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Course Title: US History: Nineteenth Century Credit Value: 1.0
Course Number: 104111 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Prerequisite(s): None Open to Grades: 9
Career Cluster(s): Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
Education and Training Manufacturing
Government and Public Administration Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
Description: The aim of this course is to provide students with a better understanding of basic American freedoms, general
good citizenship and the development of America as a world power when it comes in the social, political and economic
arena. An additional purpose of the course is to stimulate an appreciation of American heritage and to foster a sense of
patriotism by the study of the development and growth of the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from
1815 to 1900. This course equips students with the skills needed to succeed in college and the habits of mind necessary to
foster a higher level of learning. Units of study include: The Era of Good Feelings, the Jacksonian Era, Manifest Destiny,
Division, the Civil War, Reconstruction, Into the West and New Horizons. This course integrates the study of history,
government, geography and economics.

Course Title: Honors US History: Nineteenth Century Credit Value: 1.0
Course Number: 104121 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Social Studies 8 with a 90% or Open to Grades: 9
higher
or completion of Pre-AP Social Studies 8 with
an 80% or higher or teacher recommendation
Career Cluster(s): Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
Education and Training Manufacturing
Government and Public Administration Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
Description: In this class, while studying United States History, students participate in authentic historical work. Class
time is spent reading primary documents, formulating historical questions, proposing critical arguments, discussing
controversial issues, researching original inquiries, and writing scholarly papers. Learning the process of historical analysis
is emphasized in class. This course integrates the study of history, government, geography and economics and is designed
to be academically challenging to students.

Course Title: Themes in World History Credit Value: 1.0

Course Number: 104411 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Prerequisite(s): None Open to Grades: 10
Career Cluster(s): Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Human Services
Architecture and Construction Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Manufacturing
Education and Training Marketing
Government and Public Administration Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
Hospitality and Tourism
Description: This course is designed to introduce students to a thematic approach to the study of World History.
Unlike many World History survey level courses, the depth and scope of the course is both thematic and
chronological. This thematic approach is designed to help students understand and analyze the
interconnectedness of historical events, people, places and ideas. Each of the major themes covered in the course
will include an analysis of significant contributors and their impact on various regions and the world as a whole.
Major themes included in the course will be: Principles of Geography and Culture, Principles of World Religions,
Political Systems and Structure, Global Conflict, Modernization and its’ Impact, and Global Economies and
Resources. This course integrates the study of history, government, geography and economics. The World
History course will also require a Project-Based Culminating Assessment.

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