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Social Studies
Option United States
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History in the 20 Century
Honors
Grade 9
Course Number OPT239
Full Year Course - 1 credit
Prerequisite: Recommendation
Estimated Fee: $20.00
Recommended For: College Bound
Career: CORE
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U.S. History in the 20 Century Honors is a
more rigorous and in-depth study of the
material covered in the regular U.S. History
class. Emphasis will be placed on
improvement in essay composition, analysis
and interpretation of original source
materials, as well as assessing the relevance,
reliability, and importance of other types of
historical evidence. This course is
recommended for all students planning to
enroll in future Social Studies Advanced
Placement offerings. Emphasis on the skills
and knowledge needed to pass the end of
course exam will also be a major focus of
the course.
World History
Grade 10
Course Number 241
Full Year Course - 1 credit
Prerequisite: None
Estimated Fee: $11.00
Recommended For: College Bound/Technical
Education
Career: CORE
This course examines world events from 1600
to the present. It explores the impact of the
democratic and industrial revolutions, the
forces that led to world domination by
European powers, the wars that changed
empires, the ideas that led to independence
movements and the effects of global
interdependence. Focus is placed on Western
civilization with an emphasis on cultural,
philosophical, artistic, economic, social and
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political growth. The last nine weeks detail the
world since 1945, the role of the U.S., the end
of the USSR, and the North-South economic
confrontations. The concepts of historical
thinking introduced in earlier grades continue
to build with students locating and analyzing
primary and secondary sources from multiple
perspectives to draw conclusions.
AP World History
Grade 10
Course Number 249
Full Year Course - 1 credit
Prerequisite: Recommendation
Estimated Fee: $22.00 and A.P. Test Registration
Recommended For: College Bound
Career: CORE
With recommendations from and the
approval of the College Board, the Advanced
Placement World History course work
models a semester college course in World
History.
It is a course that fulfills the World History
credit requirement required by the State of
Ohio for graduation. The purpose of the AP
World History course is to develop greater
understanding of the evolution of global
processes and contacts in different types of
human societies. This understanding is
advanced through a combination of factual
knowledge and analytical skills. The course
highlights the nature of changes in global
frameworks and their causes and
consequences, as well as comparisons
among major societies. It emphasizes
relevant factual knowledge, leading
interpretive issues, and skills in analyzing
types of historical evidence. Specific themes
provide further organization to the course,
along with consistent attention to contacts
among societies that form the core of world
history as a field of study. Students enrolled
in this course are required to take the A.P.
exam in May.