This is an adaptive credit recovery course, in which students will complete a pretest for each module, and will be exempted from activities for topics where mastery is demonstrated. This type of credit recovery course targets individual areas of need in the curriculum and minimizes repetition of content where students have demonstrated their understanding.
This course explores American Literature, with units organized chronologically according to periods in literary history. Students read foundational works of literature and other historical documents written between 1600 and 1900 and develop skills of analyzing literature, analyzing informational text, writing, and language study, which includes word knowledge and grammar skills. Assignments emphasize the use of details, evidence, and reasoning to support ideas. Students will write in a variety of genres. Students will read a variety of short stories, plays, poems, essays, and informational writing. All texts are included within the course.
Major topics include:
- Native American Literature
- Literature from Early America and the Revolutionary Period
- American Romantic Literature
- American Gothic Literature
- Realism in American Poetry
- American Abolitionist Writings
Students learn through online lesson activities, videos, and interactive activities. Each module begins with a pretest, proceeds to lessons that conclude with a brief self-check, and wraps with a module exam. The course concludes with a cumulative exam.
This course uses content from Accelerate Education taught by a VHS Learning instructor who is certified in their content area and who follows VHS Learning policies. The course will be hosted in the Buzz learning management system. Students may spend 40 hours completing this course, though actual time-spent will vary based on individual student performance in module pretests.
