Courses

Unit 1: African Kingdoms and Atlantic Slave Trade

Unit 2: Slavery in the United States

Unit 3: Civil War and Reconstruction

Unit 4: Successes and Struggles in a Post-Slavery Society

Unit 5: Fighting for Civil Rights (WWII-1975)

Unit 6: Contemporary Issues in Black America and Africa

Unit 1: Foundations of Law

Unit 2: Court Systems

Unit 3: Criminal Law

Unit 4: Criminal Mock Trial

Unit 5: Justice Process

Unit 6: Moot Court

This course will  prepare students  to take the End of the Year District Test in the spring. This test is based on the US Citizenship Test.

Unit 0: Social Studies Skills

Unit One: Foundations of US Government 

• Topic One: Types of Government 

• Topic Two: Influences on US Government 

• Topic Three: Creating the Constitution 

Unit Two: Structure of Government 

• Topic One: Structure of Government 

Unit Three: Functions of US Government 

• Topic One: Domestic Policy 

• Topic Two: Foreign Policy 

Unit Four: Politics and the Role of the Citizen 

• Topic One: Interplay between Individual Agency and Mediating Institutions 

Unit Five: The Economy 

• Topic One: Economic Concepts and Questions 

Unit Six: Personal Finance 

• Topic One: Achieving Financial Literacy

In May, students will have the opportunity to take the AP Government Exam. 

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Unit One Foundations of American Democracy

• Chapters 1 (The Constitution)  & 2 (Federalism) 

• • Students will learn about various models of democracy, the lead up to the American Revolution, the failures of the Articles of Confederation, the compromises of the Constitution, and our federal structure.  

Unit Two Interactions Among the Branches          

• • Chapters 3 (The Legislative Branch), 4 (The Executive Branch, 5 (The Bureaucracy), & 6 (The Judicial Branch). 

• • Students will learn about the constitutional basis of each of the three branches of government, how those branches check and balance each other, and the role of each branch in the policy making process.

Unit Three Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

• • Chapters 7 (Individual Liberties), 8 (Due Process and Rights of the Accused), & 9 (Civil Rights). 

  • Students will learn about the constitutional basis of both civil liberties and civil rights as well as the Supreme Court’s interpretation of them in this court case heavy unit.

Unit Four Ideologies and Beliefs

• • Chapters 10 (Citizen Beliefs & Public Opinion Polls) & 11 (Political Ideology & Policy) 

  • Students will learn about political ideologies, polling, and how those inform campaigns and voter behavior.

Unit Five Political Participation

• • Chapters 12 (Voting and Voter Behavior), 13 (Political Parties), 14 (Campaigns & Elections), 15 (Interest Groups), & 16 (The Media). 

  • Students will learn about major linkage institutions that connect the people to the government, their goals, and the function they serve.

In the spring, students will take a state exam, Leap 2025. 

Unit 0:  Historical Thinking

Unit 1 Industrialization and Expansion through the Progressive Era

•  Topic 1:  Western Expansion

• Topic 2: Urbanization and Industrialization

• Topic 3: Progressivism and Its Impact

Unit 2 Foreign Policy Through the Great War

•  Topic 1:  Imperialism Before 1917

• Topic 2: World War I and Its Aftermath

Unit 3 Growth and Decline Between the Wars

•  Topic 1: American Prosperity and Social Change

• Topic 2: The Great Depression

• Topic 3: The New Deal

Unit 4 World War II

•  Topic 1:  Crisis in Europe and American Entry

• Topic 2:  The US During the War

• Topic 3: Victory and the New World Order

Unit 5 The Cold War

• Topic 1:  The Cold War at Home and Abroad

• Topic 2:  Conflict and Social Movements

• Topic 3: The End of the Cold War

Unit 6  Entering a New Era

•  Topic 1: Crisis and Conflicts

• Topic 2: Presidential Administrations in the New Era

In the spring, students will take a state exam, Leap 2025.  This test is required to pass the class as well to graduate HHMS.

In May of their Senior year students will take the IB History Exam which consists of 3 papers. 

Paper 1 - On Prescribed Subject

• 4 Document Based Questions with 4 sources. You must answer all four questions for the topic. 

Paper 2 - On World History Topics 

• Answer 2 questions that address multiple regions of the world. 

• Answer one question from each of the topics.

Paper 3 - On History of the Americas Topics 

• Answer 3 questions based on in depth study of topics. 

• Can answer multiple questions from same unit.

IBDP History (Year 1)

• See Course Outline for US History

IBDP History Units (Year 2)

• Prescribed Subject - Paper 1

  • Rights & Protest 

    • Case studies on The U.S. Civil Rights Movement and South African Apartheid                 

• World History Topics - Paper 2   

  • Causes and Effects of 20th-century Wars

  • 20th Century Authoritarian States 

• HL Option – History of the Americas - Paper 3

  • The development of modern nations (1865 - 1929)

  • Emergence of Americas in global affairs (1880 - 1929)

  • The Great Depression and the Americas (1933 - 1945)

  • The Second World War and the Americas (1932 - 1945)

  • Political Developments in the United States (1945 - 1980)

  • The Cold War and the Americas (1945 - 1991)

  • Civil Rights and the social movements in the Americas post-1945

  • The Americas (1980 - 2005)

The TOK course is assessed through an internal assessment called the TOK Exhibition and an external assessment called the TOK Essay.

Internal assessment - Theory of knowledge exhibition

For this component, students are required to create an exhibition that explores how TOK manifests in the world around us. This component is internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB at the end of the course.

External assessment - TOK essay on a prescribed title 

For this component, students are required to write a 1,600 word essay in response to one of the six prescribed titles that are issued by the IB for each examination session. As an external assessment component, it is marked by IB examiners.

Year 1 

Unit 1 - Knowledge & Knowers 

• C ore Theme - Knowledge & Knower

• Core Concept - Truth

• Optional Theme  - Knowledge & Language 

• Core Concept - Culture & Values

Unit 2 - Culture & Identity 

• Optional Theme - Knowledge & Politics 

• Core Concept - Evidence & Certainty 

• Area of Knowledge: History & The Arts 

Unit 3 - Evidence & Certainty 

• Optional Theme - Knowledge & Technology 

• Area of Knowledge - Mathematics 

TOK Exhibition 

Year 2 

Unit 4 - Paradigms & Perspectives 

• Optional Theme - Knowledge & Technology 

• Area of Knowledge - Natural Science & Human Science 

Unit 5 - Values & Responsibility 

• Optional  Themes - Knowledge & Indigenous Societies, Knowledge & Religion

• Core Concept - Responsibility & Power 

Unit 6 - TOK Essay 

This course will  prepare students  to take the End of the Year District Test in the spring. 

Unit 0 Social Studies Skills

Unit 1 Geographic Principles

Unit 2 The Americas

Unit 3 Europe

Unit 4 Asia, Australia, and Oceania

Unit 5 Middle East and North Africa

Unit 6 Africa – South of the Sahara