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 * __British Literature Portfolio__**

Because year-long classes now use a standard final exam that all juniors and seniors must take, we no longer have culminating exams or assessments that deal with a course's specific content. The drawback to such a system is that it makes it more difficult for you to bring together what you've learned over the course of a year.
 * __Rationale__**

In order to address this weakness, we will be doing self-directed portfolios, in which you select any topic that interests you and you trace the way in which that topic affected or interacted with the political, religious, physical or social components of the time periods we study.
 * __Portfolio Overview__**

For example, if you're interested in architecture, you will trace the development of architecture through the Anglo Saxon to the Victorian era, using visuals and text to demonstrate the way in which architecture was influenced by such issues as necessity or social mores.

A partial list of suggested topics is set forth below, but don't hesitate to suggest any topic of interest to you:
 * __List of Suggested Topics__**


 * The Arts (you will likely wish to break this into a subcategory of the arts, such as architecture, sculpture, metal works, music, dance, etc).


 * Economic systems


 * Nutrition/Food sources


 * Mathematics


 * Military science


 * Natural sciences


 * Religion


 * Social Order (political science or psychology)

You may maintain your portfolio in hard copy or digital format. If you choose a digital format, you may wish to use power point or you may create a Wikispaces page.
 * __Portfolio Format__**

Your portfolio will be graded at four points in the school year, and each grading will count as a 100 point assessment grade. Portfolios will be due exactly two weeks prior to the end of each quarter.
 * __Portfolio Due Dates and Time Frame Content__**

Quarter 1: Anglo Saxon Period and Middle Ages Quarter 2: Renaissance Quarter 3: Restoration and Romantic Era Quarter 4: Victorian and Modern Period

Rubric: To be developed