Open to Grades 9 & 10

Prerequisites: Application and Teacher Recommendation

Visit the FUSION Academy page for application and sign-up information.

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 9 - 10

Prerequisites: None

This course is designed for ninth and tenth-grade students and continues to develop the skills necessary for success in future social studies classes and the global community. The primary purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the geographical, historical, cultural, and political aspects of Asia and Africa. In addition, modern issues and current events will be integrated into this course.

Activities:   Reading paperback books, research paper(s), multiple texts, videos, lectures, class discussion, simulations, small group problem solving and oral reports.

Cost:  None

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 9 - 10

Prerequisites: None

This course is designed primarily for ninth and tenth-grade students and continues to develop skills necessary for success in future social studies classes and the global community. The primary purpose is to provide an overview of the geographical, historical, cultural, and political aspects within western cultures up to the start of the 19th century. In addition, modern issues and current events will be integrated in this course.

Activities: Reading paperback books, research paper(s), multiple texts, videos, lectures, class discussion, simulations, small group problem solving and oral reports.

Cost: None

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.5 credit Social Studies: Global Citizenship, .5 credit Art (1 semester)

Open to Grades 9 - 10

Prerequisites: None

Corequisite: Creative World Studies Art, 60070

NOTE: This course is taught in conjunction with the Creative World Studies - Art, and will be block scheduled with both, 2 classes taken in the SAME semester.

This course will cover Ancient China, Ancient Africa, Europe and India politically, economically, religiously, socially, intellectually and esthetically through a collaboration of hands-on experiences through art, history and literacy.

Activities: Research, lecture, demonstrations, artwork and projects, formative assessments, and pre-and post-assessments throughout the semester. Student's art projects will coincide with the era of history being studied.

Cost: Supply costs would be determined based on the projects introduced in class. 

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 9 - 10 (recommended for grade 10)

Prerequisites: None

This course investigates various cultures, philosophies, economic systems, political theories and institutions that have shaped the 20th  and 21st centuries. Emphasis will be placed on the key events and movements that have influenced the modern world. Areas to be covered include the turn of the century, World War I, the Russian Revolution, World War II, Communism, the Cold War, independence movements and emerging democracies, and today’s world. Time spent on each unit will vary. Current events will be integrated into this course.

Course Activities: Term papers, readings, lectures, class discussions, simulations,  small-group problem solving,  oral reports, and videos.

Cost: None

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 Open to: 9-10                              

Length: 1 Semester 

Prerequisite: None                                 

Credits:  1/2 credit 

Content: War is a force that has forged the history of humankind. From the plains of Marathon to the Persian Gulf, war has shaped (and been shaped by) our political, geographic and economic environment.  This course will address the effect of war on human society and the significance of war in human culture. While this course will cover conflicts from ancient times to the present, the approach will be thematic rather than chronological. Potential future conflicts will also be addressed. This course will address questions such as: What are the attractions of war? What do we mean by "war"? How do other cultures view war? What constitutes a "just" war? Can war be eliminated? The Wisconsin Social  Studies Content & Performance  Standards  (history, government,  economics,  geography and psychology)  will be integrated into this course, and be used to analyze the causes and effects of human conflict.

Cost:  An appropriate fee for a field trip.

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 9 - 10

Prerequisites: None

This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to the fundamentals of physical and cultural geography. Major units of work will include maps and mapping, weather and climate, landforms, plus an intensive study of selected cultural areas. Current events will be integrated into this course.

Course Activities: Lectures, readings, written work, videos, small and large-group discussions, and guest speakers.

Cost: None

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 11 - 12

Prerequisites: None

In this course students engage in numerous activities about complex academic and real-world issues through a variety of lenses, considering multiple points of view. The Global Issues of the 21st Century course considers numerous themes that have the flexibility to choose one or more appropriate themes that allow for deep interdisciplinary exploration based on global and/or international topics, national, local and/or civic issues, academic problems or questions, and student interests. 

Throughout the course, students consider and evaluate multiple points of view to develop their own perspectives on complex issues and topics through inquiry and investigation. The course provides students with a framework that allows them to develop, practice, and hone their critical and creative thinking skills as they make connections between various issues and their own lives. Students use the following framework as they explore issues and topics: 

• question and explore

• understand and analyze arguments

• evaluate multiple perspectives

• synthesize ideas

• team, transform and transmit

• synthesize evidence

• propose a solution, conclusion, or recommendation to the problem, question, or issue

• appropriately acknowledge, attribute, and/or cite the ideas and works of others

Course Activities: Global video conferencing and activities with students from around the world, international and local simulations and activities, multiple texts, free-response essay questions, debates, computer activities, discussions, group activities, case studies, national, local, and international community events.

Cost: None

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 11 & 12

Prerequisites: None

Areas of focus in this semester course include, but are not limited to: Human rights, the pathologies of power, the concept of justice evolving over periods of time, social values, moral senses/ shared or not, cultural factors, international law, humanitarian law, and the connection to power and social values. 

Related fields of study: Political Science, Law, Peace Corps, Social Work, Education, Military, Health Care, and Humanities. Students should be prepared for extensive research and reading within the class.

Activities:    Multiple texts, research projects, multimedia presentations, computer activities, discussions, group activities, reports, case studies, outside reading, and internet activities.

Cost: None

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 9 - 12

Prerequisites: Students should be able to read and comprehend college-level texts and write grammatically correct complete sentences.

NOTE: Students enrolling in an AP® class will automatically be registered for that course's exam. An exam Opt-Out option is available.

AP Human Geography is a college-level course that introduces students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, uses and alteration of Earth's surface. Students employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine the human social organization and its environmental consequences. They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their science and practice. The course will also focus on defining regions and evaluating the regionalization process while characterizing and analyzing the changing interconnections among places. 

Activities:   Multiple texts, research projects, multimedia presentations, computer activities, discussions, group activities, reports, case studies, outside reading, and internet activities.

Cost: An exam fee if AP® exam is taken.

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1 credit (2 semesters)

Open to Grades 9 - 12

Prerequisites: Students should be able to read and comprehend college-level texts and write grammatically correct complete sentences.

NOTE: Students enrolling in an AP® class will automatically be registered for that course's exam. An exam Opt-Out option is available.

This AP European History course is designed to familiarize students with the interrelationships of themes throughout modern European history. Because the entire chronological scope of European history from the High Renaissance to the present day is reflected in the AP Exam, careful attention will be paid to each century with this framework. 

In the study of political and diplomatic history, greater focus will be given to certain topics introduced in Modern World History, such as the growth of the modern nation-state, the development of absolutism, constitutionalism, revolution, and international peacekeeping efforts. The balance of power diplomacy in Central and Eastern Europe will also be explored. Intellectual and cultural history will include changes in religious and secularized thought, culture, and trends in literature and the arts, focusing far more on philosophy and literature than is usually done in Modern World History. 

Our look at creative forces will include the visual arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture, as well as, music and the historical interrelationships of the arts. In social and economic history we will look at demographics and the influence of social classes, the development of commercial practices and changing economic structures, the role of industrialization and commerce in Europe, and Europe’s influence on the world. A detailed course outline will be provided. It reflects these themes and also gives students training in the skills necessary for passing the AP European History Exam. This course is equivalent in scope to an introductory college course in European History. 

Activities:  Multiple texts, multimedia presentations, computer activities, discussions, group activities, reports, mock trials, case studies, outside reading, and internet activities.

Cost: An exam fee if AP® exam is taken.

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1 credit (2 semesters)

Open to Grades 9 - 12

Prerequisites: Students should be able to read and comprehend college-level texts and write grammatically correct complete sentences.

NOTE: Students enrolling in an AP® class will automatically be registered for that course's exam. An exam Opt-Out option is available.

World History, a college-level course, focuses on developing students' abilities to think conceptually about world history from approximately 8000 BCE (Before Common Era) to the present, and to apply historical thinking skills as they learn about the past. Five themes of equal importance (focusing on the environment, cultures, state-building, economic systems, and social structures) provide areas of historical inquiry for investigation throughout the course. 

World History encompasses the history of the five major geographical regions of the globe: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe. and Oceana, with a special focus on historical developments and processes that cross multiple regions. Students who enjoy geography, politics, literature, the arts, and/or history will enjoy what this course has to offer.

Activities: Multiple texts, research projects, multimedia presentations, computer activities, class and small group discussions, group activities, case studies, and other outside readings.

Cost: An exam fee if AP® exam is taken.

AP® and Advanced Placement® are registered trademarks of College Board. Used with permission.

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1 credit Social Studies: United States Studies, 1 Credit English (2 semesters)

Open to Grade 11

Prerequisites: None

Corequisite: Students must also enroll in American Studies English, 15780/15785

This course integrates Both required 11th grade English and social studies courses.

This two-credit course integrates student's required 11th grade English and Social Studies courses: English 11 and US History. This course provides a cross-curricular opportunity for students to engage in learning about important events and motifs of the United States through a thematic study of literature. Though the content is taught simultaneously, American Studies is the equivalent of two separate courses. 

Writing, communication skills, and reading are integral parts of the course. Students will conduct research from primary and secondary sources and read assorted informative and literary texts.

Cost: None

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1 credit (2 semesters)

Open to Grades 11

Prerequisites: None

This course deals with the development of our nation, American institutions and values. It is a thematic/topical study of United States history. The first semester consists of units of study dealing with the American Revolution, the Confederation and Constitution, the early federal period, the development of political parties, Jacksonian Democracy, Manifest Destiny, the rise of sectional differences, the Industrial Revolution, and the rise of imperialism. 

The emphasis in the second semester is directed to World War I, the 1920s, the Depression Era, World War II, the Cold War, Civil Rights, Vietnam, the late 20th Century, and recent developments in foreign and domestic areas. Appropriate learning activities are provided for students with different learning abilities. Current events will be integrated into this course.

Activities:    Term papers, required supplemental reading of paperback books relevant to the course; writing experiences, lectures, class discussions, small-group discussions, visual materials and discussions of current events.

Cost:  None

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1 credit (2 semesters)

Open to Grades 11 

Prerequisites: Students should be able to read and comprehend college-level texts and write grammatically correct complete sentences.

NOTE: Students enrolling in an AP® class will automatically be registered for that course's exam. An exam Opt-Out option is available.

This course is open to all juniors who are willing to accept the rigorous academic curriculum approved by the College Board Advanced Placement Program. The class is designed to provide students with the analytic skills and actual knowledge necessary to deal critically with the problems and materials in U.S. History. Both semesters will focus on the political, social, and economic aspects of U.S. History. The first semester will cover exploration through the 1920s and the second semester will begin with the Great Depression and go through the late 20th century, as well as recent developments in foreign and domestic policies. 

Students will learn to assess historical materials, their relevance to given interpretative problems, reliability, and importance, and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship. The program prepares students for intermediate and advanced college courses by making demands upon them equivalent to those made by full-year introductory college courses. There are substantial reading and writing requirements, including one/two chapters in the textbook per week, supplementary reading of paperback books, and at least 10 document-based essays. The course will prepare students to take the AP® United States History exam in May. This course is equivalent in scope to an introductory college course in U.S. History.

Activities:  Research projects, supplemental readings of fiction and non-fiction relevant to the course, written assignments, projects, debates,  lectures,  simulations and role-playing,  small group discussions, visual materials, and discussions of current events.

Cost: An exam fee if AP® exam is taken.

AP® and Advanced Placement® are registered trademarks of College Board. Used with permission.

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 11 - 12

Prerequisites: None

In this course, students will explore the history of Wisconsin from the Glacial Age to the present. Students will explore state, local and federal government. Students will engage in a variety of activities and learning experiences to enhance their understanding of Wisconsin history and government at multiple levels. Students will create projects based on individual interests that deal with Wisconsin history and civics within various levels of government. Guest speakers from around the state will be integrated into the course.

Activities: Guest speakers, field trips, student-created projects, and class discussion.

Cost: Field trips

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 11 - 12

Prerequisites: None

There is no question that in a globalized society it is important for students to be able to understand and analyze through comparison not only their own country's political system, but other country's political systems as well. This course will introduce students to fundamental concepts about the study of politics and provide them the tools to understand the diverse political institutions throughout the world. Students will analyze six main countries (United States, Great Britain, Russia, China, Mexico and Iran) for comparison. Through careful comparison, students will acquire and analyze knowledge about political institutions and political policies in response to problems. Students will be able to identify and analyze key similarities and differences between our electoral systems, public policy, political institutions, sovereignty and our society and that of other countries.

Course Activities: CIA World Factbook (https://cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook) to create a chart comparing the five countries with the United States, current events briefings, US congressional simulation, simulation on question time in the British parliament, research paper: 2-3 pages. Students can research how the EU has changed international and regional economies. Students will compare the U.S. Constitution and the Russian Constitution. Group round table activity on the six key topics (introduction to comparative politics; sovereignty, authority, and power; political institutions; citizens, society, and the state; political and economic changes; public policy) and how each of the six countries compares based on topic.

Student Cost: None

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 11 - 12

Prerequisites: None

This course provides a comprehensive study of the principles, practices, and problems of the American political system. It examines the workings of our local, state, and national governments and seeks to provide students opportunities to learn and practice skills needed to participate effectively in political decision-making. The rights and responsibilities of adulthood are surveyed. Current events will also be integrated into this course.

Activities:    Lectures, guest speakers, small-group discussions, readings, abstracts, case studies, and problem-solving.

Cost:  None

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.5 credit (1 semester) ; UW-Oshkosh CAPP credits: 3. CAPP credit is available to grades 11 & 12 only.

Open to Grades 11 - 12

Prerequisites: Students should be able to read and comprehend college-level texts and write grammatically correct complete sentences.

NOTE: Students enrolling in an AP® class will automatically be registered for that course's exam. An exam Opt-Out option is available.

NOTE: This course is approved for UW-Oshkosh CAPP credit (grades 11 and 12 only). All CAPP classes are pending annual approval. To see how/if CAPP credits transfer to other UW schools check the transfer wizard at http://www.wisconsin.edu/transfer/wizards/

Content: Most people’s lives are affected by dozens of governments and hundreds of governmental agencies. Even sitting in one place, they are within the jurisdiction of national, state, county, municipal, and various single-purpose governments (e.g., school districts or development districts). Such simple acts as taking over-the-counter medication, buying breakfast at a restaurant, driving a car, or riding a bus have been affected by a myriad of governmental agencies at the national, state, and local levels. 

This course stresses the contemporary nature and function of the American national political system. It begins with the study of the framework of American political values and traditions. Most of the focus is given to the essential components of the institutions and processes through which the political system operates. It also focuses on public policies that are adopted and implemented.  Appropriate attention is also given to state government and how it operates within the general framework of the national system. This class is designed to help students pass the AP® United States Government and Politics exam. This course is equivalent in scope to an introductory college course in United States Government and Politics.

Activities:    Multiple texts, research projects, multimedia presentations, computer activities, discussions, group activities, reports, case studies, outside reading, and internet activities.

Cost: An exam fee if AP® exam is taken or a university fee if taken for CAPP credit. CAPP for grades 11 and 12 only.

AP® and Advanced Placement® are registered trademarks of College Board. Used with permission.

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 9 - 12

Prerequisites: None

Understanding and managing personal finances is key to one's future financial success. This course will inform students how individual choices directly influence occupational goals and future earnings potential. Real world topics covered will include income, money management, spending and credit, as well as saving and investing.

Students will design personal and household budgets utilizing checking and saving accounts, gain knowledge in business finance, debt and credit management, and evaluate and understand insurance and taxes. This course will provide a foundational understanding for making informed personal financial decisions leading to financial independence. Students will also learn to apply decision-making skills to evaluate career choices and set personal goals. This course content is designed to help the learner make wise spending, saving, and credit decisions and to make effective use of income to achieve personal financial success.

Cost: None

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 9 - 12

Prerequisites: None

Understanding how to manage your financials is an important life skill. From credit to taxes, it is imperative that students understand how to manage their money. When students understand to manage their money, they become more responsible citizens. 

This class gives students a thorough understanding of financial concepts with practical application through activities and projects. The class surveys the basic personal financial needs of most individuals and emphasizes the basics of budgeting, saving, checking, investments, credit, the wise use of insurance, and paying and preparing income tax returns. When students graduate, they face a world filled with possibilities and the more knowledge they can acquire, the higher the probability that their financial future will be secure.  Students taking this course will learn to manage the financial futures.

Technology Integration:  The online course content can be accessed with any internet-enabled device.

Cost: None

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 9 - 12

Prerequisites: None

This course is designed to help the learner make wise spending, saving, and credit decisions and to make effective use of income to achieve personal financial success. An emphasis on economics provides the foundation for comprehensive fundamental economic concepts and institutions so that students can apply economic thinking to their own decisions as consumers, employers, and citizens in a market-oriented economic system. 

Topics include, but are not limited to, supply and demand, employment, prices and production, fiscal policy, monetary policy, market structures, money management, household budgets, credit management, insurance, taxes, and international trade and finance.

Activities:    Multiple texts, research projects, multimedia presentations, computer activities, discussions, group activities, reports, case studies, outside reading and internet activities.

Cost: None

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 10 - 12

Prerequisites: Students should be able to read and comprehend college-level texts and write grammatically correct complete sentences.

NOTE: This course is only offered in Odd-Even school years

NOTE: Students enrolling in an AP® class will automatically be registered for that course's exam. An exam Opt-Out option is available.

Content:  AP Microeconomics gives 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. 

The AP Microeconomics course initially begins with unlimited wants, which results in the need to make choices. The course then proceeds to a consideration of how different types of economies determine which goods and services to produce, how to produce them, and to whom to distribute them. The course will also examine the nature and functions of product markets, factor markets, market failure, and the role of government. This college-level course is designed to help the learner make wise spending, saving, and credit decisions in order to make effective use of income to achieve personal financial success. 

This course will prepare students for the AP® Microeconomics exam. Success on the exam may result in college credit, advanced standing, or both depending on the individual policies of the college the student attends.

Activities:   Simulation, multiple texts, research projects, multimedia presentations, computer activities, discussions, group activities, reports, case studies, outside reading and internet activities.

Cost: An exam fee if AP® exam is taken.

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 10 - 12

Prerequisites: Students should be able to read and comprehend college-level texts and should possess basic math and graphing skills.

NOTE: This course is only offered in Even-Odd school years. 

NOTE: Students enrolling in an AP® class will automatically be registered for that course's exam. An exam Opt-Out option is available.

This intensive course is designed to study the aggregate behavior of the economy of the United States. Subjects to be covered include the Great Depression, guided capitalism, the business cycle, aggregate supply and demand, fiscal and monetary policy, economic growth and international economics.  

This college-level course is designed to help the learner make wise spending, saving and credit decisions in order to make effective use of income to achieve personal financial success. This course prepares the student to take the AP® Macroeconomics exam and potentially earn college credit. 

Activities:  Lectures, videos, readings, study guides, and case studies.

Cost: An exam fee if AP® exam is taken.

AP® and Advanced Placement® are registered trademarks of College Board. Used with permission.

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.5 credit (1 semester) ; FVTC credits: 3

Open to Grades 10 - 12

Prerequisites: None

NOTE:  This course covers the same content as Personal Financial  Literacy and satisfies the Personal Financial Literacy requirement, but does NOT count as a Social Studies Elective. It is offered through the Business Department.

NOTE: Required for any Business, Management, and Administration pathway within the NHS Business and Information Technology Academy.

NOTE: This course is approved for Dual/Transcripted Credit at Fox Valley Technical College.

This course provides comprehensive coverage of financial concepts valuable in today’s business world. Students will become financially literate and learn options forfeiture investing. Stocks, bonds, mutual funds, banking and credit union operations, alternative investment options, financial planning, insurance, credit, and retirement planning will be covered in this course.

Course Activities: Computerized stock market activities, stock market investment competition, Internet activities, guest speakers, financial calculators, and skills utilizing the 21st Century Skills of collaboration, research, communication, information technology, critical thinking, global concepts, and life and career skills.

Student Cost: Field trips

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 11 & 12

Prerequisites: None

This course focuses on the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Central to this focus are topics that examine how people think, feel, and behave as individuals and in groups. Psychology is a wide-ranging discipline dealing with almost all areas of human experience. Its key concepts revolve around seven domains. 

These include: 

1. How psychologists go about their work

2. How our body's functions influence our minds

3. How we grow and learn

4. What our relationships mean to us

5. How our intellects and thinking abilities can work for or against us

6. How our individual differences enrich our understanding of what makes people tick

7. What mental disorders are, how they are treated and what mental health is 

Psychology has a wide variety of real-life applications which we will discuss in this course. These applications include (but are not limited to) psychology related to the world of work, parenting, understanding peoples' decisions on a personal level and an interpersonal level, understanding cultural differences, and other high-interest topics. It is recommended that students wanting to take this course should have average to above-average reading ability.

Course Activities: Students will be provided with lectures, readings, interesting videos, small-group discussions, demonstrations, and the like.

Student Cost: Field trip costs

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 11 & 12

Prerequisites: None

This class will give an overview of the most influential western philosophers and their theories. The class will begin by examining fallacies in logic, learning how to critique theories and defend arguments. Students will explore four core topics in philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and human nature.

Activities: Students will read and discuss various philosophical ideas and thoughts. They will learn to identify fallacies of logic in everyday life. Students will use philosophy as a method of inquiry.

Cost: None

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 11 & 12

Prerequisites: None

NOTE:  This course is approved for Fox  Valley Technical College Advanced Standing

What makes you who you are? How much control do you have over your own identity? How much control does society have over your identity? Sociology gives us these answers. Sociology is the study of our society and our relationship to it. 

This course offers a distinctive look at our social world and our place in it. Students in this course will study and analyze the five modern social institutions– Economy, Religion, Family, Education, and Government– and how they affect each individual’s social development. Topics to be discussed and related to your own social development include cliques, social classes, public vs. private schools, love and marriage, violence in our country, tracking and curriculum in schools, corporations and capitalism,  organized religion, cults, and democracy. Students enrolled in this class will participate in an “in the field” observational research field trip in this class.

Activities: Multiple texts, research projects, multimedia presentations, computer activities,  discussions, group activities, reports, case studies, outside reading, and internet activities.

Cost: None

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.5 credit (1 semester)

Open to Grades 11 - 12

Prerequisites: AP United States Government & Politics, or department chair approval. Students should be able to read and comprehend college-level texts and write grammatically correct complete sentences.

NOTE: Students enrolling in an AP® class will automatically be registered for that course's exam. An exam Opt-Out option is available.

AP Comparative Government and Politics offers students the opportunity to expand beyond the more traditional courses to study a variety of political systems around the world. This college-level course is about power and politics. It will also introduce students to the comparative study of politics, which is an area of political science that looks at different political systems and compares them in an effort to generalize about political structures, processes, institutions, and actions. A comparative study of politics will enable students to compare similar systems to see how they work, or don't work, as well as different systems, and to learn in which ways they differ and the impact of those differences.

Activities:  Multiple texts, research projects, multimedia presentations, computer activities, discussions, group activities, reports, case studies, outside reading, and internet activities.

Cost: An exam fee if AP® exam is taken.

AP® and Advanced Placement® are registered trademarks of College Board. Used with permission.

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1 credit (2 semesters)

Open to Grades 11 & 12

Prerequisites: Students should be able to read and comprehend college-level texts and write grammatically correct complete sentences.

NOTE: Students enrolling in an AP® class will automatically be registered for that course's exam. An exam Opt-Out option is available.

This course is equivalent in scope to an introductory college course in psychology. Interested students will need to be astute in their study habits as we visit all of the content areas prescribed by the College Board. These topics include the history and approaches to psychology, research methodology, biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning, memory, cognition, motivation and emotion, developmental psychology, personality, testing and individual differences, abnormal psychology, treatment of disorders, and social psychology. 

Students will examine how the main concepts, principles, and phenomena associated with psychology evolved. Historically relevant topics will be reviewed as well as modern aspects of the field. Following the May exam, students will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge to current issues. 

Activities:    Students will be provided with lectures, reading materials, interesting videos, class discussions, and demonstrations. 

Cost: An exam fee if AP® exam is taken.

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Course Name: Finding the Human in Literature and Composition
*Students must enroll in 16055/16056 Finding the Human in Literature and Composition (English) AND 63470/63471 *AP® Psychology (Social Studies)

Course Number:        16055/16056 (English) AND 63470/63471 (Social Studies)

Open to:                       Grade 12

Length:                         2 Semesters

Credits:                         2 (1 credit of English, 1 Social Studies elective credit)

Prerequisite:               None; Students must enroll in 16055/16056 Finding the Human in Literature and Composition (English) AND 63470/63471 *AP® Psychology (Social Studies)

NOTE: This course integrates both required 12th grade English and Social Studies courses

Course Content: Finding the Human in Literature and Composition will combine the content of Contemporary Literature, Composition 12, and AP Psychology, giving students the opportunity to integrate their learning across these three courses.  Students will pursue their understanding of psychology and then apply those understandings to the characters they encounter in Contemporary Literature. Students will also create and analyze a study in psychology; and then write a case study as part of their Composition 12 coursework.

Course Activities: Students will create and analyze a study in psychology; and then write a case study as part of their Composition 12 coursework.  In addition, there will be an added book and the inclusion of scholarly articles used in support of discussions designed to tie issues of Psychology to the literature and the topics covered in their writing.

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