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Social Studies


               AP United States History                           Current World Issues
               Grades 11-12                                       Grades 10-12
               Course Number 259                                  Course Number 274
               Full Year Course - 1 credit                        Semester Course - 0.5 credit
               Prerequisite:  Recommendation                      Prerequisite:  None
               Estimated Fee:  $22.00 and A.P. Test Registration   Estimated Fee:  None
               Recommended For: College Bound                     Recommended For:  College Bound/Technical
               Career:  A,P                                         Education
                                                                  Career:  B,E,H,P
               With recommendations from and the
               approval of the College Board, the Advanced        The purpose of Current World Issues is to
               Placement Unites States History course work        provide a framework for students to study
               models a first semester college course in US       and understand the ongoing political
               History.                                           problems the world community is
               The Advanced Placement United States               experiencing today.  It is an attempt to show
               History course prepares students for the           the study of international relations as an
               Advanced Placement examination offered in          introduction to the art and science of the
               May.  This course is designed to acquaint          survival of mankind.  Current World Issues
               the students with an in-depth account of           will expose the students to the global
               United States History from colonial time           condition of the world in the later twentieth
               through the administration of Richard              century.  It will first attempt to get a
               Nixon.  Emphasis is placed on different            “handle” on how world diplomacy
               interpretations of American history and            developed before World War II and the
               development of skills in working with              radical changes that have taken place in
               statistical data, charts, graphs, maps,            world diplomacy in the post-World War II
               documents, and pictorial evidence of               era.  Secondly, all the regional areas will be
               historical events.  Students will improve          studied with a look at present problems and
               skills in essay composition, assessment of         the role the super power plays in them.
               historical materials—their relevance,              Finally, the course will look to the future
               reliability, and importance—as well as             and possible solutions.
               develop an awareness of the
               interrelationship between social, economic,
               political, and international events in
               American history. Students enrolled in this
               course are required to take the A.P. exam in
               May.















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