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The Stuyvesant High School Online Course Guide |
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The Stuyvesant High School Online Course Guide |
Overview: This yearlong course is designed for juniors interested in a humanities-style approach to American literature and history. Students enrolled in A.P. English and Language Composition: American Studies will automatically be programmed for A.P. United States History: American Studies (H55X and H66X). American Studies program comprises two Advanced Placement courses, and students are encouraged to take the A.P. Language and Composition exam and the A.P. United States History exam in the spring.
Texts: Required readings for the English portion of the American Studies program involve a variety of genres, including histories, sermons, poems, short stories, autobiographies, essays, and novels. Authors studied in the 2005-06 school year included Anne Bradstreet, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Ambrose Bierce, Jack London, and Edith Wharton. Novels studied included:
Assignments: Writing assignments tend to be more analytical than creative and will often require students to integrate their literature and history studies. Formats include English Regents tasks (including critical lens and listening passage), personal essay, literary analysis, timed writing, and annotations.
Students will also be responsible for leading discussion, usually about twice per semester. These requirements will generally be part of a group assignment and will involve literature and its historical context. Both semesters culminate in students teaching lessons on American literature and history.
Format: The class is largely discussion-based. Approximately twice per month, both American Studies classes will meet together for a double-period lesson or activity. Students should expect reading assignments every night of 20-30 pages in length.
Applicants for the class must have at least a 92% English average.
