High School Curriculum Guide 2022 - 2023
(values, attitudes, and assumptions). The curriculum is based on the AP objectives and covers the prescribed themes: science and technology, personal and public Identities, families and communities, global challenges, contemporary life, and beauty and aesthetics. Assessment is based on the AP objectives. Evaluation is based on summative assessments of the students’ productive (speaking and writing) and receptive (reading and listening) skills based on the AP objectives. This is an accelerated one-year course offered to students in Grades 11 or 12 who have studied Spanish for four or more years and who have a strong interest in the language. At the end of this course students will be prepared and required to take the AP Spanish Language and Culture exam. Note: Students who have taken AP Spanish are not eligible for IB Spanish B courses, as the courses are so similar. Course Sequence Map
Social Studies The Social Studies Department at AISC is committed to providing a program that will encourage reflective and analytical thinking and de-emphasize rote learning. It is our intent that students learn how to make their own interpretations, so that by the time they leave school they are able to think and learn independently and are aware of their responsibilities as global citizens. To achieve these ends we: •
promote and encourage the application of compassion, thoughtfulness, and equality AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL CHENNAI
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