9TH GRADE CLASS

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This course explores the political, economic, and social development of the nation as it evolved from a colonial possession to the dominant nation in the western hemisphere. Students will review the Colonial  Period, the American Revolution and the Constitution followed by an examination of the Early Republic, the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Eras, Westward Expansion, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Gilded  Age. 

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This course will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of themes in American history from  the early 20th century to the present, including the development of industrial society, the global impact  of 20th and 21st century American foreign policy, the changing role of government in American life, and  socio-economic changes in modern America. 

10TH - 12TH GRADE CLASS

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This yearlong course will explore the breadth of U.S. History from the pre-Columbian era through the  present with a heavy focus on the colonial period, the American Revolution, the Jeffersonian & Jacksonian  eras, Civil War & Reconstruction, Populism & Progressivism, the New Deal, and international and domestic  changes in the post-World War II era. Students will analyze, interpret and discuss sources,  including documentary material, maps, statistical tables and pictorial and graphic evidence of historical  events.

11TH AND 12TH GRADE CLASS

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Students will be required to analyze and interpret information, including primary source material, and  synthesize information in a variety of writing projects and other assessments in their consideration of  events in World History. 

11TH AND 12TH GRADE CLASS

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AP European History focuses on five themes in the history of Europe from 1450 to the present. Students  will analyze, interpret and discuss the following thematic ideas: Europe and the world, poverty and  prosperity, objective knowledge and subjective visions, state and other institutions of power, and the  individual and society. 

11TH AND 12TH GRADE CLASS

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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.

10TH - 12TH GRADE CLASS

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Engage the American political system at a time of unparalleled historical significance. AP U.S. Government and Politics provides a college-level, nonpartisan introduction to key political concepts, ideas, institutions, policies, interactions, roles, and behaviors that characterize the constitutional system and political culture  of the United States. Students will study U.S. foundational documents, Supreme Court decisions, and other  texts and visuals to gain an understanding of the relationships and interactions among political  institutions, processes, and behaviors. 

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To W.E.B. DuBois, a problem that has troubled America for the greater part of three centuries has been  “the problem of the color bar.” He might have said that America is divided along color lines and that this  difference has contributed to a pattern of prejudice and discrimination throughout America’s  history. Today, it is widely recognized that the problems that separate people are the result of ignorance  concerning differences and distinctions among them. When people learn to understand and appreciate  that diversity in human affairs is to be expected, and is desirable, then the problems, particularly the  problem related to color, will play much less of a role in shaping history. The contribution of blacks to  American history is significant and this course will focus on elements of black history and culture. Slavery,  Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights movement will be studied. Written material will be selected  from a wide variety of black authors, poets, and reformers.  

10TH - 12TH GRADE CLASS

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This course will study contemporary women's issues in the United States and will look at how women’s  present day lives are impacted by the intersectionality of race, class, sexuality, and gender identity. Topics  will include sexuality and our culture, the media's portrayal of women and expectations of beauty,  women's health and reproductive rights, the impact of the law, social policy, crime, and violence on  women's lives, as well as the history of women in the United States. Students will examine how popular culture, the media, and society depict and treat persons who identify as female.

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This course is designed to educate students about and sensitize them to the history and events  surrounding modern genocide, in particular the Holocaust. The history of Germany in the first half of the  century and the growth and policies of the Nazi Party will be examined as well as the events surrounding  the Holocaust itself. The course will then examine 20th century genocides occurring in Ottoman Turkey,  Cambodia, Bosnia, Guatemala, and Rwanda. 

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Psychology is the study of individual human behavior. This course will introduce the student to the various  theories that have developed within the discipline. Focus will be put on an understanding of personality development from  psychoanalytic, humanistic, behavioral, and trait point of view, discussing the theorists who are the  foundation of each of these approaches. Discussions on nearly every contemporary behavior pattern will be the  focal point of this semester course.

11TH AND 12TH GRADE CLASS

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This college level course is designed to introduce students to the scientific study of the behavioral and  mental processes of human beings. Topics of study include learning and memory, sensation and  perception, motivation and emotion, personality, cognition, states of consciousness, abnormal behavior and the treatment of abnormal behavior, developmental psychology, and the biological basis of  behavior. Students will learn to analyze and diagnose interesting case studies that relate to the topics of study including psychological disorders, cults, genetic manipulation, behavioral management, child  development, and the juvenile justice system.