Paideia
The Paideia Program offers yearlong integrated courses in grades 10-12 emphasizing the humanities in the study of English and social studies. Paideia 10 fulfills the World Cultures and English 2 requirements through the study of 8-12 major works of widely varied literature from around the world. Paideia 11 is a two-period course that involves a rigorous study of the breadth and depth of American history and literature. Students fulfill U.S. History AP and English 3 Honors and are required to take the Advanced Placement Examination in American History in the spring. Paideia 12 is a three-period course that fulfills Comparative Government Honors, English 4AP and American Government AP requirements. Students are required to take Advanced Placement examinations in English Literature and American Government.
Prerequisites: Grades 10, 11, 12; either (A) teacher recommendation, (B) counselor recommendation, (C) parent request, or (D) on GATE list
PAIDEIA 12 2007-2008
ENGLISH IV - AP Ms. Joe
POLITICAL THEORY (COMP GOVT) - HP Ms. Wolfe
AMERICAN GOVT/ECON - AP/HP Ms. Wolfe
COURSE DESCRIPTION
POLITICAL THEORY (COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT) HONORS:
The majority of the course will focus on the political and economic philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, More, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Smith, Mill, DeTocqueville, Marx, Lenin, and Mao. Where possible, connections, comparison, and contrasts will be made with American political theory and government and with English literature.
ENGLISH IV (ADVANCED PLACEMENT)
The course content will focus on the literature (drama, novels, short stories, poetry, and essays) that best illustrates the social climate of the above theorists’ philosophies, some contemporaneous with the philosophers themselves, others not. The literature will be closely analyzed for literary style and value as well as the piece’s connection with its social environment. The class will concentrate on critical, personal, fiction, and creative writing throughout the year. Debate will be incorporated throughout the course. All students will be required to take the Advanced Placement Examination in English Literature.
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT/ECONOMICS: (ADVANCED PLACEMENT/HONORS)
The bulk of the course will focus on American government and politics. The major themes to be examined are democracy, federalism, the Presidency, Congress, the Judiciary, bureaucracy, politics, policy-making, political parties, campaigns, elections, public opinion and participation, interest groups, the media, and civil liberties. The purpose in considering these themes is to aid one in understanding the philosophy and the functioning of the American political system. Political Science, the study of government, is not only a fascinating subject but also a most important discipline since all major decisions in a modern, interdependent society are made in the political realm. Not even the most designing recluse can escape the effects of these political decisions. All students are required to take the Advanced Placement American Government Examination at the conclusion of the course.
The final portion of the course will be devoted to a study of economics. The basic theories that make up the foundations of economics, concepts of microeconomics (pricing, competition, government regulation, and antitrust policy), concepts of macroeconomics (federal budget, deficits, taxes,the federal reserve system, economic growth, and monetary policies), income distribution and economic justice, and the changing global economy will be examined.
METHODS:
This course will be taught by the Paideia method. Paideia comes from the Greek “pais,” meaning educating the whole child by teaching thinking and communication skills. The class time will be divided into three unequal parts: time spent learning knowledge, time spent sharpening communication skills, and time spent discussing subject matter.
MAJOR COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1] Read all texts and supplementary books listed below as well as additional readings assigned as the course progresses.
2] Present one debate (senior project).
3] Present four-six presentations (live and/or video).
4] Write numerous analytical, creative, and personal essays.
5] Write essay examinations, one each grading period.
6] Write a personal essay for college entrance.
7] Take advanced placement examinations in American Government and English literature.
8] Twenty percent of the course grade will be based upon participation in class
discussion; the remaining eighty percent of the course grade will be based upon
written assignments.
BOOK LIST FOR POLITICAL THEORY/ENGLISH LITERATURE:
- The Great Political Theories, Vol. I - Curtis
- The Great Political Theories, Vol. II - Curtis
- Elements of Literature: English Literature - Holt, Reinhart & Winston
- The Norton Reader - seventh edition - Eastman et al
- Grammar and Composition, Level 6 - Prentice Hall
- Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky
- A Prayer for Owen Meany - Irving
- Lysistrata - Aristophanes
- Antigone - Sophocles
- Their Eyes Were Watching God - Hurston
- The Prince- Machiavelli
- Hamlet - Shakespeare
- Richard III - Shakespeare
- MacBeth - Shakespeare
- The Tempest - Shakespeare
- The Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare
- Utopia - More
- Robinson Crusoe - Defoe
- Candide - Voltaire
- Modest Proposal - Swift
- Jane Eyre - Bronte
- The Communist Manifesto - Marx & Engels
- The Importance of Being Earnest - Wilde
- The Glass Menagerie - Williams
- Animal Farm - Orwell
- 1984 - Orwell
- The Handmaid’s Tale - Atwood
- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - Stoppard
Poetry, short stories, and essays of various periods and themes will be interspersed throughout the curriculum.
BOOK LIST FOR AMERICAN GOVERNMENT/ECONOMICS:
Government by the People (2002) - Burns, Peltason, Cronin
American Government; Continuity and Change (2006) - O’Connor, Sabato
Economics, Annual Editions - Schlesinger and Beeson, editors
A variety of supplementary reading materials (300+ handouts) from newspapers, periodicals, and books will also be assigned to enrich the textbook assignments and to provide varying viewpoints.
CLASS RULES1. Always bring a notebook and a pen to class. Your notebook should be the three-ringed type; its purpose is to store readings.
2. When you are absent be sure to see Ms. Joe and Ms. Wolfe upon your return to receive make-up work. You will be given one day for each day you were absent to complete the missed work without penalty.
3. Be attentive: pay attention to directions, listen carefully to lectures, and participate in class discussions.
4. If you have anything to contribute to class discussion, you will be expected to raise your hand for recognition.
5. Use study time in class constructively, not to chat, etc.
6. Do not ask to leave the class unless it is a real emergency.
7. Be punctual (in your seat when the bell rings)! Students who cannot regularly make it to class by 7:25 A.M. will be dropped from the Paideia Program.
SCHOLARSHIP GRADE:
1. Scholarship grade is based on a point system. It is important that you complete
every assignment in this kind of system. The more points you have, the higher your
grade will be.
2. Percentage of total points and resultant letter grades will be computed as
follows:
90-100% = A
80- 89% = B
70- 79% = C
60- 69% = D
0- 59% = F
3. Twenty percent of each marking period’s grade will be based upon oral participation in class discussion.4. Semester grade will be computed as follows:
First marking period grade = 30% of the semester grade
Second marking period grade = 30% of the semester grade
Third marking period grade = 40% of the semester grade
5. Students who do not complete the week’s assignments will be required to attend
“Responsibility Room” on Friday afternoon between 3:45 and 6:00. During that time
students will be required to complete missed work. No student will be allowed to
turn in make-up work at the end of the grading periods.
CITIZENSHIP GRADE:
1. Citizenship grade will be based upon:
* ability to use class time constructively
* ability to cooperate with and respect classmates
* punctuality
ATTENDANCE:
1. Good attendance usually results in optimum learning. Students and their parents
should know that AP students are STRONGLY ADVISED NOT to take vacations when
classes are in session. If you plan to visit colleges, please use scheduled breaks —
Thanksgiving, Winter Break, Spring Break.
2. It is the responsibility of the student to clear his/her absences with the
attendance office and with the classroom teacher involved within 2 days after the
student’s return subsequent to each absence. Failure to clear absences as described
above will result in the consideration of those absences as cuts or unexcused
absences.
3. Note: Keep in mind that approximately 6 unexcused absences will result in an “F”
for the report period; i.e., no credit will be given.
Paideia Program Graduate College Admissions
Class Student Will Attend Also Admitted to . . .
2009 32 UC Davis UCSC UCSD San Jose State San Francisco University
2009 4 Chapman UCSD UCLA UCSB UC Berkeley Cal Poly Occidental Willamette UOP
2009 19 UC Berkeley CSU Northridge SF State CS East Bay
2009 9 Humboldt State
2009 30 UC Davis UCSC, California College of the Arts California College of the Arts
2009 31 UC Davis UCSC UC Irvine Whitman College
2009 18 Syracuse UC Santa Cruz
2009 33 UC Davis UCSC
2009 16 Pratt Institute UCSD UCSB UCD Pratt Institute
2009 3 Brown University Dartmouth Georgetown UCLA UC Berkeley UCSC UCSD Reed
2009 35 UC San Diego CSU Humboldt CSU Long Beach UCSB UCSC Cal Poly
2009 17 SF State CSU Fullerton San Jose St CSU Chico CSU Monterey Bay
2009 23 UC Berkeley UCD UDSC CSU San Jose CSU Sac CSU East Bay
2009 8 Harvard University Harvard UCD UCLA UC Berkeley Harvey Mudd MIT University of Penn
2009 29 UC Davis UC Santa Cruz SF State East Bay CSU
2009 26 UC Berkeley UCD UCLA UCSD CSU Sonoma CSU SLO
2009 25 UC Berkeley UCSD UCSB
2009 6 Dillard Florida Memorial Xavier Southern Stillman
2009 1 Boston University Boston University University of Illinois
2009 24 UC Berkeley UCLA UC Davis UCSD Cal Poly Pomona Cal Poly SLO
2009 22 UC Berkeley UCD UCSC
2009 27 UC Davis NYU
2009 5 Columbia University Columbia University of Chicago Georgetown NYU UCLA
2009 20 UC Berkeley UC Berkeley Spellman Stillman UCD UCSD UCLA
2009 28 UC Davis
2009 21 UC Berkeley UCD UCSB University of the Pacific
2009 7 Harvard University American UCSD UCLA UC Berkeley Northwestern Georgetown Brown University of Chicago
2009 34 UC Riverside CSU Long Beach
2009 46 UCSD
2009 44 UCLA UC Berkeley UCSB UCSD Northwestern George Washington
2009 40 UC Santa Cruz UCD University of Washington NYU Sarah Lawrence
2009 39 UC Santa Cruz SF State
2009 12 Marquette Marquette DePaul Loyola University University of Chicago UBC
2009 13 Montana State University
2009 36 UC Santa Barbara Carnegie Mellon, University UCSC UCSB
2009 42 UCLA Oberlin Tufts UCSB Carnegie Mellon
2009 43 UCLA UC Berkeley UCD CSU San Jose CSU SF
2009 11 Johns Hopkins Cal Poly SLO UC Davis Johns Hopkins
2009 41 UCLA Hofstra University Dillard Stillman CSU SF CSU SJ UCD UCR
2009 45 UCSD Northwestern Macalester University of Rochester UCSC
2009 10 Humboldt State SF State Sac State
2009 37 UC Santa Cruz SF State
2009 15 Oregon Tech Institute UC Irvine Pacifica Oregon Tech Institute
2009 49 UCSD UCSB UCD
2009 50 University of Manchester University of Greenwich European Business School London
2009 38 UC Santa Cruz Goucher
2009 48 UCSD UCD UC Riverside Pomona
2009 14 Morehouse
2009 2 Brown University UCSD UCD UCSC New York University Princeton University
2009 47 UCSD Cal Poly SLO
2008 23 UC Berkeley UC Davis UCLA UC San Diego UC Irvine Columbia
2008 22 UC Berkeley UC San Diego UC Davis Smith Wellesley
2008 10 Wellesley UC Davis UC San Diego UC Berkeley Trinity College Mount Holyoke Macalester Sarah Lawrence
2008 21 UC Berkeley UC Davis UCLA UC San Diego
2008 17 University of Nevada Reno Humbolt Sonoma State SF State UC Santa Cruz
2008 14 Northwestern Macalester Skidmore UCLA UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Cruz
2008 16 UC Davis UC Santa Cruz University of Oregon
2008 15 Oberlin UC Santa Cruz UC Santa Barbara UC San Diego UC Davis Kalamazoo Smith
2008 9 UC Berkeley UC Davis UC San Diego Harvard (waitlist)
2008 18 University of Pennsylvania University of Southern California UC Berkeley UCLA UC San Diego UC Santa Barbara
2008 20 UC Berkeley UCLA UC Davis UC San Diego
2008 12 UC Davis UC San Diego UC Santa Cruz UC Santa Barbara Middlebury College
2008 19 UC Davis University of Puget Sound UC Berkeley UC San Diego UCLA
2008 8 UC Berkeley NYU UCLA UC Davis SF State
2008 13 McGill UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Cruz Lewis and Clark Wheaton Smith
2008 5 San Jose State Chico State Sonoma State SF State Laney
2008 4 Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo NYU UC Berkeley UC Santa Cruz UC Davis Occidental Laney
2008 36 UC Santa Cruz
2008 37 UC Berkeley UC Davis UCLA Skidmore
2008 35 Bard College NYU-Gallatin UC Davis UC Santa Cruz
2008 34 UC San Diego Syracuse University UC Davis
2008 33 UC San Diego UC Berkeley UC Davis Cal State East Bay SF State
2008 24 UC Berkeley-College of Engineering Whitman Skidmore UCLA UC San Diego UC Davis
2008 2 UC Davis UC San Diego UC Merced UC Santa Barbara Purdue Rose-Hulman Embry-Riddle
2008 38 Harvard Stanford UC Berkeley UCLA UC San Diego UC Davis USC
2008 42 Harvard U Penn UC Berkeley UCLA UC San Diego UC Davis University of Miami
2008 43 Harvard UC Santa Cruz Santa Clara University UC Irvine UCLA UC Davis Lewis and Clark
2008 41 Brown
2008 40 Boston University Brandeis UC Davis UC Berkeley (Engineering) UC San Diego UC Santa Cruz
2008 39 UC Berkeley UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Cruz UC San Diego Santa Clara University San Francisco State San Diego State Sacramento State Cal State Monterey San Jose State
2008 1 UC Santa Cruz UC Davis Cal Poly
2008 3 CSU Fresno CSU Northridge CSU San Bernadino
2008 28 UC Berkeley UCLA UC San Diego UC Davis NYU University of SF University of San Diego San Francisco State CSU East Bay San Jose State
2008 6 University of Miami University of Washington-Seattle Cal Poly UC Davis Cal State Long Beach San Jose State Cal State East Bay
2008 27 Cal State East Bay Cal State LA Cal State SF Cal State Northridge Morehouse
2008 26 UC Berkeley UC Santa Cruz UC Davis University of SF Santa Clara University Saint Mary Cal State East Bay SF State
2008 7 UC Berkeley UC Davis
2008 25 UCLA Cal Poly-business UC Davis UC Santa Barbara UC San Diego Occidental Cornell(second year guaranteed)
2008 11 Harvey Mudd UC Berkeley UCLA UC San Diego UC Davis University of Rochester Lafayette Trinity College Cornell College of Engineering
2008 30 UC Santa Cruz Oregon State University of Washington SF State UC Santa Barbara
2008 32 UC Santa Cruz Champlain College SF State Cal State East Bay Cal Poly
2008 29 UC Davis UC Santa Cruz UC Santa Barbara
2008 31 McGill UC Berkeley UCLA UC Santa Cruz UC Davis University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Macalester Georgetown Barnard Tufts
2007 6 Loyola Marymount
2007 1 UC Davis UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara UC Irvine
2007 8 Middlebury UC Santa Cruz Lewis ClarkCollege U ofColorado Bard College Goucher College Occidental College
2007 7 Rutgers Stevens Institute of Technology Renssalear Polytechnic Institute Columbia University (waitlist)
2007 3 Taiwan U of Technology
2007 2 MIT UC San Diego UC Santa Cruz
2007 9 UCLA UC San Diego UC Riverside CSU (2) Sacramento State Sonoma State Chico State Ohio Wesleyan University UC Santa Cruz
2007 4 UC Berkeley UC Davis UC Santa Cruz Mills College CSU (6) UC Santa Barbara UOP
2007 5 UC Davis Mills College SJSU UC Santa Cruz Loyola U Chicago
2007 10 UC Berkeley UCLA UC San Diego UC Davis Cal Poly
2007 23 MIT Wash U St. Louis UCLA UC Berkeley UC Davis Tufts Rice Seattle U U of Colorado Michigan Cal Poly
2007 11 UC Berkeley UC Davis UC San Diego UC Santa Cruz Cal Poly
2007 33 Occidental College UC Santa Cruz NYU San Diego State
2007 32 Kalamazoo College UC Davis UC Santa Cruz SF State Goucher
2007 31 Spelman College Hampton U Norfolk State U Southern Polytech State U UC Davis Drexel
2007 29 Spelman UC Davis UCLA Georgia Tech San Diego State
2007 30 UC Davis UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Cruz
2007 34 Columbia
2007 35 U of Pittsburg UC San Diego UC Berkeley UC Santa Cruz U of Washington Boston U
2007 40 UC Davis
2007 41 UC Berkeley UCLA UC San Diego UC Davis
2007 39 UC Santa Cruz UC San Diego UC Davis Michigan
2007 38 Reed
2007 36 MIT Cornell Boston U UC Berkeley UC Davis USC UC Santa Barbara WPI RPI Stanford Cal Poly (SLO)
2007 37 UC Santa Cruz UC Berkeley Amherst Bard Reed Pitzer Swarthmore Haverford
2007 28 UCLA
2007 27 Brown NYU UC Berkeley UC San Diego UC Davis Boston U
2007 16 UC Berkeley UC Santa Cruz U of Michigan
2007 17 U of Portland UC San Diego UC Santa Cruz Dominican
2007 15 UC San Diego UCLA UC Santa Cruz U of Oregon U of Michigan
2007 14 University of British Columbia U of Washington UC Davis UC Santa Cruz
2007 12 SF State Hampshire
2007 13 Hampton U
2007 18 Brown Tufts Colby George Washington U UC Berkeley UC Santa Cruz UCLA Occidental Macalaster Lewis & Clark UC Davis
2007 19 UC Davis Syracuse
2007 25 NYU U ofChicago Boston U Bard Oberlin Northeastern Wesleyan UC Santa Cruz UC Davis UC San Diego
2007 26 Michigan UC Davis UC Santa Cruz Virginia Tech CSULA
2007 24 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute UC Berkeley UC San Diego UC Santa Cruz
2007 22 Reed UCLA UC Santa Barbara UC San Diego UC Davis Bard
2007 20 Columbia Michigan NYU Boston College UC Berkeley UCLA UC Santa Cruz Amherst
2007 21 Bard Collage Skidrnore College Connecticut College Wesleyan U UC Santa Cruz
