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write papers over assigned articles by Mr. Schwan. The student certainly appreciate his expert help with their projects.
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• Intro. to Tech. - Don Donley
• This is a freshman class which is split into three groups:
• Group 1) Working on metal fabrication, welding and cutting.
• Group 2) Working on woodworking projects.
• Group 3) Working on a laser engraving unit.
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• Tech 2 - Don Donley
• This is a Sophomore class currently split into two groups:
• Group 1) Working on a VEX robotics unit.
• Group 2) Working on shop projects.
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• Construction Tech. - Don Donley
• This is a Junior class and they are working on individual projects, woodworking and welding.
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• Tech. 4 - Don Donley
• This is a Senior class and they are working on individual projects. They just finished a unit on driving costs, depreciation, upkeep, the cost per mile to drive different types of vehicles, etc.
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• American History: 11th Grade Full Year Course - Mr. Wanner
• History is the discipline that can best help them understand and deal with change, and at the same time to identify the deep continuities that link past and present. History can satisfy young people's longing for a sense of identity and of their time and place in the human story. Well-taught, history and biography are naturally engaging to student's by speaking to individuality, to their possibilities for choice. By organizing information thematically, student's are provided with the opportunity to analyze related information over time.
• At the beginning of each unit, "Themes in American History" are taught. Written as summaries of main ideas, these themes alert student's to the significant issues they will encounter throughout each unit. After each unit themes are reinforced using a time line and critical thinking questions. The time-line callouts serve as clues to answering the critical thinking question for each theme. Themes that we will be learning throughout the school year are Economics, The Constitution, Social (Continued on page 15)
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