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Social Studies
Required Social Studies Courses
United States History in the class. Emphasis will be placed on
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20 Century improvement in essay composition, analysis
and interpretation of original source
Grade 9 materials, as well as assessing the relevance,
Course Number 231 or OPT231 reliability, and importance of other types of
Full Year Course - 1 credit
Prerequisite: None historical evidence. This course is
Estimated Fee: $20.00 recommended for all students planning to
Recommended For: College Bound/Technical enroll in future Social Studies Advanced
Education Placement offerings. Emphasis on the skills
and knowledge needed to pass the end of
United States History is a selective in-depth course exam will also be a major focus of
study of the United States’ social, cultural, the course.
intellectual, political, and economic
development which will lead the student to a U.S. History Honors is also offered in the
better understanding of his/her society. A Option program.
combination of a chronological and topical
approach is used to analyze the following World History
aspects of American culture with the major
focus on post-Civil War America: (1) Grade 10
democracy and the Constitution of the Course Number 241 or OPT241
Full Year Course - 1 credit
United States, (2) politics and political Prerequisite: None
change, (3) urban-industrial America, (4) the Estimated Fee: $11.00
labor movement in the U.S., (5) minority Recommended For: College Bound/Technical
groups in a pluralistic society, (6) foreign Education
relations, and (7) facing the future.
Emphasis on the skills and knowledge This course examines world events from 1600
needed to pass the end of course exam will to the present. It explores the impact of the
democratic and industrial revolutions, the
be a major focus of the course.
forces that led to world domination by
European powers, the wars that changed
U.S. History is also offered in the Option empires, the ideas that led to independence
program. movements and the effects of global
interdependence. Focus is placed on Western
United States History in the civilization with an emphasis on cultural,
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20 Century Honors philosophical, artistic, economic, social and
political growth. The last nine weeks detail the
Grade 9 world since 1945, the role of the U.S., the end
Course Number 239 or OPT239
Full Year Course - 1 credit of the USSR, and the North-South economic
Prerequisite: Recommendation confrontations. The concepts of historical
Estimated Fee: $20.00 thinking introduced in earlier grades continue
Recommended For: College Bound to build with students locating and analyzing
primary and secondary sources from multiple
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U.S. History in the 20 Century Honors is a perspectives to draw conclusions.
more rigorous and in-depth study of the
material covered in the regular U.S. History
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