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HUMAN BEHAVIOR: PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY - 02525- 1 CREDIT *
Prerequisite: Open to students in grades 11-12
Credit: Social Studies Elective
Description: This course is designed to help students develop an understanding of Psychology as an empirical science and then look at the major subfields that are within Psychology. They will be introduced to the major parts of the brain and nervous system and how changes in those systems can affect behavior. Students will also study sleep, dreams, and sleep disorders. Students will assess the difficulty in diagnosing abnormal behavior and the different classifications of mental disorders. Students will analyze case studies to see how society and culture influence the individual while also examining learning and memory. We will study the stages of development, gender roles and theories of personality. Students will use reading and writing strategies to research and actively engage in the evaluation, analysis, and synthesis of psychological issues.
GLOBAL CONFLICTS - 02450 - 1 CREDIT *
Prerequisite: Open to students in grades 10-12
Credit: Social Studies Elective
Description: This is a full year course broken down into two semesters. The course is designed to examine in great depth all aspects of conflicts in roughly the last 100 years.
Semester 1: 1960- Present: This course starts in the modern world and works backwards. This part of the course examines in great detail the modern Middle East and the conflicts that exist there in the last roughly 30 years, including the Iran-Iraq War, both Gulf Wars, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Conflicts in modern Africa, including Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, and Zaire will be examined next. A unit on modern terrorism, both domestic and foreign will ensue next. Lastly, the course will examine the foreign policies of the Reagan/Bush Sr. years and contrast them to the Clinton years. Involved in that unit will be studies on Latin America (Communism and the war on drugs), the US attack vs. Libya, and the conflict in Yugoslavia and violence in modern Ireland.
Semester 2: 1900-1960: This course will continue by examining the violence of the Cold War era. This will involve an in depth look at both Korea and Vietnam. It will also examine the Cuban Missile Crisis and our issues with Cuba on the whole, and the genocide of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. From there, we delve into WWII in great detail, looking at non-traditional topics that are not covered in standard classes. WWI will follow, which will also do the same as the WWII unit. The roots of tension in the modern Middle East will be covered in those units, including an examination of the genocide against the Armenians.
SOCIAL STUDIES ELECTIVES – Semester Courses
BUSINESS AND PERSONAL LAW - 02435 - 1/2 CREDIT (SEM) *
Prerequisite: Open to students in grades 11-12
Credit: Social Studies Elective
Description: This course will emphasize law that affects our daily lives in the business world as consumers. Consumer and business magazines, current newspapers, and law websites will be used. Topics covered will include: our court system, crimes and torts, business crimes and scams, consumer contracts, financing and insuring a car, home and apartment leasing, consumer credit, employment, comparison shopping and many other areas of consumer law protection.
PERSONAL FINANCE - 02445 - 1/2 CREDIT (SEM)
Prerequisite: Open to students in grades 10-12
Credit: Social Studies Elective
Description: Students will learn financial literacy, which is essential to meet the economic challenges of the 21st century. The competencies which form the basis for this ½ year course will enable students to analyze their personal financial decisions, evaluate the costs of the benefits of their decisions, recognize their rights and responsibilities as consumers, and apply the knowledge learned in school to financial situations encountered later in life. Topics will include credit card management, checking and savings accounts, mortgages, taxes and others.
Personal Finance 1.mp4INTRO TO MARKETING - 02436 - 1/2 CREDIT (SEM)
Prerequisite: Open to 9 & 10 grade
Credit: Social Studies Elective
Description: This Introduction to Marketing course is designed for underclassmen at the high school level. Over the span of 18 weeks, students will explore fundamental marketing concepts through engaging lessons, projects, and multimedia resources. The course will include 8 simple projects and integrate movies and books that are relevant to the field of marketing.
COLD WAR – 02475 - 1/2 CREDIT (SEM) *
Prerequisite: Open to all students in grades 9-12
Credit: Social Studies Elective
Description: This course is designed to heighten student understanding of the complexities of the Cold War – the post-World War II ideological conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1947-1991 – by examining more closely the people, events and multiple interpretations of this decades-long conflict. Topics covered will include, but will not be limited to: the Truman Doctrine; the Marshall Plan; the Korean War; the Berlin Wall; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the Vietnam War; the Space and Arms Races; the 1980 Olympic Games; the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Soviet Union and Communism; etc. Students will be required to analyze primary source materials, read related literary works, view period films, as well as listen to and interpret relevant musical selections in order to recognize and appreciate the multiple perspectives of the Cold War era.
cold war.MOVHISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WEST - 02470 - 1/2 CREDIT (SEM)
Prerequisite: Open to students in grades 9-10 (Will Run in School Years that end in an even number)
Credit: Social Studies Elective
Description: This course examines the West as both a place and as an idea in American culture and in popular imagination. Topics will include, but are not limited to, early settlements beyond the Appalachian Mountains, Manifest Destiny, the disappearance of the American Frontier, and the mythology of the American West. Using films, memoirs, letters, and literary fiction we will explore the struggle for land, resources, identity, and power which have characterized the West and its role in United States history.
History Of the American West.mp4DEBATE TO DISCOURSE - 02480- 1/2 CREDIT (SEM) *
Prerequisite: Open to students in grades 10-12
Credit: Social Studies Elective
Description: This course examines controversial issues in America and the world from both the past and present day. There are current issues of the day that regular “history” classes don’t have the time to explore. We will examine multiple perspectives on ever changing topics based on current events and those that you are passionate about. Our goal is to come to a better understanding of concerns that face your generation as we move from debate to discourse. Controversy is nothing to be avoided- we will be learning about tough topics. Full participation is expected. We will focus on the development of the student’s critical thinking skills by analyzing, evaluating, and reflecting on opposing sides of the same issue as expressed by public leaders, special interest groups and academia.
Debate to Discourse.mp4CRIMINOLOGY - 02425 - 1/2 CREDIT (SEM) *
Prerequisite: Open to students in grades 11-12
Credit: Social Studies Elective
Description: This is a basic course of study of the history of crime, criminals, the criminal justice system, law enforcement and correction, criminal theory, what makes individuals commit crimes, crime patterns and trends. A comprehensive look at the system and how law enforcement has grown from the “cop on the corner” to the “Mindhunters” - the F.B.I. Serial Killer Study team and several other themes that will be examined in this class. Also, noteworthy is the study of the Corrections System from lockups to rehabilitation. This class will be of particular interest to any potential Law, Criminal Justice or Corrections majors, as well as any student interested in Behavioral Sciences.
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