Academics : Social Studies

Requirements:

All students must take three and one half years of Social Studies: World History 1 & 2, American History, and American Government. All Social Studies courses will emphasize the development of study and research skill utilizing both traditional and modern technology.

211 - Honors World History 1

This course is designed to be academically challenging. World History 1 is a chronological study of the development of world civilization from the pre-historic world, through the river valley civilizations of the Middle East, Africa, China, and India to the development of nation-states in the seventeenth century. Students will study events as they happened and will have a better understanding of today's world and its problems.

212 - World History 1

World History 1 is a chronological study of the development of world civilization from the pre-historic world, through the river valley civilizations of the Middle East, Africa, China, and India to the development of the nation-states in the seventeenth century. Students will study events as they happened and will have a better understanding of today's world and its problems.

213 - World History 1

A course of study aimed at developing and improving basic skills in the social studies area. This course will start with pre-history and survey man's development in areas throughout the world. Students will study people and events as they happened in history and will develop a better understanding of today's world and its problems.

221 - Honors World History 2

This course is designed to be academic ally challenging. Research skills will be developed. World History 2 is a chronological study of the development of world civilization from the creation of nation-states, through the revolutions in France and the Americas to the creation of the world as we know it today. Students will study events as they happened and will have a better understanding of how the major problems of the twentieth century world developed and seek to find solutions for these problems. Summer assignments are required.

222 - World History 2

World History 2 is a chronological study of world civilization from the creation of nation-states, through the revolutions in France and the Americas, to the creation of the world as we know it today. Students will study events as they happened and will have a better understanding of how the major problems of the twentieth century world developed and seek to find solutions for these problems.

230/231 - AP/Honors American History

This course is designed to offer an academic challenge which will prepare the student for college level work and the Advanced Placement Examination. The student will come to an understanding of the major periods in the history of our country. By studying movements, issues, personalities, politics and government, historical events are placed in a meaningful context. The student will be given experiences in research. Students who apply and are accepted for AP are required to do additional assignments and take the AP EXAM IN MAY. PREREQUISITE: Approval by the present Social Studies teacher. Summer assignments are required.

232 - American History: The Modern Era

This course is a study of United States History from the reconstruction era to the present. The course will continue to develop students' research and academic skills by focusing on the major economic, social, and political, events in United States History.

240/241 - AP/Honors American Government

A college level course of study which exposes the student to the origin and development of our federal system of government. In depth analysis of selected political issues are used throughout the year. This course is designed to offer an academic challenge which will prepare the student for the Advanced Placement Examination. Students who apply and are accepted for AP are required to do additional assignments and take the AP EXAM IN MAY. PREREQUISITE: AP American History and teacher recommendation. Summer assignments are required.

242 - American Government - ½ credit

A one-semester course of study which exposes the student to the origin and development of our federal system. Students will study in detail the three major branches of the United States Government. The course will prepare students for their future as active citizens in our political system.

262 - Sociology/Psychology

This course is designed to examine the ways people interact with one another. Sociology involves learning about relationships within groups, social institutions, and the organization of societies such as our own. Psychology involves the scientific study of human behavior with an emphasis on the differences between normal and abnormal patterns within individuals. The course will develop an understanding of why we act as we do and predict how we may behave in the future.

243 - Senior Seminar in International Relations

This course will explore the history of diplomacy in the modern era, the role of the United Nations and the current statutes of relations among the nations of the world. Emphasis will be placed on reading the daily foreign press, using programs which focus on decision making, writing position papers and making oral presentations on international topics.