Social+Studies


 * Social Studies **

**//10th grade Social Studies Core Classes: //**

These courses fill the 10th grade social studies requirements


 * || Course || Grade || Semester/Year || Fee ||
 * || **World Civilizations 1-2 ** || **10th ** || **Year ** ||  ||
 * |||||||| The sophomore history program consists of world history and cultures. The first semester includes a study of ancient civilizations such as Egypt, Greece, Rome and Medieval Europe. A study of selected non-Western cultures will be included. The second semester surveys world history form the Italian Renaissance to the present. ||
 * || **World Civilizations Honors ** || **10th ** || **Year ** ||  ||
 * |||||||| This is a lecture-intensive class specifically designed to prepare students for Advanced Placement courses and college work. Students enrolling in the course should be self-motivated learners who want a strong academic program that involves more work and study than a regular history class. Topics studied include ancient civilizations, non-Western cultures, the development of the modern world and twentieth century history. Students desiring to register for the class must complete an application form and turn it in to their World Geography teacher. __The final decision on which students are admitted into the course will be made by the World Civilizations Honors teacher. __ Teacher signature required: (Present 9th grade social studies teacher). ||

**//1 //****//1th grade Social Studies Core Classes: //** These courses fill the 11th grade social studies requirements


 * || Course || Grade || Semester/Year || Fee ||
 * || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">U.S. History 1-2 ** || **<span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">11th ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Year ** ||  ||
 * |||||||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The first semester of this course surveys American history from colonial times through World War I. The second semester focuses on American History in the twentieth century including the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, the Civil Rights movement and recent U.S. history. ||
 * || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">A. P. U.S. History ** || **<span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">11th-12th ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Year ** ||  ||
 * |||||||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">This U.S. History course is equivalent to a college survey class. Through intensive reading, discussion and research involving a variety of texts and resources, students receive a thorough foundation in American history. They will learn how to read historical material analytically, weigh evidence and interpretations, and arrive at conclusions on the basis of facts. Many colleges and universities grant up to eight hours of credit to students who pass the A. P. exam given in May. Only students with strong academic preparation and high history grades should enroll in this program. <span style="color: #cc33cc; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Student must submit a written application. <span style="color: #6699ff; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Teacher signature required: (Mr. Mark Smith- 203). ||

**//<span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">12th grade Social Studies Core Classes: //** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">These courses fill the 12th grade social studies requirements

**//<span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">Elective Social Studies Core Classes: //** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">This course is equivalent to an introductory psychology course at the college/university level and will prepare students to take the A. P. Psychology exam. This is a full-year course requiring extensive reading, study and discussion. <span style="color: #cc33cc; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Good writing skills are essential. Psychology 1 is strongly recommended. <span style="color: #6699ff; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Teacher signature required: (Mr. Vandenakker- 208). ||
 * || Course || Grade || Semester/Year || Fee ||
 * || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">U.S. Government & Citizenship ** || **<span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">12th ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Semester ** ||  ||
 * |||||||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The class will focus on the major ideas, protections, privileges, structures and economic systems that affect the life of a citizen in the United States political system. ||
 * || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">A. P. United States Government ** || **<span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">12th ** || Semester ||  ||
 * |||||||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">This semester-length A. P. course fills the Government graduation requirement with a college-level class in American government and politics. Students will study general concepts needed to interpret American politics and analyze specific case studies. Students will also study various institutions, groups, beliefs and ideas fundamental to understanding the functioning of the American political system. The course will include an in-depth study of the United States Constitution as well as important Supreme Court cases. Only students with strong academic preparation and high history grades should enroll in the course. <span style="color: #cc33cc; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Application <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">and <span style="color: #6699ff; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> teacher signature required. (Ms. Brough- 212). ||
 * || Course || Grade || Semester/Year || Fee ||
 * || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">A. P. European History ** || **<span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">12th ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Year ** ||  ||
 * |||||||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">This college-level course surveys European history from 1400 to the present. Topics studied include the Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, the Mighty Ute's, French Revolution, Napoleonic Era, European Imperialism, the World Wars, the Cold War, the collapse of Euro-Communism, the European Union and current history. In addition, the economic, social, political, intellectual and cultural aspects of European history will be studied including art, music, philosophy and a whole bunch of dead guys. Up to eight hours of college credit can be earned by passing the A. P. exam given in May. <span style="color: #cc33cc; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Recommended background courses: World Civilizations Honors and/or U.S. History A. P. <span style="color: #6699ff; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Application form and teacher signature required: (Mr. Felt- 104). ||
 * || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">Contemporary Issues ** || **<span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">11th-12th ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Semester ** ||  ||
 * |||||||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Students will explore local, national and international current events utilizing a wide range of media including newspapers, magazines and television to gain the tools necessary for informed analysis of today’s world. Grading will be based on a class journal and written reflections ||
 * || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">Latin American History ** || **<span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">11th-12th ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Semester ** ||  ||
 * |||||||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Students will explore the rich and evolving culture of Latin America from the arrival of Europeans to the present. The indigenous people of what we now refer to as Latin America were forced, into the vast majority of cases, to relinquish their social, political and religious institutions to make way for Spanish rule, exploitation and social stratification. The course will explore pre-Columbian cultures and then delve into the effects of colonization and the heroic efforts of various independence movements. The lives of influential Latin Americans ranging from the political (Simon Bolivar, Pancho Villa and Che Guevara) to the artistic (Frida Kahlo. Diego Rivera) will also be studied. ||
 * || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">Philosophy ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">(Historical Personalities) ** || **<span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">11th-12th ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Semester ** ||  ||
 * |||||||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This class will offer a challenging look at the great thinkers whose ideas have shaped our civilization. It will discuss philosophers in terms of the historical and intellectual environment which influenced them and connect their lasting ideas to the public and private choices we face in America today. Points of study will focus on Plato, Descartes, Hume, Hegel, Marx and Sartre. ||
 * || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">Psychology ** || **<span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">11th-12th ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Semester ** ||  ||
 * |||||||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This course introduces students to the study of the behavior of individuals. It emphasizes the manner in which individuals can apply various psychological theories and concepts to better understand themselves, their motives and their relationships with other people. ||
 * || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">Psychology ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">(CE) (PSY1010) ** || **<span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">11th-12th ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Semester ** ||  ||
 * |||||||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">This concurrent enrollment course introduces students to the study of the behavior of individuals it emphasizes the manner in which individuals can apply various psychological theories and concepts to better understand themselves, their motives and their relationships with other people. <span style="color: #cc33cc; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Minimum score of 20 on the reading section of the ACT or 175+ on the UBSCT reading test is required. ||
 * || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">A. P. Psychology ** || **<span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">11th-12th ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Semester ** ||  ||
 * |||||||| <span style="color: #cc6600; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Prerequisites are Instructor approval and successful Honors or A. P. experience.
 * || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">Sociology ** || **<span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">11th-12th ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Semester ** ||  ||
 * |||||||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">This course offers a fascinating look at human society and America's many social problems. The content is designed to help students understand society, one's role in society, social change and the influence of society upon the individual. Units studied include cultural values, the changing role of women and men, crime, drugs, poverty, the family, dating and the major problems in our society today. ||

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