Bilingual Education
What are the Bilingual Education courses in District 201?
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Bilingual Education Course Descriptions
- Bilingual Biology
- Bilingual Chemistry
- Bilingual Earth Science
- Bilingual Consumer Education
- Bilingual Health
- Bilingual Integrated Mathematics 1
- Bilingual Integrated Mathematics 2
- Bilingual Integrated Mathematics 3
- Bilingual American History
- Bilingual Latin American History
- Bilingual Modern History
- Bilingual World History
- ELL Reading 1
- ELL Reading 2
Bilingual Biology
Bilingual Biology
ELL Course
Bilingual Biology (Fall)
Course Description
Students will develop an understanding of the principal laws that govern the existence of all life. Student work emphasizes experimentation, accurate observation and analysis of experimental data. Concepts include: problem solving, cellular biology, biochemistry, ecology, evolution, reproduction, heredity, as well as plant and animal physiology.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Core
GRADE: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4.
COREQUISITES: If you take BILINGUAL BIOLOGY (FALL), you must also take BILINGUAL BIOLOGY (SPRING).
FEES: $10.00
Offered: Semester course
Bilingual Biology (Spring)
Course Description
Students will develop an understanding of the principal laws that govern the existence of all life. Student work emphasizes experimentation, accurate observation and analysis of experimental data. Concepts include: problem solving, cellular biology, biochemistry, ecology, evolution, reproduction, heredity, as well as plant and animal physiology.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Core
GRADE: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4.
COREQUISITES: If you take BILINGUAL BIOLOGY (SPRING), you must also take BILINGUAL BIOLOGY (FALL).
FEES: $10.00
Offered: Semester course
Bilingual Chemistry
Bilingual Chemistry
ELL Course
Bilingual Chemistry (Fall)
Course Description
In this course, students will learn the principles that underlie chemical changes and their theoretical applications. Laboratory work emphasizes techniques of observation, analysis of data and formation of conclusions based on data. A scientific calculator is essential. This course is accepted for college preparation in laboratory science.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Core
GRADE: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4 and must have completed Biology and Integrated Mathematics 1.
COREQUISITES: If you take BILINGUAL CHEMISTRY (FALL), you must also take BILINGUAL CHEMISTRY (SPRING).
FEES: $10.00
Offered: Semester course
Bilingual Chemistry (Spring)
Course Description
In this course, students will learn the principles that underlie chemical changes and their theoretical applications. Laboratory work emphasizes techniques of observation, analysis of data and formation of conclusions based on data. A scientific calculator is essential. This course is accepted for college preparation in laboratory science.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Core
GRADE: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4 and must have completed Biology and Integrated Mathematics 1.
COREQUISITES: If you take BILINGUAL CHEMISTRY (SPRING), you must also take BILINGUAL CHEMISTRY (FALL).
FEES: $10.00
Offered: Semester course
Bilingual Earth Science
Bilingual Earth Science
ELL Course
Bilingual Earth Science (Fall)
Course Description
Students enrolled in this course will study man’s physical environment. Student work focuses on the study of minerals, rocks, volcanoes, seismology, plate tectonics, hydrology, meteorology, Earth’s history and interpreting data. This course is accepted for college preparation min laboratory science.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Core
GRADE: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Completion of Biology. Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4.
COREQUISITES: If you take BILINGUAL EARTH SCIENCE (FALL), you must also take BILINGUAL EARTH SCIENCE (SPRING).
FEES: $10.00
Offered: Semester course
Bilingual Earth Science (Spring)
Course Description
Students enrolled in this course will study man’s physical environment. Student work focuses on the study of minerals, rocks, volcanoes, seismology, plate tectonics, hydrology, meteorology, Earth’s history and interpreting data. This course is accepted for college preparation in laboratory science.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Core
GRADE: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Completion of Biology. Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4.
COREQUISITES: If you take BILINGUAL EARTH SCIENCE (SPRING), you must also take BILINGUAL EARTH SCIENCE (FALL).
FEES: $10.00
Offered: Semester course
Bilingual Consumer Education
Bilingual Consumer Education
ELL Course
Bilingual Consumer Education (Fall)
Course Description
Students will learn the consumer education topics required under Illinois Senate Bill 977. This course fulfills the Consumer Education graduation requirement.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 12
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4.
COREQUISITES: None
FEES: None
Offered: Semester course
Bilingual Consumer Education (Spring)
Course Description
Students will learn the consumer education topics required under Illinois Senate Bill 977. This course fulfills the Consumer Education graduation requirement.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 12
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4.
COREQUISITES: None
FEES: None
Offered: Semester course
Bilingual Health
Bilingual Health
ELL Course
Bilingual Health (Fall)
Course Description
This course will help students to view health as a way of life. This course covers the following state-mandated topics: consumer health, dental health, drug use and abuse, human growth and development, mental health and illness and environmental concerns. Additional topics include nutrition, fitness, personal care, abstinence, prevention, detection and control of communicable
diseases as well as disaster and safety skills. This course is required for graduation.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 9
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4.
COREQUISITES: None
FEES: None
Offered: Semester course
For: 9th or administrative approval
Bilingual Health (Spring)
Course Description
This course will help students to view health as a way of life. This course covers the following state-mandated topics: consumer health, dental health, drug use and abuse, human growth and development, mental health and illness and environmental concerns. Additional topics include nutrition, fitness, personal care, abstinence, prevention, detection and control of communicable diseases as well as disaster and safety skills. This course is required for graduation.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 9
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4.
COREQUISITES: None
FEES: None
Offered: Semester course
For: 9th or administrative approval
Bilingual Integrated Mathematics 1
Bilingual Integrated Mathematics 1
ELL Course
Bilingual Integrated Mathematics 1 (Fall)
Course Description
Students in this course study; expressions, introduction to functions and interpreting functions, linear relationships and modeling linear functions, congruence of geometry, systems of equations, inferential statistics, exponential functions, and comparing exponential functions and linear functions by modeling
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Core
GRADE: 9
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4.
COREQUISITES: If you take BILINGUAL INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 1 (FALL), you must also take BILINGUAL INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 1 (SPRING).
FEES: None
Offered: Semester course
Required Textbook: Pearson Integrated Mathematics 1 (2014)
Bilingual Integrated Mathematics 1 (Spring)
Course Description
Students in this course study; expressions, introduction to functions and interpreting functions, linear relationships and
modeling linear functions, congruence of geometry, systems of equations, inferential statistics, exponential functions, and comparing exponential functions and linear functions by modeling
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Core
GRADE: 9
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4.
COREQUISITES: If you take BILINGUAL INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 1(SPRING), you must also take BILINGUAL INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 1 (FALL).
FEES: None
Offered: Semester course
Required Textbook: Pearson Integrated Mathematics 1 (2014)
Bilingual Integrated Mathematics 2
Bilingual Integrated Mathematics 2
ELL Course
Bilingual Integrated Mathematics 2 (Fall)
Course Description
Students in this course study; extending the number system, working with quadratic equations representations of quadratic equations, quadratic functions and modeling, geometric similarities, right triangles and trigonometry, probability, and circles. Integrated 2 is generally required for college admission.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4. Students must have completed BILINGUAL INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 1.
COREQUISITES: If you take BILINGUAL INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 2 (FALL), you must also take BILINGUAL INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 2 (SPRING).
FEES: None
Offered: Semester course
Required Textbook: Pearson Integrated Mathematics 2 (2014)
Bilingual Integrated Mathematics 2 (Spring)
Course Description
Students in this course study; extending the number system, working with quadratic equations representations of quadratic equations, quadratic functions and modeling, geometric similarities, right triangles and trigonometry, probability, and circles. Integrated 2 is generally required for college admission.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4. Students must have completed BILINGUAL INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 1.
COREQUISITES: If you take BILINGUAL INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 2 (SPRING), you must also take BILINGUAL INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 2 (FALL).
Offered: Semester course
Required Textbook: Pearson Integrated Mathematics 2 (2014)
Bilingual Integrated Mathematics 3
Bilingual Integrated Mathematics 3
ELL Course
Bilingual Integrated Mathematics 3 (Fall)
Course Description
Students in this course study; Statistics, Geometric Proofs, Geometric Modeling, Polynomial Functions, Rational Functions, Radicals and Rational Exponentials, Exponential and Logarithmic Functions, Trigonometric Functions, and Systems and Comparing Functions. ACT Preparation activities are included. A TI-Nspire calculator is required.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4. Students must have completed BILINGUAL INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 1 and 2.
COREQUISITES: If you take BILINGUAL INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 3 (FALL), you must also take BILINGUAL INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 3 (SPRING).
FEES: None
Offered: Semester course
Required Textbook: Pearson Integrated Mathematics 3 (2014)
Bilingual Integrated Mathematics 3 (Spring)
Course Description
Students in this course study; Statistics, Geometric Proofs, Geometric Modeling, Polynomial Functions, Rational Functions, Radicals and Rational Exponentials, Exponential and Logarithmic Functions, Trigonometric Functions, and Systems and Comparing Functions. ACT Preparation activities are included. A TI-Nspire calculator is required.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4. Students must have completed BILINGUAL INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 1 and 2.
COREQUISITES: If you take BILINGUAL INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 3 (SPRING), you must also take BILINGUAL INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS 3 (FALL).
Offered: Semester course
Required Textbook: Pearson Integrated Mathematics 3 (2014)
Bilingual American History
Bilingual American History
ELL Course
Bilingual American History (Fall)
Course Description
Students will review, analyze and interpret the various forces and values that have shaped and continue to influence behavior and events in American history. Students are expected to complete a research project or paper. This course fulfills the American History graduation requirement.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 11-12
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4.
COREQUISITES: If you BILINGUAL AMERICAN HISTORY (FALL), you must also take BILINGUAL AMERICAN HISTORY (SPRING). If you take BILINGUAL AMERICAN HISTORY (FALL), you must also take CONSTITUTION TEST (FALL).
FEES: None
Offered: Semester course
Bilingual American History (Spring)
Course Description
Students will review, analyze and interpret the various forces and values that have shaped and continue to influence behavior and events in American history. Students are expected to complete a research project or paper. This course fulfills the American History graduation requirement.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 11-12
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4.
COREQUISITES: If you take BILINGUAL AMERICAN HISTORY (SPRING), you must also take BILINGUAL AMERICAN HISTORY (FALL).
FEES: None
Offered: Semester course
Bilingual Latin American History
Bilingual Latin American History
ELL Course
Bilingual Latin American History (Fall)
Course Description
Students will investigate the history of Latin America, the geography of the region, the cultures of that region (both Native American and the hybrid cultures which emerged after European settlement), and the relationship of this region to the rest of the world. Students will study material from Pre-Columbian times to the 20th Century.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4.
COREQUISITES: None
FEES: None
Offered: Semester Course (offered during the fall semester only)
Bilingual Modern History
Bilingual Modern History
ELL Course
Bilingual Modern History (Spring)
Course Description
In this course students will trace history from World War II to the present. World War II, The Cold War, postwar independence movements, the Vietnam War, developments in Latin America and the Middle East are among the topics covered. This course also examines the technological and social changes that have taken place since World War II. Students will gain an understanding of how these events and changes have shaped the world they now live in.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Students must be enrolled in ELL English 1-4.
COREQUISITES: None
FEES: None
Offered: Semester Course (offered during the spring semester only)
Required Textbook: Sherman, Dennis. (2003). Modern World History: The
Human Journey. Houghton Mifflin
Bilingual World History
Bilingual World History
ELL Course
Bilingual World History (Fall)
Course Description
Students will trace human development from earliest time periods to the Space Age as well as increase their awareness of man’s role in the creation of various societies. This course is required by most colleges for admission.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 9
PREREQUISITE: Enrollment in ELL English 1-4.
COREQUISITES: If you take BILINGUAL WORLD HISTORY (FALL), you must also take BILINGUAL WORLD HISTORY (SPRING).
FEES: None
Offered: Semester course
Bilingual World History (Spring)
Course Description
Students will trace human development from earliest time periods to the Space Age as well as increase their awareness of man’s role in the creation of various societies. This course is required by most colleges for admission.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 9
PREREQUISITE: None
COREQUISITES: If you take BILINGUAL WORLD HISTORY (SPRING), you must also take BILINGUAL WORLD HISTORY (FALL).
FEES: None
Offered: Semester course.
ELL Reading 1
ELL Reading 1
ELL Course
ELL Reading 1A (Fall)
Course Description
This course provides students with an intensive study of reading and writing skills. Writing skills advance from the sentence level to paragraph level and eventually to essays and reports. Adapted reading materials are used for identifying main ideas, details as well as literal and inferential information.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Enrollment in ELL English 1A.
COREQUISITES: If you take ELL READING 1A (FALL), you must also take ELL READING 1B (SPRING).
If you take ELL READING 1A (FALL), you must also take ELL ENGLISH 1A (FALL).
FEES: None
Offered: Semester course
ELL Reading 1B (Spring)
Course Description
This course provides students with an intensive study of reading and writing skills. Writing skills advance from the sentence level to paragraph level and eventually to essays and reports. Adapted reading materials are used for identifying main ideas, details as well as literal and inferential information.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Enrollment in ELL English 1B.
COREQUISITES: If you take ELL READING 1B (SPRING), you must also take ELL READING 1A (FALL). If you take ELL READING 1B (SPRING), you must also take ELL ENGLISH 1B (SPRING).
FEES: None
Offered: Semester course
ELL Reading 2
ELL Reading 2
ELL Course
ELL Reading 2A (Fall)
Course Description
This course provides students with a continued study of English focusing on reading and writing skills. Students will complete four to six leveled readers throughout the year.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Enrollment in ELL English 2A.
COREQUISITES: If you take ELL READING 2A (FALL), you must also take ELL ENGLISH 2A (FALL). If you take ELL READING 2A (FALL), you must also take ELL READING 2B (SPRING).
FEES: None
Offered: Semester course
ELL Reading 2B (Spring)
Course Description
This course provides students with a continued study of English focusing on reading and writing skills. Students will complete four to six leveled readers throughout the year.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Regular
GRADE: 10-12
PREREQUISITE: Enrollment in ELL English 2.
COREQUISITES: If you take ELL READING 2B (SPRING), you must also take ELL ENGLISH 2B (SPRING). If you take ELL READING 2B (SPRING), you must also take ELL READING 2A (FALL).
FEES: None
Offered: Semester course