Power Skills for History Department

Power Skills are those required/mandatory/vital abilities/competencies/expertise that the student should be able to demonstrate PRIOR to the course. Click each hyperlink for important information.

• 9th grade

I. Academic Independence & Student Accountability

II. Student Etiquette

III. Effective Time Management Planner Template

• 10th grade Everything for 9th grade AND

I. Experience and familiarity with rubrics for SAQs, DBQs, LEQs

II. Experience and familiarity with AP Multiple Choice and historical reasoning skills (context, causation, comparison, continuity, and change)

III. Experience and familiarity with note-taking and outlining, mostly handwritten.

IV. Excellent time management skills

• 11th grade Everything for 10th grade AND

I. Extensive experience with essay and SAQ writing

• 12th grade Everything for 11th grade AND

ECON:

1. Basic math skills (division/fractions)

2. Interpreting graphs

3. Using and applying formulas

GOVT:

1. Extensive experience and familiarity with essay and FRQ writing

2. Experience and familiarity with Supreme Court precedence, Supreme law of the land

(APUSH foundation)