This course is aimed at high school students who are interested learning about 20th century English history. Students who are keen to understand the relationship that English Football played in the country’s history. Students will look at case studies of clubs and their interactions with supporters as well as cities, towns, and villages. Through the lens of football, students will also learn about the Industrial Revolution, English Geography, Hooliganism, and Globalization. In addition to the in class course work, students will participate in a 10 day trip to England where they will visit with individuals from various cities, towns, and villages throughout England. Additionally, they have the opportunity to learn about the history of football clubs in the respective cities. This course aims to give students an understanding of the how history shapes the present. This course places emphasis on collaboration and problem solving, class participation and will provide opportunities for students to develop and hone their presentation skills. Students will be expected to read assigned readings and actively contribute to the course.
The Global Leadership Program sponsors a student-selected foreign trip each year to a different country, in keeping with the Global Leadership theme for the year. Students will travel to South Africa, where they'll visit key locations to learn about the history of apartheid in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Students will also spend time learning about South African wildlife at Kruger National Park, visiting a penguin colony, and examining fossils at the Cradle of Humankind in the Sterkfontein Caves World Heritage Site. Estimated cost: $5,100-$5,400.
Entering high school can be tough and filled with uncertainty. This course is designed to help you learn about the culture, opportunities, and expectations of the Upper School while helping you to develop and refine skills that will help you succeed in this new environment. Through a variety of activities (individual and group) you will learn about the possibilities that this community and this campus hold for you to collaborate, lead, and create. We will explore what it means to balance freedom and responsibility, as well as how to go get your learning!
In this intensive, students will review constructed languages in popular media, as well as create their own language for a designated purpose of their choosing. Linguistics as a broad area of study encompasses all facets of language creation, evolution, and use. This intensive will be looking specifically at constructed languages (or conlangs), which are languages that do not occur naturally but are instead created for specific purposes (including books, movies, television shows, video/board games, etc.). Students will not only familiarize themselves with popular constructed languages (such as The Lord of the Rings’ many Elvish languages, or even Star Trek’s Klingon), but they will also choose a form of media, and then construct their own language for use in that setting. Through this process, they’ll learn about the many quirks that both natural and non-natural languages have, and will see the expansive capacity for human communication through their ability to create a new language. They will also be introduced to the expansive conlanging community, as well as useful conlanging tools. By the end of the intensive, not only will students be able to confidently create languages for both personal and public use, but they will have a better understanding of how humans use language and how we tailor communication for our entertainment. At the end of the course, each student will have a functional skeleton for a language, and maybe even a new hobby.
This course is designed for those that want to take a close scientific look into what makes us happy. We will consider the work of Yale professor, Dr. Laurie Santos around the neuroscience of happiness as well as practice strategies for living a more fulfilling life. We will utilize Dr. Santos’ course and podcast as launchpads for rich discussions and reflection. This class is intended to engage intrinsic motivation and therefore will be offered as Pass/Fail elective credit.
Maumee Valley Country Day School is the only PreK-12th grade accredited, co-educational, and independent school in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan.
