Social Studies

AP African American Studies

Grades: 10-12 Length/Credits: Full Year (1.0 credit)

Offers a rich, source-based encounter with African American experiences. You’ll explore key topics that extend from early African kingdoms to contemporary challenges and achievements. Drawing from disciplines including history, literature, the arts, geography, science, and law, you’ll study the vital contributions and experiences of African Americans and members of Black communities within the broader context of the African diaspora.

Throughout the course, you’ll examine different themes from a variety of perspectives, ultimately choosing a topic of focus for your individual student project, where you’ll define a research topic and present your argument.

AP United States History

Grades: 10-12 Length/Credits: Full Year (1.0 credit)

AP U.S. History is an introductory college-level U.S. history course. Students cultivate their understanding of U.S. history from c. 1491 CE to the present through analyzing historical sources and learning to make connections and craft historical arguments as they explore concepts like 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.​​​​​​

History of the 1960's

Grades: 9-12 Length/Credits: One Semester (0.5 credits)

The 1960s was one of the most dynamic decades in American history. In this course we will explore the social movements, politics and popular culture of the time period. Some of the topics we will cover include the Space Race, the Civil Rights Movement, the Anti-War Movement, Rock and Roll and many more! To explore these topics we will use memoirs, oral histories, music, film and videos. 

Political Science

Grades: 9-12 Length/Credits: One Semester (0.5 credits)

This course will provide an introductory look at the basic theories and concepts of political science. It will be taught in chronological order, starting with Sun Tsu (The Art of War) and ending with the Cold War (USA vs. USSR). The course will include political theory, the political process, comparative politics, prominent military figures, and more.

Psychology

Grades: 9-12 Length/Credits: One Semester (0.5 credits)

Psychology is the study of the human mind and its functions. In this class students study important psychologists throughout history and how they impacted the study of the human mind. Students also explore how the brain communicates to the body and what that looks like over a person's life. Students venture into what motivates a person and how their surroundings can affect that. As a class we look at how psychological disorders have been treated in the past and what is being done now in the present. The last part of this course is exploring personality and theories involved and for students to explore their own personality.

Sociology

Grades: 9-12 Length/Credits: One Semester (0.5 credits)

The way that students view the world comes from what we learn in our everyday activities. This course deals with the social atmosphere that helps to make us who we are and how we behave. The key component of this course is to study ourselves and the society that influences our behavior. Students are assigned weekly text readings and apply that knowledge to group projects and discussion.