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Contemporary Issues in Literature 10th Grade Contemporary Issues in Literature is a year-long class that will provide opportunities to build on the reading and writing skills learned in World Literature. This course aims direct attention at society and analyzes its underlying mechanisms to help students be informed, critical-thinking participants in the world. Students discuss problems people face in the workplace, propaganda, corruption, concepts surrounding race and ethnicity, and suppression of human rights. Students will analyze rhetoric, bias, and what constitutes a quality source, as well as use research to come to informed and independent arguments. Vocabulary improvement will be a significant part of this course.

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• ENGL
• 4 years of English

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Online / Virtual