Social Studies

AP Modern World History

1.0 credit - Grades 10-12 

This course is designed as an elective History for college bound students. This full year course can be taken instead of U.S. History 1.

In this class students will 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. 

AP U. S. Government and Politics - LCC Pols 202

1.5 credit (one period per semester, 1.0 credit First Semester and 0.5 credits Second Semester) - Grade 12

Successful completion of 1.0 credit in this course meets the U.S. Government and Modern World History requirement.  Students will be able to earn 5 college credits through Lower Columbia College upon successful completion of this class.  Fees could apply.

This class covers the Constitution, U.S. Government, political beliefs and behaviors, as well as Congress, the Presidency, Federal Courts, Public Policy, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Students will have the option of taking the Advanced Placement U.S. Government & Politics Exam offered through the College Board in May.  Successful passing of this exam could earn the student college credits.

AP U.S. History and LCC History 136-137

2.0 credit (one period per semester, 1.0 credit First Semester and 1.0 credit Second Semester) - Grade 11

This course meets the US History 2 requirement.

Students will be able to earn 10 college credits through Lower Columbia College upon successful completion of this class.  Fees will apply.  

This course acts as a survey of political, economic and social elements of the United States from foundation to present. Students will have the option of taking the Advanced Placement United States History Exam offered through the College Board in May. Successful passing of this exam could earn the student several college credits.

U.S. Government/Civics

1.0 credit - Grade 12

This class is a senior class requirement unless enrolled in AP Government.

This class will introduce students to the basic tenets of democracy and the American government. Special emphasis will be placed on investigating the origins and foundational documents of democracy; understanding the function of each of the three branches of government; recognizing how the election process works; distinguishing between civil rights and civil liberties; and becoming a critical consumer of political media.

U.S. History 1

1.0 credit - Grade 10

This class is a sophomore class requirement unless enrolled in AP European History. 

This course surveys the political, economic and social elements of the United States from 1607 to 1877. The class will examine how the United States has changed over time and how we have become the country we are today. Topics of focus will include: Colonization, The American Revolution, The Early Republic, The Era of Reform and Antebellum America, Westward Expansion and Development, The Civil War and Reconstruction. Students will refine critical skills like visual analysis, text analysis, and critical literacy.

U.S. History 2

1.0 credit - Grade 11

This class is a junior class requirement unless enrolled in AP US History. 

This course surveys the political, economic and social elements of the United States from 1877 to present.  The class will examine how the United States has changed over time and how we have become the country we are today.  Topics of focus will include: The Era of Industrialization and Urbanization, Imperialism, Progressivism, World War I, The Roaring 20’s, The Great Depression, World War II, The Cold War, America at Home 1950-1980, Vietnam and the Era of Conservatism. Students will engage with a variety of texts, building analytical skills and critical literacy.

Washington State History

0.5 credit - Grades 9-12

This class will examine geographic features of the Pacific Northwest.  Course material will also focus on the foundations of the Washington State government, as well as major events in the history of our state.