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New Classes 2022-2023

ELA (Grades 11 & 12)

World Mythology is a comparative look at myths, folk tales, and fairy tales from around the world and how they derive from, and affect, the mind of a culture. Students will examine both the common threads and unique elements in these works, while also exploring them as metaphors expressing societal values.

Horror Literature introduces students to the conventions and techniques of horror, mystery, and suspense writing. Students will examine what drives mysteries, the tension that defines suspense, and the fear of death, failure, and the unknown. This course presents the works of key creators of this genre and their modern-day counterparts.

History (Grades 11 & 12)

United States Government and Politics revisits the founding documents of the United States and Massachusetts with an emphasis on understanding their relevance and impact on policies and politics in the present. Topics include foundations of government; civil rights, human rights, and civil liberties; political parties, interest groups, media, and public policies; and the relationship of the US to others in world affairs.

Early College Classes

The Early College Program is a partnership between the Lynn Public Schools and North Shore Community College and Salem State University. Students have the opportunity to earn up to 33 college credits for free by taking college classes during the school day in classes co-taught by Lynn Public Schools teachers and college professors.

FRESHMEN COURSES:

117 Global Voices and Writing Today

  • This thematic, multi-genre course features the development of critical thinking, reading and writing skills on global topics through reading and writing about literature representing a variety of world regions and viewpoints. In addition to selections of fiction and non-fiction, students will independently research world news media. Writing assignments will build strengths in expository, descriptive, persuasive and narrative writing. In addition to required texts, independent reading and weekly reflection on arising global events are an expectation of the course.

610 Understanding Higher Education & Career Pathways

  • This course provides an introduction to higher education, including the different purposes, function, and structures of post-secondary institutions. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of degree and career pathways available across institution types as well as familiarity with the social and emotional factors that influence student persistence and completion across educational settings.  A variety of contemporary issues in higher education will be explored, with particular emphasis on the ways in which student experiences intersect with these issues.  Topics include but are not limited to: academic discourse, social emotional learning, educational planning, financial planning, college placement options, prerequisites/corequisites, and teaching and learning modalities.  While this course focuses on higher education specifically, course topics will have application to educational settings and successful learning more broadly.

SOPHOMORE COURSES:

102 English for Academic Purposes: Writing & Grammar (ESL)

  • The goal of this course is the acquisition and control of advanced-level grammatical forms and sentence structures in English. Students will improve the accuracy and variety of their sentences, build on their academic vocabulary, and write a variety of types of college essays in English.

103 English for Academic Purposes: Writing & Grammar (ESL)

  • The goal of this course is the acquisition and control of advanced-level grammatical forms and sentence structures in English. Students will improve the accuracy and variety of their sentences, build on their academic vocabulary, and write a variety of types of college essays in English.

114 Speech

  • Focuses on the nature and effects of verbal communication. Students will become familiar with the communication process, including some of the following: principals of organization, purpose, language structure, effective delivery, and audience analysis.  Students individually will use these elements in informative and persuasive speaking in the traditional speaker-audience relationship.

117 Global Voices and Writing Today

  • This thematic, multi-genre course features the development of critical thinking, reading and writing skills on global topics through reading and writing about literature representing a variety of world regions and viewpoints. In addition to selections of fiction and non-fiction, students will independently research world news media. Writing assignments will build strengths in expository, descriptive, persuasive and narrative writing. In addition to required texts, independent reading and weekly reflection on arising global events are an expectation of the course.

264 Ethics

  • Study of the philosophical approach to moral experience. A systemic inquiry into human conduct with the purpose of discovering both the rules that ought to govern human action and the goods that are worth seeking in human life. Both classical and contemporary philosophers are studied.

267 Oral Com Civic Engage & Justice

JUNIOR COURSES:

115 English Composition 1

  • Emphasis on developing skills of writing, reading, analytical skills and research. Students are introduced to thought-provoking readings from a variety of disciplines and learn to organize materials, analyze ideas and produce clear writing.

118C Foundations of Writing

  • This course provides an introduction to the foundational knowledge, literacies, and composing strategies that will help prepare students for writing across the disciplines, in the workplace, and in their local and global communities. General Education attribute: Written Communication-Level I.

205 US History and Constitutional Government II

  • Traces the development of the United States from 1865 to its present status as a world power, analyzing the economic, political, social and cultural factors. The functioning of American federal and state constitutions is analyzed. Provides the knowledge and understanding needed by teachers and by professionals who may interact with the public sector. General Education attribute: The Human Past.

617 Introduction to Entrepreneurship

  • Introductory course intended to provide students with a solid foundation in the vital role played by entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in the economy of the 21st century. It provides students from all disciplines with an avenue to explore a perspective of innovation and entrepreneurism within their areas of interest. Topics include the importance of business development for a healthy economy, basic economic ideas and their effect on new ventures and small business, entrepreneurial lifestyle, business environment analysis, opportunity identification and innovation, the entrepreneurial process, business ownership, sustainability

620 IT Applications

SENIOR COURSES:

265 Social Ethics

  • An inquiry into the major theories in moral philosophy, with special application to social problems. Issues to be discussed will include some of the following: abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, sexual equality, discrimination and reverse discrimination, pornography and censorship, violence, economic injustice, and environmental and population control.

266 Perspectives on World Cultures

  • This course is an introduction to the cultural and ethnic diversity of our global community examining cultures outside the United States. Students will examine one or more global cultures and their worldviews, exploring the perceptions, practices and products of the culture (s) studied and acquiring an understanding of their own worldviews and in order to prepare them to work in a globalized world.