Social Studies

world studies (REQUIRED) - 10th Grade

Prerequisite:  None                          

College Credits:  None                      

MHS Credit: 1 Credit

Grade Level:  10-REQUIRED         

Length:  One Year

The three areas emphasized include physical, cultural, and current events.   Physical geography identifies regions with important physio-graphic features.   Cultural geography teaches the history, religion, and culture of the countries.   Students study current event topics pertaining to different areas.  Students will apply study skills such as maps, charts, graphs, essays, critical thinking, and notebook organization. They also learn a portion of the essential background required to understand the diverse economic, political, religious, and social systems of the human race.

US History (required) - 11th Grade

Prerequisite: World Studies (World Geography / World History)  

College Credits:  None                     

MHS Credit: 1 Credit

Grade Level: 11-REQUIRED (or AP US History)       

Length: One Year

This chronological study of U. S. History emphasizes the interpretation and analysis of history.  Original documents and other sources supplement the text. Students are required to formulate personal answers and offer evidence in support for many controversial questions.  U.S. History builds on previous knowledge learned in world history and geography.

american government - (required) - 12th grade

Prerequisite: U.S. History A & B                            

College Credits:  None                      

MHS Credit: 1 Credit

Grade Level: 12-REQUIRED        

Length: One Year

Students study the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government at the local, state, and national levels.  The course includes a textbook, vocabulary study, unit tests, speeches by students, guest speakers from various areas under study, and discussion groups. Current events and international relations are covered regularly throughout the year and a unit on political parties is covered.  The U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are studied in detail.  Students are expected to find causes and suggest solutions to problems.

psychology - (elective) - 10th -12th Grade

Prerequisite: None                 

College Credits:  None                      

MHS Credit: 0.5 Credits

Grade Level: 10-12                          

Length: One Semester

This course focuses on individual behavior and why an individual thinks, feels, and reacts to certain stimuli. Major emphasis will be placed on research methods, stages in childhood and adolescence, how the brain works, altered states of consciousness, psychological testing, and psychological disorders.

sociology - (elective) - 10th-12th grade

Prerequisite: None                 

College Credits:  None                      

MHS Credit: 0.5 Credits

Grade Level: 10-12                           

Length: One Semester

This course examines the study of society, specifically the interactions among social institutions, cultures, groups, and individuals. It focuses on how unequal power relations organize the social world and shape individual lives. It also looks at how individuals negotiate their lives in different social and economic contexts. In this course, we will study different theories and methods used within sociology and cover a broad spectrum of topics using critical sociological perspectives.

wwi, wwii & THE HOLOCAUST: (elective) 10th-12th grade

Prerequisite: None                 

College Credits:  None                      

MHS Credit: 1.0 Credits

Grade Level: 10-12                           

Length: One Year

In this course, students will study the complex factors contributing to both World War One, Two and the Holocaust. The time period covered will span from the start of World War One to the start of the Cold War. Chronologically students will weave together events, legislation, people and actions from both wars. The study of the Holocaust will include the history of anti-Semitism; the rise of the Nazi party; and the Holocause, from its beginning through liberation and the aftermath of the tragedy. Students will gain an understanding of the ramifications of prejudice and indifference, the potential for government supported terror, and get glimpses of kindness and humanity in the worst of times.

AP Human geography - 9th - 11th Grade

Prerequisite: None

College Credits:  Varies                 

MHS Credit: 1 Credit

Grade Level: 9-12    

Length: One Year

WEIGHTED COURSE For 1 Semester

AP Human Geography is an introductory college-level human geography course. Students cultivate their understanding of human geography through data and geographic analyses as they explore topics like patterns and spacial organization, human impacts and interactions with their environment, and spatial processes and societal changes. 

AP US HISTORY - 11th grade (12th Grade elective)

Prerequisite: World Geography / World History

College Credits:  Varies                   

MHS Credit: 1 Credit

Grade Level: 11-REQUIRED  (Or US History)        

Length: One Year

WEIGHTED COURSE For 2 Semesters

Students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in nine historical periods from approximately 1491 to the present. Students develop and use the same skills 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. The course also provides eight themes that students explore throughout the course: American and national identity; work, exchange, and technology; geography and the environment; migration and settlement; politics and power; America in the world; American and regional culture; and Social structures.

AP Macroeconomics - (Elective) - 11th-12th Grade

Prerequisites: 

• Must pass the Math and Writing Accuplacer Exams, or have appropriate ACT and SAT Scores

• Passed Algebra 2 with a “C” or better OR Concurrently Enrolled in Algebra 2

College Credits:  Varies   

MHS Credit: 0.5 Credits

Grade Level:   11-12        

Length:  One Semester - Spring

WEIGHTED COURSE For 1 Semester

The purpose of macroeconomics is to give students a thorough understanding of the principles of economics that apply to an economic system as a whole.  The course places particular emphasis on the study of national income and price level determination, and also develops students’ familiarity with economic performance measures, the financial sector, stabilization policies, economic growth, and international economics. 

AP microeconomics - (Elective) - 11th-12th Grade

Prerequisites: 

• Must pass the Math and Writing Accuplacer Exams, or have appropriate ACT and SAT Scores

• Passed Algebra 2 with a “C” or better OR Concurrently Enrolled in Algebra 2

College Credits:  Varies   

MHS Credit: 0.5 Credits

Grade Level:   11-12        

Length:  One Semester - Fall

WEIGHTED COURSE For 1 Semester

The purpose of microeconomics is to give students a thorough understanding of the principles of economics that apply to the functions of individual decision makers, both consumers and producers, within the economic system.  It places primary emphasis on the nature and functions of product markets and includes the study of factor markets and of the role of government in promoting greater efficiency and equity in the economy.