Curriculum Map 2014-2015
South Lyon Community Schools
O’Dowd, Timothy / 20th Century Perspectives / High School (South Lyon High School)
Assessment/Grading Calculations
Formative (30%):Quizzes, Quick-writes, Class Participation, etc.
Summative (70%):Tests, Papers, On-Demand Essays, Socratic Seminars, Presentations and Projects
Course name
Cardmarking 1
Classical Literature
& Thought
Marking
Period
Marking
Period 1
25%
Cardmarking 2
30%
Content
Unit 1:
Introduction to
Reading &
Critical Theory
The Study of Literature &
Literary Theory
• Literary theory and
analysis articles
• Poems
• Short Stories
• Music Video
Literary Theory
Terms/Concepts
• Archetypal Criticism*
• Feminist Criticism
• Reader-Response*
• Marxist Criticism
• New Criticism
• Psychoanalytic
Criticism
• Deconstruction
Criticism*
• Historical Criticism
Cardmarking 3
30%
Final Exam
15%
Cardmarking 4
Cardmarking 5
28%
Essential Questions
Essential Questions:
What does fiction do, why does it have
cultural value?
Why do we need critical theory?
Focus Questions:
What are the basic elements of fiction
and of reading (i.e. constructing
meaning)?
What is ‘good fiction’ for?
What does fiction do, why does it have
cultural value?
How are texts constructed?
How do texts inform us about bias
(gender, cultural, socio-political, etc.)?
28%
Cardmarking 6
28%
Final Exam
16%
Skills
Identifying themes within the
text;
Applying themes within the novel
to our own lives;
Analyzing how themes are
represented symbolically in the
text;
Evaluating how literary devices
are employed by the author;
Active reading and predicting;
Synthesizing prior knowledge and
inquiry to create new
understanding;
Evaluating what vocabulary is
essential to understanding the
text
Effective Oral and Written
Communication
Proper Use of Word Processing
and Internet Technology
Collegiate Writing Practice
Assessment
Literary
analysis essay
Group
work/textual
analysis
Class
discussions
Marking
Period
Marking
Period 2
Content
Unit 2:
Transition to
the Modern
World
Ken Kesey's One Flew
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Plato’s “Allegory of the
Cave”
Genre Study:
Informational/Philosophic
al Texts
• Primary source
material
• Secondary source
material
• Articles
• Essays
• Websites*
Marking
Period 3
Unit 3: The
Modern World
& Existential
Concepts
Arthur Miller's Death of a
Salesman
Jean-Paul Sartre's No
Exit
Albert Camus' “The Myth
of Sisyphus”
Essential Questions
What is truth? How do I know what I
know?
Essential Questions:
What is the meaning of life?
How do I know right from wrong? How
should I live my life? What is the good?
What is the nature of reality?
How are the preconditions for a society
to be successful?
How do new/prevailing philosophies of
the period shape thought and thus
literature?
How did Christianity shape the social
and cultural world of Kesey’s novel?
How do the themes help us to
understand the author’s historical &
philosophic environment?
What is significant about the writer’s
style?
Skills
Identifying themes within the
text;
Applying themes within the novel
to our own lives;
Analyzing how themes are
represented symbolically in the
text;
Evaluating how literary devices
are employed by the author;
Active reading and predicting;
Synthesizing prior knowledge and
inquiry to create new
understanding;
Evaluating what vocabulary is
essential to understanding the
text
Assessment
Creative
writing
assignment
Literary
analysis essay
Reading
Quizzes
Group
work/textual
analysis
Class
discussions
Effective Oral and Written
Communication
Proper Use of Word Processing
and Internet Technology
Collegiate Writing Practice
Essential Questions:
Identifying themes within the
What role does philosophy play in
text;
challenging or confirming accepted belief Applying themes within the novel
systems?
to our own lives;
How do new/prevailing philosophies of Analyzing how themes are
the period shape literature and thought? represented symbolically in the
How do the themes/ideas in the selected text;
readings relate to our own lives?
Evaluating how literary devices
are employed by the author;
Focus Questions:
Active reading and predicting;
How do the themes help us to
Synthesizing prior knowledge and
understand the author’s historical &
inquiry to create new
philosophic environment?
understanding;
How are common characters
Evaluating what vocabulary is
represented?
essential to understanding the
How are people in society defined by
text;
class/gender?
Effective Oral and Written
Creative
writing
assignment
Literary
analysis essay
Reading
Quizzes
Group
work/textual
analysis
Class
discussions
Marking
Period
Content
Essential Questions
In what way is society corrupted by
materialism?
What is significant about the writer’s
style?
Skills
Assessment
Communication;
Proper Use of Word Processing
and Internet Technology
Marking
Period 4
Unit 4:
Introduction to
Dystopian
Literature
George Orwell's 1984
Essential Questions:
How do the events we permit today
influence and impact tomorrow?
How or to what extent are we free
citizens?
What lengths will we go to preserve our
safety in regards to our freedom?
Writing
assignment
Literary
analysis essay
Reading
Quizzes
Group
work/textual
analysis
Class
discussions
Marking
Period 5
Unit 5: PostModern
Literature and
Cyberpunk
Philip K. Dick's Do
Androids Dream of
Electric Sheep?
Jonathan Nolan's
“Memento Mori”
Essential Questions:
What makes us human?
How do we maintain our humanity in an
increasingly technological world?
What constitutes reality?
How can moral distinctions be made
between life and simulated life?
Writing
assignment
Literary
analysis essay
Reading
Quizzes
Group
work/textual
analysis
Class
discussions
Genre Study: Scientific
Romance/Drama/Fiction
• Elements of Non-Fiction
(auto-ethnography)
• Elements of sociopolitical fiction
Focus Questions:
How do the themes help us to
understand the author’s historical &
philosophic environment?
How are common characters
represented?
How does technology invade our
humanity?
What is the appeal of simulated life?
Where does technological advancement
Marking
Period
Content
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessment
end?
How are people in society defined by
class/gender?
In what way are people in society
corrupted by materialism?
Marking
Period 6
Unit 6:
Absurdism
&Transitions to
the PostModern
Kurt Vonnegut's Cat’s
Cradle
Genre Study: Scientific
Romance/Drama/Fiction
• Elements of Non-Fiction
(auto-ethnography)
• Elements of sociopolitical fiction
Essential Questions:
What role does philosophy play in
challenging or confirming accepted belief
systems?
How do new/prevailing philosophies of the
period shape literature and thought?
How do the themes/ideas in the selected
readings relate to our own lives?
Focus Questions:
How do the themes help us to understand
the author’s historical & philosophic
environment?
How are common characters represented?
How are people in society defined by
class/gender?
In what way is society corrupted by
materialism?
What is significant about the writer’s style?
How do the themes help us to understand
the author’s historical & philosophical
environment?
What is characteristic of the writer’s or
literary period’s style?
Creative
writing
assignment
Literary
analysis essay
Reading
Quizzes
Group
work/textual
analysis
Class
discussions