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SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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GRADE |
REQUIRED COURSES |
ELECTIVES |
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09 |
American Cultures |
N/A |
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10 |
World Cultures |
N/A |
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11 |
DIA and Economics
or
AP U.S. Government |
Geography
Psychology
Famous Trials
AP Economics |
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12 |
N/A |
Geography
Psychology
Famous Trials
AP Economics
AP Government |
21AP Advanced Placement Economics
(Grades
11-12) 1 Credit
Prerequisites: Teacher recommendation and
Algebra II
This course aims to provide
students with a thorough
understanding of the principles of
economics. Macroeconomics, or
economics that apply to the economic
system as a whole, will be the main
emphasis of this course.
Microeconomics, or the individual
decision makers, both producers and
consumers, within the larger economic
system, will have a lesser focus. The
course is the equivalent of the
college level introductory course and
is also designed to prepare students
for the Macroeconomics Advanced
Placement examination which is
required. Student is responsible for
half of the exam fee.
22AP Advanced Placement U. S.
Government and Politics (Grades
11-12) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation and
World Cultures
This course will provide students
with an analytical perspective on
government and politics in the United
States. The study will include
general principles of government and
analysis of specific examples to gain
an understanding on the American
political system. The students will
understand the various institutions,
groups, beliefs, and ideas that
constitute American politics. The
course will be taught as a college
level course and is designed to
prepare the students for the Advanced
Placement examination which is
required. Student is responsible for
half of the exam fee.
923A American Cultures (Grade 9) 1
Credit
This course is designed to present
those forces that shaped the history
and character of the United States
from 1890 to Present. It is to be
presented thematically, as well as
chronologically, with greater
emphasis on cause and effect rather
than facts. The principle themes to
be developed include: immigration,
industrialization, urbanization,
reform-democracy and foreign policy.
1250 Democracy in Action and Economics
(Grade 11) 1 Credit
The purpose of this course is to
enable students to develop an
understanding of the complexity of
the American political, legal, and
economics system. Students will be
exposed to the foundations and basic
documents of American government.
Also, students will examine their
role in the political process and
gain an understanding of the function
of government at the national, state,
and local levels. Finally, the
students will explore the basics of
the American economic system.
2280 Famous Trials in American History
(Grades 11-12) .5 Credit
This course will examine famous
trials that have changed America.
Think, for example, of the O.J.
Simpson trial and the trial of Andrea
Yates. In the 1920s, corruption in
professional baseball stood trial
(sound familiar?) and changed how
Americans viewed professional sports.
We learn about these and other famous
trials from the earliest days of our
founding up to the trial of terrorist
Zacharias Moussaoui for the September
11 bombings.
2260 Geography (Grades 11-12) .5
Credit
This course will include
map-making, natural resources,
climate, economics, political and
cultural geography. Geography is
strongly recommended for college
bound students and is a course
requirement at most colleges.
2240 Psychology (Grades 11-12) .5
Credit
This course is the study of why
human beings and animals behave as
they do. Included is a desire to
understand the whole range of human
experience, along with reasons for
people's motives, thoughts, feelings
and emotions. Why we behave as we do
and why we experience things as we do
has great importance in our daily
lives. With this knowledge we can
better adjust to situations and meet
the challenges that face us in our
daily living. This course is offered
for one half year. The depth and
complexity of this elective will be
determined by the students' ability,
inquisitiveness and desire to learn
more about himself and his fellow
human beings.
0250 World Cultures (Grade 10) 1
Credit
This course is a study of the
cultural development of mankind.
Emphasis is placed on the diversity
which exists among cultural groups
with regard to social, political, and
economic customs and practices. This
course also includes the study of
those facets of culture which are
universal and a part of all organized
human societies. The continuum of the
overall progress of mankind from 1450
to the Present is illustrated and
stressed
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