• GRADE 9: RUSSIAN IMMERSION

     

    Современная молодежь и культура (Contemporary Youth and Culture)

    Course Overview: The focus is to improve language skills and content knowledge through themes of interest to young people. Examining these themes prepare students to compare and contrast aspects of the Russian-speaking world with their own.

    Enduring Understanding: Students will understand that there are similarities and differences in youth perspectives in the Russian-speaking world.

    The course consists of four thematic units:


    1. Family and Friends:  Students will understand how relationships shape individual and society
    2. Multiculturalism and Society:  Students will understand that language connects people in multiple ways and that cross-cultural skills are essential in today's globalizing society.
    3. Leaders and Heroes:  Students will understand what qualities make a hero, leader and an idol.
    4. Youth Culture:  Students will understand that there exist many differences in roles and expectations among teens in various societies.

     

    GRADE 10: RUSSIAN IMMERSION

     

    PERSPECTIVES ON RUSSIA THROUGH LITERATURE AND MEDIA

    (Взгляд на Россию через литературу и СМИ â€“ средства массовой информации)

    COURSE OVERVIEW: The focus is to improve language skills and content knowledge through themes that are aligned with AP and IB. Students will read and write using authentic literary works and media: advertising, magazines, newspapers, and film.

    Enduring Understanding: Students will understand that there are similarities and differences in youth perspectives in the Russian-speaking world.

    The course consists of four thematic units:
    1. Knowing ourselves and others
    ➢ Expending on stereotypes and prejudices, similarities and differences

    2. Humor in Russian Daily Life
    ➢ Introduction to famous idioms, proverbs and sayings that were embedded to Daily life from the Russian History, literature, movie and cartoons, songs and reality shows.

    3. Influence of the Media
    ➢ Introduction to the history of Russian advertising of 20th and 21st centuries. Creating posters, video clips and such.

    4. Building Community Through Literacy/Drama
    ➢ Students will read short extracts from Russian famous play writers, watch feature movies based on classic Russian literary work, and write movie reviews.
    ➢ Students will participate in the service-learning project that is focused on building the community between West high students of the Russian Immersion program and program elementary students (Turnagain Elementary).

     

    GRADE 11: RUSSIAN IMMERSION AP

     

    Course Overview: The goal of this course is to prepare each student to take the annual AP Russian Language Exam. Designed to provide students with an opportunity to develop their proficiency skills in comprehension, reading, writing and speaking at a much higher level. Students will be challenged with written essay, impromptu and planned oral presentations, reading of a variety of texts and listening and viewing comprehension of oral texts.

    The course consists of thematic units:

    Family and Community (family structure, house, city)
    Dream Big (education and professions)
    Beauty and Aesthetics (health, dining out, music and art)
    Global Challenges(Weather and Travel)
    Science and Technology (new media and communication)

     

    GRADE 12: RUSSIA AND ALASKA: HISTORICAL CONNECTION

     

    Course Overview: Through advanced study of Russian, students will explore three unique aspects of history, and examine the similarities and connections of the lives, customs, and cultures of northern peoples. The focus is to improve language skills and content knowledge through themes that are aligned with AP and IB courses.
    Enduring Understanding: By understanding the past, we appreciate the present, and build the future.

    The course consists of thematic units:

    Russian Exploration (People, Names, Places)
    Russian America (XVIII-XIX centuries)
    Russia and Alaska (World War II)
    Russia and Alaska: Present and Future