In the Pittsburgh Public Schools' 12th grade curriculum, students study the effects of race and class in Bryce Courtenay's The Power of One. Suggestions for adapting this unit to other high school grade levels are included in Appendix F. Those students may be CAS or may gain entrance through teacher recommendation. Allderdice also offers AP English 3 for juniors and AP English 4 for seniors. In my high school there may be 3-5 sections each of Mainstream, Scholars, and CAS English per grade level. The total school population is 1450-1500 students with about 57% white and 43% other. Often, a scholars' class in my school will be made up of 16-18 white students and 6-10 Asian or African American students. Class size is between 22 and 28 students on average with a fairly even distribution of males and females. In the Pittsburgh Public Schools, the scholars are students who do not qualify for the gifted (CAS-Center for Advanced Studies) program but who are academically advanced and motivated. This six-week unit is designed for twelfth grade scholars. This unit addresses forms of government in the past and present in America and elsewhere utilizing Bryce Courtenay's The Power of One, acknowledged as the classic novel of South Africa. Bryce Courtenay's The Power of One: An Examination of Democratic and Other Political Values as Depicted in Literature by Elouise E.
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