COURSE TITLE: WORLD HISTORY/WORLD GEOGRAPHY
LENGTH: ONE TERM (18 weeks) CREDIT: 1.0
PREREQUISITE(S): None
FINANCIAL OBLIGATION: None
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: None
PLACEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS: One credit of World History/Geography is required for graduation. Successful completion of this course will meet that requirement.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is organized chronologically from 1500 to the present. Special emphasis is placed on geographic skills and their importance to the themes of geography. Areas of study include the emergance of a Global Age, the Enlightenment Period, The Age of Revolution, Era of Global War, and the world from 1945 to the present.
COURSE TITLE: U.S. HISTORY - Part One (Exploration to 1900)
LENGTH: One-term (18 weeks) CREDIT: 1.0
PREREQUISITE(S): None
FINANCIAL OBLIGATION: None
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Students will be required to purchase a workbook.
PLACEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS: Two credits of U.S. history are required for graduation. Successful completion of this course will meet the first half of that requirement.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to enhance a student’s knowledge of the ever-changing political, economic, and cultural forces within the United States, the impact of the natural environment on all aspects of life in America, and the role of America in the international community.
COURSE TITLE: HONORS U.S. HISTORY - Part One (exploration to 1877)
LENGTH: One-term (18 weeks) CREDIT: 1.0
PREREQUISITE(S): Recommendation of 9th grade world history and English teachers
FINANCIAL OBLIGATION: None
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Students may elect to take AP History and the AP exam during their 11th grade year. Students will be required to purchase an AP workbook.
PLACEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS: Two credits of U.S. History are required for graduation. Successful completion of this course will meet one half of that requirement. It is strongly recommended that students enrolled in this course also take Honors English.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed for the high-achieving student and is much more rigorous than a traditional American History course. Students need good reading comprehension and writing skills as well as a strong work ethic and higher order thinking skills. Topics include the ever-changing political, economic, and cultural forces within the U.S., the impact of the natural environment on all aspects of life in America, and the role of America in the international community. PARTICIPATION IN THIS COURSE IS A PREREQUISITE FOR ELEVENTH GRADE AP EXAM; HOWEVER, ENROLLMENT IN THIS COURSE DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE STUDENT TO TAKE ELEVENTH GRADE AP HISTORY OR THE AP EXAM
COURSE TITLE: U.S. HISTORY - Part Two (1877 to present)
LENGTH: One-term (18 weeks) CREDIT: 1.0
PREREQUISITE(S): US History - Part I
FINANCIAL OBLIGATION: None
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Students will be required to purchase an AP workbook.
PLACEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS: Two credits of U.S. History are required for graduation. Successful completion of this course will meet the second half of that requirement.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to enhance a student’s knowledge of the ever-changing political, economic, and cultural forces within the United States, the impact of the natural environment on all aspects of life in America, and the role of America in the international community.
COURSE TITLE: HONORS U.S. HISTORY-Part Two (1877 - present)
LENGTH: ONE TERM (18 weeks) CREDIT: 1.0
PREREQUISITE(S): Recommendation of Honors U. S. History and Honors English teachers.
FINANCIAL OBLIGATION: None
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Students may elect to take the AP exam. Students will be required to purchase an AP workbook.
PLACEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS: Two credits of U.S. History are required for graduation. Successful completion of this course will meet the second half of that requirement. It is strongly recommended that students enrolled in this course also take Honors English.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed for the high achieving student and is much more rigorous than a traditional American History course. Students need good reading comprehension, writing skills, as well as a strong work ethic and higher order thinking skills. Topics include the ever-changing political, economic, and cultural forces within the U.S; the impact of the natural environment on all aspects of life in America; and the role of America in the international community. THE STUDENT MAY ELECT TO TAKE THE AP. EXAM, HOWEVER, IT IS NOT REQUIRED AS A PART OF THIS CLASS; IF THE EXAM IS TAKEN, THE COST WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STUDENT.
COURSE TITLE: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
LENGTH: ONE TERM (18 WEEKS) CREDIT: 1.0
PREREQUISITE(S): None
FINANCIAL OBLIGATION: None
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: None
PLACEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS: One half-credit of American Government is required for graduation. Successful completion of this course will meet that requirement.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course surveys the American system of government on the local, state and national levels. Special emphasis is placed on the United States Constitution with an in-depth study of the articles, formal amendments and informal amendments by the courts, which have expanded its meaning. The federal system of government is compared with other diverse systems of governments in the world.
COURSE TITLE: ECONOMICS
LENGTH: ONE TERM (18 WEEKS) CREDIT: 1.0
PREREQUISITE(S): None
FINANCIAL OBLIGATION: None
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: None
PLACEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS: One half-credit of Economics is required for graduation. Successful completion of this course will meet that requirement.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course surveys the basic fundamental economic concepts, microeconomics, macroeconomics, institutions and policies and comparative economic