10th Grade Social Studies

UNITED STATES  HISTORY I: GRADE 10

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Grade Level: 10

This course is the first half of a comprehensive two-year study of American history and geography. In tenth grade students cover the historic development of American ideas and institutions from the Age of Exploration and Discovery through Reconstruction. While focusing on political and economic history, students will examine American culture through a chronological survey of major issues, movements, people, and events in United States and Alabama history.

This is a course that is offered virtually in addition to an in-person class. Students must complete the permission form and turn it in to their counselor. Teachers will communicate expectations regarding classwork and testing in the course syllabus. 

UNITED STATES HISTORY I: GRADE 10, PRE-IB (+1.00 COURSE WEIGHT)

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Grade Level: 10

Corequisite: Pre-IB English 10

Recommendation: A score of 25 or higher on the self-assessment rubric

This course is taken by sophomore students who anticipate enrollment in the eleventh grade as IB Diploma Candidates. The course will follow the basic form of a History, Advanced Level/IB class, but students will study additional world history topics, and the evaluation will be based upon the IB assessment criteria.   This American history content aligns closely with Pre-IB English 10's focus on historical context of literary movements, giving students a wholistic view of both the development of the United States as a country and its social ideology. 

AP UNITED STATES HISTORY 10 (+1.00 COURSE WEIGHT)  

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Grade Level: 10

Recommendations:

1. A score of 25 or higher on the self-assessment rubric

2. Students who desire the challenge of pursuing college course work at the high school level

The Advanced Placement Program in United States History, a college-level course, is designed to provide students with the analytical skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with the problems in United States history. Students will learn to assess historical materials-their relevance to a given interpretive problem, their reliability, and their importance-and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship. The course is designed to give students a grounding in the chronology of the United States history and in major interpretive questions that derive from the study of selective themes. This is the first part of a two-year program designed to prepare students for the AP exam.

HIS 201:  UNITED STATES HISTORY I (+0.50 GRADE WEIGHT)- DUAL ENROLLMENT

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Grade Level: 10-12
This course surveys United States history during colonial, Revolutionary, early national and antebellum periods. It concludes with the Civil War and Reconstruction. This course satisfies the requirements for United States History 10.

HIS 202: UNITED STATES HISTORY II (+0.50 GRADE WEIGHT)- DUAL ENROLLMENT

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Grade Level: 10-12
This course is a continuation of HIS 201. It surveys United States history from the Reconstruction era to the present. This course satisfies the requirements for United States History 11.