Segment Two - High School Curriculum <strong>Course</strong>sSegment Two—High School Curriculum <strong>Course</strong>swith Program Director, Betty Staley<strong>2013</strong> Dates: Orientation—Sunday, June 30, <strong>2013</strong>Classes—Monday, July 1 through Friday, July 12(no class on the Saturday <strong>and</strong> Sunday in between)<strong>2013</strong>—Focus on Grades 9 <strong>and</strong> 10•Grades Nine <strong>and</strong> Ten Seminar•Knowledge of the Human Being I, II, or III•Curriculum Studies I-English, History, Physics, Chemistry, Spanish, Mathematics, Art•The Time Arts-Eurythmy, Speech•Elective Art I•Inner development of a high school teacher.2014—Focus on Grade 11•Grade Eleven Seminar•Knowledge of the Human Being I, II, or III•Curriculum Studies II-English, History, Physics, Chemistry, Spanish, Mathematics, Art•Time Arts-Eurythmy, Speech•Elective Art II•Governance in a Waldorf School2015—Focus on Grade 12•Grade Twelve Seminar•Knowledge of the Human Being I, II, or III•Curriculum Studies III-English, History, Physics, Chemistry, Spanish, Mathematics, Art•Time Arts-Eurythmy, Speech•Elective Art III•Communication Skills<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2013</strong> Details:Opening Talk:by Dr. Allegra Aless<strong>and</strong>ri“One Person, Two Journeys: Founding an Independent Waldorf High School <strong>and</strong> a Public Waldorf-Inspired High School”.12
Morning <strong>Course</strong>sKnowledge of the Human BeingInstructors: Year 1 students will be with Anouk Tompot; Year 2 students with Betty Staley; <strong>and</strong> Year3 students with Patrick Wakeford-Evans.This course covers the threefold nature of the human being including the 12 senses, nervous, rhythmic<strong>and</strong> metabolic systems, <strong>and</strong> thinking, feeling, <strong>and</strong> willing. This course is taken over 3 years, each yearfocusing on a third of the book. Required reading: The translation entitled Study of Man by <strong>Rudolf</strong> <strong>Steiner</strong>is preferred to the newer translation entitled Foundations of Human Experience.9th/10th Grade CurriculumEnglish with John WulsinWeek 1: 9th grade course focuses on 2 key Main Lessons: “Comedy <strong>and</strong> Tragedy” through the polaritiesof Apollo <strong>and</strong> Dionysus, <strong>and</strong> “The Novel” through the study of Moby Dick.Week 2: 10th grade course emphasizes the epic quality of 10th grade. The Main Lesson entitled “The Artof Poetry” combines elements of poetry with the evolution of the English language. <strong>Course</strong> also exploresthe Bible as a major source of global imagination.Mathwith Lisa BabinetWeek 1 <strong>and</strong> 2: Mathematics in the 9th <strong>and</strong> 10th grades. Mornings include heavier emphasis on algebraicwork <strong>and</strong> numerical calculations, while afternoons emphasize geometry. Additional topics may includecombinatorics, quadratic equations trigonometry, conic sections, <strong>and</strong> a calculation of pi. Anecdotal topicsof relevant mathematical interest to the participants will also be addressed.Historywith Betty Staley, Paul Gierlach, <strong>and</strong> Diamela WetzlWeek 1: 9th grade: Explores revolutions, including economic, political <strong>and</strong> cultural factors for 3 days. Forthe 2 following days, discussions of Paul Gierlach’s course “Individualism <strong>and</strong> Humanity” will be studied.Week 2: 10th grade: Reviews Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica <strong>and</strong> South America.Also covers Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica <strong>and</strong> South America from 3000 BCE to the 15thCentury CE, the period of explorations, discovery <strong>and</strong> colonization by the Spanish Crown <strong>and</strong> otherpowers of post Renaissance Europe. The geography, social structures (everyday life of the indigenouspeople), governments, religions, <strong>and</strong> science are also included. The richness of the arts are examinedspanning building, to pottery, to weaving, to painting <strong>and</strong> then to metallurgy. Also explored are theamazing capacities for community-building of the peoples of the Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec-Aztec <strong>and</strong> IncaCivilizations of ancient America.Spanishwith Diamela WetzlWeek 1: 9th <strong>and</strong> 10th grade overview of the high school Spanish curriculum, integrating language study <strong>and</strong>culture, including an underst<strong>and</strong>ing of how the study of Spanish can support the development of the adolescent.Week 2: Spanish students take the Meso-American History course.Segment Two - High School Curriculum <strong>Course</strong>s13