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“The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future.” —Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
Social Studies is the study of Human Society, including history, geography, government, political science, and economics. Classes in this department will help students learn and reflect about how societies have interacted with their environment and with each other. Please note that individual assignments and grading rubrics may change each semester. Students will be asked to meet the requirements for each class, during the semester they register for the class.
Graduation Requirements: 2 semester credits of US History, 2 semester credits of Government, 1 semester credit of Economics; 5 total semester credits
Anchor Classes
**U.S. History A & B
**Government A & B
**Economics (one semester)
World History and Civilization A & B
Geography A & B
Ancient History A & B
All Classes marked with ** are also offered as Honors.
The Social Studies Anchor courses are designed to be research based courses. Weekly Master assignments, aligned with Standards, allow flexibility for students in choosing learning resources to help them fulfill the required assignment. There is not a list of approved alternative curriculum, but there will be new Portfolio versions of US History and Government coming for the 2025-2026 school year.
BYU Classes
Besides Anchor courses, students may choose to take a guided social studies course, overseen by an IHLA teacher and offered in the IHLA Schoology platform. These courses have a fee (for the 2025-2026) school year of $60. This is per course and is automatically deducted from Supplemental Learning Funds.
All BYU courses require students to take a proctored Final exam.
IDLA Classes
The IDLA website has a course catalog which can be searched by subject and grade level. IDLA offers Dual Credit classes as well as regular Social Studies classes. IDLA courses usually take at least one hour per day on the computer in order for a student to be successful. IDLA classes generally have a $100 fee unless taken as an overload or a Dual Credit class.
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