Cycle 3: The Harlem Renaissance. Students will become familiar with the art, music and poetry and writings of the Harlem Renaissance.

Cycle 4: Civil Rights. Students will become familiar with the 14^th Amendment of the Constitution. Students will become familiar with the struggles of the civil rights movement and consider the question: "What rights are worth fighting for?"

In English students will learn to: identify own behaviors in a group setting; design presentations to show understanding of the theories of mediation, negotiation, and consensus; identify conflicts and themes in literature; practice reading strategies that enhance reading comprehension; write point-of-view and opinion papers based on majors themes in literature. Students will become familiar with the genres of poetry, the novel, and the short story.

In Social Studies students will learn the three branches of government and how each works. Students will also learn to diagram the process in which a bill becomes a law.

Read and comprehend informational materials.

Produce a report of information.

Participate in group activities

Revisal of student work.

Compare and contrast works of literature

(Social Studies) Standards: 1, 2, 3
 
 

Novels: Lord of The Flies, The Giver, Warriors Don�t Cry, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry,

(English Languages Arts) Standard 2: Language for literary response and expression

(English Languages Arts) Standard 3: Language for critical analysis and evaluation

(English Languages Arts) Standard 4: Language for social interaction

(Social Studies) Standard 1: History of the United States and New York

(Social Studies) Standard 2: World History

(Social Studies) Standard 3: Geography

Cycle 3: Students explore morality and values as applied to political systems, Democracy and Socialism.

Cycle 1: Through exploring their own values and their family values, students will recognize the importance of ethical choices in life and society. Students will be writing point of view pieces, comparative essays, and a college essay to go along with their college applications.

Cycle 2: Students will learn about some of the world�s religions, scared texts and the common elements and value of all religion in human society. Students will be reading The Bible, The Koran, and other texts exploring the positive and negative aspects of religion in the modern world. Students will be using the Mid Manhattan Library to research an original paper using footnotes and a bibliography.

Cycle 3: Students will learn about Communism, Socialism, and Democracy in the 19^th and 20^th centuries. Students will read original texts and write critical papers.

Cycle 4: Students will take a deeper look at our government. We will read original documents, The Federalist Papers, The Declaration of Independence, and The Constitution. Students will write a constitution of their own to govern their ideal society.