Social Studies

WORLD HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY:

Required for 10th Grade 1.0 Credit

This is a required semester course for 10th grade.  Students will explore past history in order to understand current events in the world today.  The course will also integrate both the physical and the cultural geography of the world including a focus on the five themes of geography:  location, place, human-environment interaction, movement and regions. 

U.S. HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY 

Required for 9th and 11th grade 1.0 Credit

An analysis of the historical development of the United States is studied by analyzing the social, cultural and political institutions of our nation.  Students will, therefore, comprehend the causes of a variety of current events that exist in contemporary society.  The Industrial Revolution to the emergence of the US as a world power is covered in the 1st quarter.  The 2nd quarter covers the development of modern America during the 20th century.  In addition, the course will also focus on the five themes of geography as related to the United States.  

AP WORLD HISTORY

Meets the World History Requirement for graduation 1.0 Credit

In AP World History: Modern, students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes from 1200 to the present. Students develop and use the same skills, practices, and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical connections; and utilizing reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change over time. The course provides six themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: humans and the environment, cultural developments and interactions, governance, economic systems, social interactions and organization, and technology and innovation. AP test is required. 

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT 

Required for Seniors 0.5 Credit

Required for seniors.  The 1st semester deals with the constitution as the basis for the three branches of government, as well as state and local governments.  It examines the basic characteristics of the U.S. economic system including private property, price, competition, and entrepreneurship.  

ECOMONICS

Required for Seniors 0.5 Credit

Students will gain an understanding of fundamental economic concepts such as markets, monetary exchange and policy, production and productivity, incentives, opportunity costs, and decision making.  The class also enables students to become informed consumers, capable of making wise choices in the areas of credit, investing, banking and insurance.