Social Studies

• Credit Hours: .5

• Grade Level: 9-12

This course will provide students with knowledge about psychological factors that effect academic and extra-curricular performance such as motivation, concentration, focus, confidence, anxiety, and relaxation. Students will also be introduced to mental skills that will enhance performance, make participation in school activities more enjoyable, and learn skills that can be transferred to other aspects of their lives. Specific skills to be covered in this class will include: how to set measurable goals and strategies to achieve them, visualization and imagery techniques, leadership, team-building and positive communication with their peers.

• Credit Hours: .5

• Grade Level: 10-12

Considerations: This course is an elective that focuses on the history of the United States starting with the Vietnam War and ending with the modern day.

Primary sources will be used and students will explore contemporary historical issues. Technology will be used for the research and presentation of information. Students will examine how the past forty to fifty years have shaped modern American.

• Credit Hours: .5

• Grade Level: 11-12

The course will center on group discussion of current American issues.  The newspaper and Newsweek magazine will serve as major sources.  Television newscasts such as 60 Minutes, Prime Time and 48 Hours will also be used as sources.  Student initiative and participation will be the driving force of this course.

• Credit Hours: .5

• Grade Level: 11-12

U.S. and Global Economics is a comprehensive course that provides an introduction to key economic principles. Students gain an understanding of choices they must make as producers, consumers, investors, and taxpayers. They have ample opportunity to develop their points of view and apply what they learn to the promotion of civic action. Topics include an examination of markets from both a historic and current perspective; basics of supply and demand; study of the theories of early economic philosophers such as Adam Smith and David Ricardo; theories of value; the concept of money and how it evolved; the role of banks, investment houses and the Federal Reserve; Keynesian economics; the productivity, wages, investment and growth involved in capitalism; unemployment, inflations, and the national debt; and a survey of markets in areas such as China, Europe, and the Middle East.

• Credit Hours: .5

• Grade Level: 10-12

• Prerequisite: American History

This class will study the influence sports have had and currently have on our society and culture. Students will study the historical development of amateur and professional athletics. The psychological and sociological perspectives of sports will also be studied. Class content will be adjusted to include the interests of students enrolled in the course and to include current issues in sports that have political and social implications.