students in this course will continue developing successful communication through speaking, writing, reading, and listening, as well cultural awareness. Learning activities in each unit are focused upon a specific theme. Students must pass Spanish I prior to enrolling in this course. A working microphone is required.
Spanish III
Year: 2024-2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 1.0 • World Language Career Academy| Syllabus
Spanish III is a continuation of Spanish II. Students will learn ever-increasing vocabulary and different verb tenses, in addition to reading a book entirely in Spanish. Culture is embedded throughout the course in an attempt to help the learner focus on the Spanish-speaking world and its culture, people, geographical location and history. Students must pass Spanish II prior to taking this course. A working microphone is required.
Social Studies
American History
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–10 • Term: Flex Term and Single Terms • Credit: 1.0 | Syllabus
This course is designed to provide the student with a basic understanding of American History. The content will focus on the origins of the nation’s democratic principles and continue through present day domestic and foreign issues that affect American society. There will be a particular emphasis on the individuals and groups that have not only been impacted by the nation’s development but those who have made contributions as well. Students will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills as they participate in interactive discussions, and complete assignments establishing real-world connections. Group Pace live class session times are Wednesday at 10:00am, Wednesday at 12:00pm, or Thursday at 12:00pm.
American Government
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 11–12 • Term: Flex Term and Semester 2 • Credit: 0.5 | Syllabus
American Government is the study of the historical backgrounds, governing principles, and institutions of the government of the United States. The focus is on the principles and beliefs upon which the United States was founded and on the structure, functions, and powers of government at the national, state, and local levels. The principles of popular sovereignty, separation of powers, checks and balances, republicanism, federalism, and individual rights will be examined, as will the roles of individuals and groups in the American political system. Students will compare the American system of government with other modern systems and assess the strengths and problems associated with the American system. This course meets Minnesota’s civics test requirement. Group Pace live class session times are Wednesdays at 12:00 pm.
Criminal Justice
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–12 • Term: Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 (elective) • Law & Order Career Academy| Syllabus
Students will examine the history, organization, and function of local, state and federal agencies that make up the criminal justice system and survey the process of crime and punishment from arrest to release. The role of police, courts, and corrections will be explored along with an investigation into criminal justice careers. Ethics and real case scenarios and hot topics in criminal justice will be discussed.
Economics
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 11–12 • Term: Flex Term and Semester 1 • Credit: 0.5 | Syllabus
Economics is the study of how societies use limited resources to satisfy their unlimited wants and needs. It is the foundation of this course as students learn how fundamental decisions about the four factors of production (land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship) are made. Students will be presented with economic applications in today’s world. From economics in the world of business, money, banking, and finance, students will see how economics is applied both domestically and globally. Students will also study how the government is involved in establishing economic stability in the American Free Enterprise System as well as how the U.S. economy has a global impact. Group Pace live class session times are Wednesday at 11:00 am.
Geography
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9–10 • Term: Flex Term and 1st Semester • Credit: 0.5 | Syllabus
This course will focus on geospatial skills, places and regions, human systems and human-environment interaction. New geographic applications and technologies will also be covered. Students learn various methods for defining place on the Earth’s surface while investigating areas of physical and cultural geography. Various methods of how the Earth can be changed and modified are then discussed and analyzed. Finally, economic systems are covered as well as political systems of government. The course emphasizes student application of core standards with information that is happening in real time. Group Pace live class session times are Monday at 12:00 pm.
Psychology
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 11–12 • Term: 1st Semester/2nd Semester • Credit: 0.5 (elective) • Law & Order Career Academy • STEM Career Academy| Syllabus
This semester-long course aims to answer the question: Why do people act the way they do? In studying human behavior, students will use a variety of resources to examine topics such as learning and memory, personality theories, biological and environmental influences on behavior, gender differences, societal influences, stress and its effects, psychological disorders and treatment, and others. This course is designed to introduce students to the science that is psychology and help students to better understand themselves and those around them. This course is offered as an elective course.
World History
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 11–12 • Term: Flex Term and Single Terms • Credit: 1.0 | Syllabus
This course is a survey of world history from prehistoric to contemporary times. Students will learn about the socio-economic, political, and ideological conditions of various time periods as they study historical events and cultural achievements of world regions. Using primary and secondary sources, they will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills as they conduct inquiry-based research, participate in interactive discussions, and complete assignments establishing real-world connections. Group Pace live class session times are Thursday at 11:00 am.
World Religions
Year: 2024 – 2025 • Grade Level(s): 9-12 • Flex Term • Credit: 0.5 (elective) • Syllabus
Throughout the ages, religions worldwide have shaped the political, social, and cultural aspects of societies. Explore the major religions that have played a role in human history, including Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shintoism, and Taoism. Trace the major developments in these religions and examine their relationships with social institutions and culture, as well as the similarities and differences and connections and influences they have.