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Twelfth graders deduce the motivation behind and meaning of certain behaviors, conversations and poetry. Students analyze culture's value system. Students compare and contrast Anglo Saxon court culture, Medieval court culture, Medieval religious attitudes and traditions, and Heian court culture. Students produce original writings in the style of Sei Shonagon.

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aesthetic self-cultivation, heian court culture, secular, english language arts
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12th
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English Language Arts
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