USING UNDERSTANDING BY DESIGN TO BUILD A HIGH SCHOOL LINGUISTICS COURSE.

The article focuses on offering a specific linguistics course and heavily on my linguistics background to prompt students to examine language, power, the media, and politics. It mentions lessons on linguistic determinism, etymology, and prescriptivism engaged even the most reticent students and effort to create an Advanced Placement (AP) linguistics course. It also mentions increased focus on STEM in school curricula.