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How Enlightenment ideas became political promises, and why those promises were never applied evenly.

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The Rights We Declare
Goal
Trace one idea from philosophy to declaration, then test who gained rights in practice.
Project
Audit whether a declaration's universal language matched who held rights in practice
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11th grade scope and sequence

Math13 units · 60 skills
Polynomials6 skills
  • Add polynomial expressions
  • Multiply binomials
  • Factor a quadratic with leading coefficient 1
  • Factor a quadratic with leading coefficient greater than 1
  • Divide polynomials using long division
  • Use the remainder theorem
Rational expressions5 skills
  • Simplify a rational expression
  • Find excluded values of a rational expression
  • Multiply rational expressions
  • Solve a rational equation with extraneous-solution check
  • Interpret a rational function asymptote
Function analysis5 skills
  • Justify a function-domain restriction
  • Find inverse functions on a restricted domain
  • Analyze transformations of parent functions
  • Compare polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic behavior
  • Use composition of functions in a context
Exponential and logarithmic functions5 skills
  • Solve an exponential equation by taking logarithms
  • Use logarithm properties to rewrite expressions
  • Model compound growth with an exponential function
  • Interpret logarithmic scale in data
  • Compare exponential and logistic-looking data cautiously
Trigonometry5 skills
  • Use radians to measure angle rotation
  • Graph sine and cosine functions
  • Solve a trigonometric equation on a restricted interval
  • Use identities to rewrite a trigonometric expression
  • Model periodic behavior with amplitude and period
Complex numbers4 skills
  • Add and multiply complex numbers
  • Use complex conjugates to simplify a quotient
  • Solve a quadratic with complex roots
  • Interpret complex roots of a polynomial
Sequences and series4 skills
  • Write arithmetic and geometric sequence formulas
  • Find a finite geometric series sum
  • Use recursive definitions for sequences
  • Compare sequence growth rates
Inference and modeling5 skills
  • Design a survey with reduced bias
  • Interpret standard deviation in context
  • Use normal distributions for approximate probabilities
  • Compare confidence and certainty in a data claim
  • Critique a regression model using residuals
Conics and parametric models4 skills
  • Identify a parabola from an equation
  • Use the distance formula to derive a circle equation
  • Interpret parametric equations as motion
  • Compare explicit and parametric forms
Systems and matrices4 skills
  • Represent a linear system with a matrix
  • Use row operations to solve a small system
  • Interpret a matrix transformation geometrically
  • Use a system to model constraints
Mathematical reasoning4 skills
  • Explain why a domain restriction is necessary
  • Compare symbolic and graphical evidence for a function claim
  • Find a hidden assumption in a data model
  • Defend an algebraic transformation step
AP exam readiness4 skills
  • Solve an Algebra II mixed function item with symbolic and graphical evidence
  • Choose the best method for a timed polynomial, rational, logarithmic, or trigonometric item
  • Explain why an Algebra II distractor answer fails
  • Write a concise justification for a grade 11 function-model item
Math capstone5 skills
  • Build a function model from messy data
  • Defend a polynomial or rational model choice
  • Use logarithms or trigonometry in a real application
  • Critique a statistical argument
  • Present an advanced Algebra II argument
Reading6 units · 49 skills
Literary reading10 skills
  • Identify theme from repeated details
  • Explain character motivation
  • Analyze how setting shapes conflict
  • Interpret figurative language in context
  • Compare narrator perspective
  • Analyze symbolism
  • Trace conflict development
  • Compare character arcs
  • Analyze ambiguity in complex literature
  • Analyze ambiguity in a passage
Informational reading10 skills
  • Identify central idea
  • Trace an author's claim
  • Distinguish evidence from commentary
  • Summarize a section objectively
  • Evaluate source credibility
  • Identify text structure
  • Evaluate evidence relevance
  • Analyze author's assumptions
  • Evaluate an author's line of reasoning
  • Identify unstated assumptions in nonfiction
Media and multimodal reading7 skills
  • Interpret a chart embedded in an article
  • Connect image evidence to a text claim
  • Evaluate a caption's relationship to an image
  • Compare video and print accounts of an event
  • Evaluate scale in an infographic
  • Interpret a timeline embedded in text
  • Compare headline and article evidence
Vocabulary7 skills
  • Use context clues for an unfamiliar word
  • Identify connotation
  • Distinguish denotation from connotation
  • Use word parts to infer meaning
  • Infer meaning from analogy
  • Use roots and affixes
  • Identify figurative versus literal meaning
Evidence8 skills
  • Quote textual evidence accurately
  • Paraphrase evidence without changing meaning
  • Connect evidence to an inference
  • Compare evidence across two texts
  • Rank evidence by strength
  • Explain why evidence is relevant
  • Integrate evidence across genres
  • Use textual evidence to qualify an interpretation
Fluency and text complexity7 skills
  • Read grade-level prose with appropriate pacing
  • Use punctuation to guide oral phrasing
  • Identify sentence complexity in a passage
  • Use background knowledge to prepare for a difficult text
  • Use paragraph structure to plan reading pace
  • Identify unfamiliar syntax before rereading
  • Use repeated reading to improve accuracy
English language arts13 units · 60 skills
American literature6 skills
  • Analyze a major theme across an American literary text
  • Explain how historical context shapes meaning
  • Analyze ambiguity in a complex passage
  • Compare literary voices from different periods
  • Use evidence to defend an interpretation of style
  • Trace a motif across a long work
Foundational and civic texts5 skills
  • Analyze claims in a foundational U.S. document
  • Compare constitutional or civic arguments across texts
  • Evaluate reasoning in a Supreme Court opinion excerpt
  • Identify tension between principle and practice in a civic text
  • Connect rhetoric to historical audience
Advanced rhetorical analysis5 skills
  • Trace an author's line of reasoning
  • Analyze syntax, diction, and arrangement together
  • Evaluate how evidence and warrants support a claim
  • Compare rhetorical strategies in paired passages
  • Write a rhetorical analysis thesis with complexity
Advanced argument writing5 skills
  • Develop a qualified claim for a complex issue
  • Use sources as evidence rather than decoration
  • Address counterargument and concession strategically
  • Build a line of reasoning across paragraphs
  • Revise an argument for precision and force
Advanced literary analysis4 skills
  • Write an interpretation that accounts for ambiguity
  • Use close reading of language and structure
  • Integrate literary criticism cautiously
  • Compare competing interpretations of a text
Research and source conversation5 skills
  • Build a source conversation map
  • Distinguish scholarly, journalistic, historical, and primary sources
  • Use annotated bibliography notes to refine a claim
  • Identify gaps and limits in available evidence
  • Cite sources while preserving the writer's own reasoning
Advanced style and grammar4 skills
  • Revise sentence rhythm for emphasis
  • Use parallelism, antithesis, and cumulative syntax
  • Edit for pronoun reference and modifier precision
  • Control tone across formal and reflective writing
Speaking and listening5 skills
  • Use evidence in a discussion response
  • Challenge a claim with text-based reasoning
  • Build on another speaker's interpretation
  • Present an oral argument with concession and rebuttal
  • Evaluate discussion quality using criteria
Media and civic literacy4 skills
  • Analyze framing in a civic media text
  • Evaluate data claims in public argument
  • Compare an original document with commentary about it
  • Explain how platform and audience affect message
AP-style reading and writing readiness4 skills
  • Plan a rhetorical analysis essay from a cold passage
  • Write an argument essay using provided sources
  • Outline an AP-style argument essay
  • Revise a thesis after encountering a counterexample
Independent advanced reading4 skills
  • Maintain a reading notebook for a complex text
  • Track contradictions and unresolved questions
  • Develop an interpretive question for seminar
  • Connect a text to a broader literary or civic conversation
AP exam readiness4 skills
  • Analyze an American literature or civic-rhetoric passage under time limits
  • Plan a defensible thesis for a junior source-based argument prompt
  • Select textual evidence that best supports a grade 11 line of reasoning
  • Revise a junior short response for clarity, precision, and evidence use
ELA capstone5 skills
  • Write an American literature analysis essay
  • Write a source-based civic argument
  • Present a seminar argument with evidence
  • Revise a piece for advanced style
  • Defend a Grade 11 ELA portfolio with reflection
Science13 units · 59 skills
Kinematics5 skills
  • Interpret position-time and velocity-time graphs
  • Calculate velocity and acceleration from motion data
  • Use equations of motion for constant acceleration
  • Analyze projectile motion in horizontal and vertical components
  • Connect calculus-style slope ideas to motion graphs
Forces and dynamics6 skills
  • Draw a free-body diagram for a multi-force situation
  • Apply Newton's second law quantitatively
  • Analyze friction on a surface
  • Explain action-reaction force pairs without canceling them
  • Use force components on an incline
  • Evaluate limits of a simplified force model
Energy, work, and power5 skills
  • Calculate work from force and displacement
  • Use conservation of mechanical energy
  • Analyze energy loss to thermal transfer
  • Calculate power in a physical system
  • Compare energy and force explanations of motion
Momentum and collisions4 skills
  • Calculate momentum and impulse
  • Use conservation of momentum in one dimension
  • Compare elastic and inelastic collisions
  • Interpret collision data from a graph
Circular motion and gravitation5 skills
  • Calculate centripetal acceleration
  • Explain circular motion as changing velocity
  • Use universal gravitation qualitatively and quantitatively
  • Analyze orbital speed and radius relationships
  • Connect satellite motion to gravitational force
Waves, sound, and light4 skills
  • Use wave speed, frequency, and wavelength relationships
  • Explain interference and standing waves
  • Analyze Doppler-effect evidence
  • Use ray models for reflection and refraction
Electricity and circuits5 skills
  • Use Ohm's law in a circuit problem
  • Analyze series and parallel circuits
  • Calculate electric power in a device
  • Explain electric fields and potential difference
  • Use circuit data to identify a faulty component
Magnetism and electromagnetic induction4 skills
  • Describe magnetic force on moving charges
  • Explain field patterns around magnets and currents
  • Analyze induction in a generator or transformer
  • Connect electromagnetic waves to energy transfer
Thermal physics and fluids4 skills
  • Apply conservation of energy to thermal systems
  • Explain pressure in fluids
  • Use density and buoyancy in a model
  • Interpret phase-change energy data
Modern physics4 skills
  • Explain photoelectric-effect evidence conceptually
  • Compare wave and particle models of light
  • Interpret nuclear decay notation
  • Analyze benefits and risks of nuclear technology
Physics lab and modeling4 skills
  • Linearize data to test a physics model
  • Use uncertainty to compare measured and expected values
  • Design a controlled mechanics or circuit investigation
  • Defend a model choice from data
AP exam readiness4 skills
  • Analyze a Physics-style experimental stimulus with variables and controls
  • Interpret a motion, force, energy, wave, or circuit graph under time limits
  • Choose evidence that supports or weakens a physical explanation
  • Write a concise Physics claim-evidence-reasoning response
Science capstone5 skills
  • Build and test a quantitative physics model
  • Use multiple graphs to defend a motion or circuit claim
  • Critique assumptions in a force or energy model
  • Quantify uncertainty in an experiment
  • Present a Physics-level science argument
History12 units · 58 skills
Historical argument6 skills
  • Periodize U.S. history after Reconstruction using turning points and competing interpretations
  • Corroborate a political cartoon with a statute, speech, court case, or economic statistic
  • Distinguish social, political, economic, cultural, and constitutional evidence in a DBQ-style argument
  • Write a defensible thesis using causation, comparison, or continuity-and-change categories
  • Defend a Grade 11 historical claim about historical argument using conflicting evidence
  • Use Supreme Court cases as historical evidence
Gilded Age industrialization5 skills
  • Transcontinental Railroad
  • Chinese Exclusion Act
  • Analyze corporations, trusts, labor conflict, immigration, urbanization, and political machines
  • Compare Social Darwinism, Gospel of Wealth, labor republicanism, populism, and regulation arguments
  • Analyze railroad land grants, federal policy, Native dispossession, and corporate power in western expansion
Progressive Era and imperialism6 skills
  • Plessy v. Ferguson
  • Federal Reserve Act
  • Analyze muckraking, settlement houses, women's suffrage, prohibition, conservation, and expertise
  • Compare U.S. imperialism in Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Panama
  • Defend a Grade 11 historical claim about progressive era and imperialism using conflicting evidence
  • Evaluate Progressive reform through race, class, gender, expertise, and constitutional limits
World War I and the 1920s4 skills
  • Fourteen Points
  • Explain mobilization, dissent, Espionage Act, Great Migration, Red Scare, and treaty debate
  • Analyze consumer culture, Harlem Renaissance, immigration restriction, religion, and modernism
  • Compare 1920s prosperity narratives with inequality, nativism, racial violence, and labor conflict
Great Depression and New Deal5 skills
  • Analyze stock crash, banking collapse, unemployment, Dust Bowl, and global depression causes
  • Explain New Deal relief, recovery, reform, labor policy, Social Security, and federal expansion
  • Compare New Deal critics from left, right, business, populist, and constitutional perspectives
  • Evaluate New Deal effects on race, gender, labor, region, party coalitions, and state capacity
  • Defend a Grade 11 historical claim about great depression and new deal using conflicting evidence
World War II home front and global power4 skills
  • Japanese American incarceration
  • Explain wartime mobilization, women's labor, African American activism, rationing, and propaganda
  • Analyze U.S. strategy, alliance politics, Holocaust response, and atomic diplomacy
  • Evaluate how World War II transformed federal power, civil rights claims, and global leadership
Cold War and suburban America4 skills
  • Berlin Airlift
  • Explain containment, NATO, Korea, McCarthyism, nuclear culture, and national security institutions
  • Analyze suburbanization, highways, consumer credit, television, gender norms, and racial exclusion
  • Compare consensus culture with dissent, poverty, immigration, and challenges to conformity
Civil rights and social movements6 skills
  • Brown v. Board of Education
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • Loving v. Virginia
  • Connect social movements to legislative outcomes through strategy, coalition, courts, protest, and backlash
  • Defend a Grade 11 historical claim about civil rights and social movements using conflicting evidence
  • Compare NAACP litigation, direct action, Black Power, Chicano activism, feminism, and gay rights organizing
Vietnam, Watergate, and realignment4 skills
  • Analyze Vietnam War escalation, antiwar movement, draft politics, media, and credibility gap
  • Explain Watergate, executive power, investigative journalism, and institutional trust
  • Compare conservative movement growth, Southern realignment, evangelical politics, and tax revolts
  • Evaluate 1970s stagflation, energy crisis, deindustrialization, and globalization effects
Modern America and globalization5 skills
  • Iran hostage crisis
  • Analyze Reagan-era policy, deregulation, Cold War end, AIDS crisis, and culture wars
  • Explain immigration, technology, inequality, terrorism, war on terror, financial crisis, and polarization
  • Evaluate how historians should handle very recent U.S. history with contested evidence
  • Analyze post-1990 policy debates over welfare, immigration, trade, climate, surveillance, and executive power
AP exam readiness4 skills
  • Write a document sourcing note for a U.S. history DBQ source
  • Build outside evidence for an industrialization, New Deal, civil rights, or Cold War prompt
  • Group documents by argument category rather than by document order
  • Draft a thesis that makes a historically defensible U.S. history claim
Advanced U.S. history capstone5 skills
  • Defend a claim about federal power from the New Deal through the Great Society
  • Compare civil rights strategies using courts, direct action, legislation, media, and grassroots organizing
  • Analyze U.S. global power through war, diplomacy, economy, ideology, and domestic politics
  • Present a DBQ-style argument with sourced evidence, outside evidence, counterargument, and complexity
  • Defend a Grade 11 historical claim about advanced u.s. history capstone using conflicting evidence
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