Page 102 - Course Catalog 2018-2019 (UPDATED 1-25-18)

Social Studies
AP United States History
Grades 11-12
Course Number 259
Full Year Course - 1 credit
Prerequisite: Recommendation
Estimated Fee: $22.00 and A.P. Test Registration
Recommended For: College Bound
Career: A,P
With recommendations from and the
approval of the College Board, the Advanced
Placement Unites States History course work
models a first semester college course in US
History.
The Advanced Placement United States
History course prepares students for the
Advanced Placement examination offered in
May. This course is designed to acquaint
the students with an in-depth account of
United States History from colonial time
through the administration of Richard
Nixon. Emphasis is placed on different
interpretations of American history and
development of skills in working with
statistical data, charts, graphs, maps,
documents, and pictorial evidence of
historical events. Students will improve
skills in essay composition, assessment of
historical materials—their relevance,
reliability, and importance—as well as
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.
100
Current World Issues
Grades 10-12
Course Number 274
Semester Course - 0.5 credit
Prerequisite: None
Estimated Fee: None
Recommended For: College Bound/Technical
Education
Career: B,E,H,P
The purpose of Current World Issues is to
provide a framework for students to study
and understand the ongoing political
problems the world community is
experiencing today. It is an attempt to show
the study of international relations as an
introduction to the art and science of the
survival of mankind. Current World Issues
will expose the students to the global
condition of the world in the later twentieth
century. It will first attempt to get a
“handle” on how world diplomacy
developed before World War II and the
radical changes that have taken place in
world diplomacy in the post-World War II
era. Secondly, all the regional areas will be
studied with a look at present problems and
the role the super power plays in them.
Finally, the course will look to the future
and possible solutions.