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Social Science
Courses:
Courses:
World History: This is a required survey course that covers world history, geography and culture in the modern world. This course is designed to give students an appreciation of the many cultures and civilizations that have contributed to the development of the world today.
Advanced Placement World History: The purpose of the Advanced Placement World History course is to develop a greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts in interaction with different types of human societies. This course focuses primarily on the past 1,000 years of the global experience and builds on an understanding of cultural, institutional, and technological precedents that, along with geography, set the human stage prior to 1,000 A.D. This course provides a stimulating and challenging experience for able students, preparing students for the Advanced Placement World History Exam.
US History/Geography: This is a required course for all 11th grade students. This course meets the state requirement for United States History. It is a survey course offering a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the history of our nation. It will enable the student to develop and practice a variety of intellectual activities and work skills appropriate to the social sciences.
Advanced Placement US History: This course is designed to prepare students for the rigorous AP exam covering colonial times to the present, emphasizing political, sociological, economic, and aesthetic aspects of our nation's history.
American Government: This is a required course for seniors that covers the Constitution of the United States, including the study of American institutions and ideals and the principles of state and local government.
Advanced Placement American Government: This course meets the graduation requirement as well as prepares students for the AP exam. Readings are on a college introductory course level. Written and oral presentations require critical thinking skills and organization.
Economics: A required course for seniors that covers basic economic concepts and vocabulary; the development and operation of the U.S. market economy; microeconomic principles; study of the macroeconomy, including the study of the U.S. government's monetary, taxation, and regulatory policies as they affect the economy; globalization and international trade.
SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE COURSES:
Geography and World Cultures: This online course offers a curriculum that enables students to explore how geographic features, human relationships, political and social structures, economics, science and technology, and the arts have developed and influenced life in countries around the world. Along the way, students are given rigorous instruction on how to read maps, charts, and graphs, and how to create them.
Ethnic Studies: This online Pilot course for 25/26 examines the United States as a multicultural nation. The course emphasizes the perspectives of minority groups while allowing students from all backgrounds to better understand and appreciate how race, culture and ethnicity, and identity contribute to their experiences. Major topics in the course include identity, immigration, assimilation and distinctiveness, power and oppression, struggles for rights, regionalism, culture and the media, and the formation of new cultures. In online discussions and polls, students reflect critically on their own experiences as well as those of others. Interactive multimedia activities include personal and historical accounts to which students can respond using methods of inquiry from history, sociology, and psychology. Written assignments and journals provide opportunities for students to practice and develop skills for thinking and communicating about race, culture, ethnicity, and identity.
Sociology: The course is designed to enhance student awareness of current social issues, relationships, and institutions. It has been created out of a need to develop critical thinking, speaking, research, writing, and collaborative skills in conjunction with a more societal perspective. Students will be asked to research social issues, discuss cause and effect, formulate opinions, draw conclusions, and develop potential solutions to social problems. These problems fall under four main headings: Sociology, Culture, Socialization, Social Stratification, Social Inequalities, and Social Institutions.
Psychology: This course is a study of human and animal behavior and our mental processes. Students are introduced to the scientific method and the core ideas and theories of psychology and gain an understanding of the complexities and diversity of human thought and behavior.