Humanities
Literacy and Social Science
Workshop
Much of our work is based on the workshop model: Students learn by doing, reflecting and redoing.
Nancie Atwell’s seminal In the Middle is the starting point for much of what we do in literacy.
Independent
Reading
Students become fluent readers when they read.
Student choice is a major component of the program.
Writing
Nonfiction writing is the cornerstone of a student finding their academic voice.
Content is our driver. It is not enough to have something to say; students must prove it.
Expect revisions.
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Social Science
We alternate between American and world years,with a focus on 20th and 21st centuries.
E.D. Hirsch’s “Core Knowledge” series is one starting point.
Social Science
Five Elements
In Vermont we use these lens to look at any culture:
Economics
History
Government
Geography
Cultural Diversity
Homework
There are two occasions when a student has homework:
Humanities
Also be ready for:
3 Column Notes
Grammar
Maps
Reading Journals and Logs
And More!