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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.
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: THEN & NOW - 02455 - 1/2 CREDIT (SEM) *
Prerequisite: Open to students in grades 9-10 (Will Run in School Years that end in an odd number)
Credit: Social Studies Elective
Description: This course examines the causes, conduct and aftermath of the bloodiest war in our nation's history. The military conflict itself is the main focus of this course, but why and how the war happened can only be explained in terms of the entire period of the sectional crisis. A secondary portion of the course will be a study of Putnam County's role in the conflict. This will include local politics, individuals and events. We will be concerned with what remainders of Putnam's Civil War still remain and efforts to preserve these. Students will also explore the controversies surrounding the war and how the war still impacts our country over 150 years later. Students will participate in class discussion, primary source analysis, lecture, first-person studies, project-based learning, and technology-based lessons. The American Civil War will enhance the student's ability to apply historical reasoning in solving complex problems and will assist your development of historical perspective for use in other courses in the humanities and social sciences.
History of The Civil War.mp4MODERN HISTORY OF GENOCIDE – 02430 - 1/2 CREDIT (SEM)
Prerequisite: Open to all students in grades 10-12 (Will Run in School Years that end in an odd number)
Credit: Social Studies Elective
This elective course traces the origins, execution, and aftermath of genocide in the 20th century. Students will analyze the social, political, and economic factors that lead to mass atrocities, using the several case studies, including the Armenian, Ukrainian, and Rwandan genocides, as well as an intense examination of the Holocaust, to better understand patterns of intentional mass killings. Moreover, students will learn how to recognize the "stages of genocide”, analyze the roles of perpetrators, victims, bystanders, and upstanders to foster ethical decision-making, investigate the development of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the historical significance of the Nuremberg Trials, and promote values of empathy, tolerance, and the prevention of future atrocities through "never again" education.
History of modern genocideMOV.MOVCRIMINOLOGY - 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.
DEBATE 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.
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