US 12^th Grade Courses

Based on their academic record, students choose a minimum of five courses from the list below.

• Art

  Term 1

  • Basic Art & Design vocabulary
  • Exploring line, tone and texture
  • Basic form and structure : direct observation
  • Sketching, rough layouts and composition
  • Developing an idea or design
  • Using colour
  • Experimentation with different materials
  • School Christmas card design

   

  Term 2

  • Looking at different Artists and styles
  • Examining and reproducing an image in a chosen style
  • Creative use of materials : mixed media and collage
  • Interpretation; using your imagination
  • Graphic Design e.g. CD, film, computer game, book, etc.

   

  Term 3

  • Still life : natural objects / outside observation
  • Presentation and mounting of coursework
  • Personal object

   

• Economics

  Term 1

  • The Basic Economic Problem
  • How the Market Works and Market Failure
  • Economic Indicators          
  • Trends in Production, Population, and Living Standards

   

  Term 2

  • International Aspects of Economics
  • Features and Purposes of Business Organizations
  • Internal Structure of Business Organizations

   

  Term 3

  • The Elements of Employment
  • Influences on Business Organizations
  • The Importance of Markets and Customers

   

• English (American Literature)

  Term 1

  • The Spirit of Individualism (1800-1855)
  • Conflict and Expansion (1850-1900)
  • The Changing Face of America (1855-1925)

   

• English (British Literature)

  Term 1

  • The English Renaissance (1485-1660)
  • The Restoration and Enlightenment (1660-1798)
  • The Flowering of Romanticism (1798-1832)

   

• English Language and Literature

  The Power of Storytelling

  • Maupassant - "The Necklace"
  • O'Brian - "Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?"
  • Collier - "Marigolds"
  • Tan - "Two Kinds"
  • O'Flaherty - "The Sniper"
  • Jackson - "The Possibility of Evil"
  • Valenzuala - "The Censors"
  • Poe - "The Cask of Amontillado"

   

• European History

  Term 1

  • The First World War
  • The Rise of Totalitarianism

   

  Term 2

  • The Second World War

   

  Term 3

  • The Cold War

   

• Integrated Science

  Term 1

  • Matter
  • Elements, mixtures & compounds
  • Atomic structure
  • The periodic table

   

  Term 2

  • Groups of metals
  • Groups of non-metals
  • Ionic compounds
  • Covalent bonding
  • Metals and structure

   

  Term 3

  • Natural Resources
  • Land Use
  • People's Effect on the Environment

   

• MUN

  Term 1

  • Researching a country
  • Researching a specific issue on the UN agenda
  • Researching your topic
  • Writing a policy statement
  • Writing and delivering an opening speech
  • Preambulary clauses
  • Writing the action the UN should take in order to solve the problem you are addressing
  • Parliamentary procedure

   

• Pre-Calculus

  Term 1

  • Linear Functions
  • Quadratic Functions
  • Functions
  • Polynomials

   

  Term 2

  • Rational Functions

   

• US History

  Term 1

  • Early History: The Founding of a New Nation
  • 19th Century Industrial United States
  • New political movements

   

  Term 2

  • The United States: Growth of a World Power

  • The Roaring Twenties

   

  Term 3

  • The Great Depression and the New Deal

   

• German

  Can be studied at all levels – beginner, intermediate, advanced

• Italian

  Can be studied at all levels – beginner, intermediate, advanced

• Spanish

  Can be studied at all levels – beginner, intermediate, advanced

• PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education)

  All students follow one period per week.

• Sports

  All students follow sports classes (variety of activities).