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A+nyWhere Learning System: Curriculum, High School Electives

Software WinnersThe American Education Corporation offers elective titles for the A+nyWhere Learning System® (A+LS™) courseware family. As the use of A+LS courseware in high schools continues to grow, the need for courses outside the core subjects of language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies has also grown.

There are two types of elective subjects, and these two types have a somewhat different emphasis. The first type includes electives that are required for graduation in many states. These include courses in Physical Education, Health, and Fine Arts. The second type is comprised of electives that are academically oriented, such as Sociology, Psychology, and Anthropology. Use the chart below to explore each course offered.

# of Grade Level(s) Covered
Title Name Lessons Measure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVES
Anthropology 30 1130L                
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
Art Appreciation 25 1070L                
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
Career Essentials 32 1090L                
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
Health 39 1090L                
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
Humanities I 31 1090L                
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
Humanities II 30 1080L                
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
Lifetime Fitness 26 1080L                
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
Personal Finance 33 1060L                
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
Psychology 33 1060L                
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
Sociology 28 1100L                
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title
first grade title

 

The approach taken in the development of A+LS courseware elective titles recognizes the differences between electives and courses in the four core subject areas. While some states have course descriptions for electives, these courses are not part of the essential skills that are tested on state achievement tests. For this reason, A+LS courseware elective titles have not been linked to state standards.

Electives are subjects for personal exploration so the approach is not as strictly focused on mastering specific skills, as are courses in the four core subject areas. The focus in electives is to gain a broad perspective of the subject at hand. As a result, the following approaches are used in elective titles:

1. There is extensive reading of materials and resources outside of lessons. Various departments within the United States government produced many of these resources, and many are found in the public domain. There are two secondary educational goals that this methodology serves. The first is providing students practice in becoming more independent learners. The second is for students to become familiar with public resources as they move closer to living as an independent adult in today’s information-based society.
2. The focus of the Practice and Mastery tests within these elective courses requires students to become familiar with the secondary reading material. There is less focus on acquiring a specific body of knowledge. The emphasis in the elective courses is for students to apply themselves to constructivist learning as it applies to real world experiences. As a result, there is a greater emphasis on essays, projects, journals, and constructed responses. For instance, in the Lifetime Fitness course, one task is keeping a fitness journal of no less than 20 hours of fitness activities. This is a significant portion of the course. For each independent activity a grading rubric is provided for the students as a guide to judge their own work and for the teachers to grade responses.
3. Each of the elective courses has been developed to constitute a robust one-semester high school course. As such, each course requires approximately 60 study hours of study time. These 60 hours include the time that each activity, project, or experience will require in addition to the actual work within elective course lessons.
 

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