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Course Title: Advanced Placement U.S. History Credit Value: 1.0
Course Number: 104310 Term(s) Full Year
Offered:
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Honors Themes in World History with an Open to 11
80% or higher or completion of AP European History or Grades:
teacher recommendation
Requirement(s): Students are required to complete the designated
Advanced Placement exam at their own expense (2018-
2019 cost $95).
Description: AP US History is a year-long high school course which is designed to be a rough equivalent to a freshman
college survey course in American History. Topics of study range from pre-Columbian American societies to the role of the
US in the post 9/11 world. Class time is spent examining, through various methods, essential questions and the frameworks
in the study of American History. All seven themes of history including Identity, Work/Exchange/Technology, Peopling,
Politics and Power, Americans in the World, Environment and Geography, and Ideas, Beliefs, and Culture are addressed
throughout the course. Students are expected to read the course textbook, interpret primary source readings, and examine
the interpretations of scholars on specific events and trends. College level writing is considered a high priority in this class.
Writing at this level includes detailed note-taking, position papers, and research papers. Assessing student learning is
accomplished through College Board style multiple choice tests, Document Based Questions (DBQs) and Free Response
Questions (FRQs) will be used along with in-class discussions and homework assignments in order to measure success in
the interpretation of primary and secondary sources. The goal of the course is to foster a broad knowledge of American
History, increase interest in further study of history, and prepare students for the College Board Exam.
Course Title: Advanced Placement Microeconomics Credit Value: 1.0
Course Number: 104515 Term(s) Full Year
Offered:
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Honors US History: Twentieth Century to Open to 11, 12
the Present with a 90% or higher or completion of AP US Grades:
History with an 80% or higher or teacher recommendation
Requirement(s): Students are required to complete the designated
Advanced Placement exam at their own expense (2018-
2019 cost $95).
Description: AP Microeconomics is designed to give students a thorough understanding of the principles of economics
that apply to the functions of individual decision makers, both consumers and producers, within the economic system. The
course places emphasis on the nature and functions of product markets and includes the study of factor markets and of the
role of government in promoting greater efficiency and equity in the economy. The course is fast-paced. Students will be
required to complete a wide range of readings, analyze graphical and statistical information, sketch graphs, and take
detailed notes. Assessment strategies will mirror the AP Microeconomics Exam and provide insight into the student's
ability to grasp and demonstrate knowledge in an intellectual style similar to a college classroom. The course will have an
intense workload, reading schedule, and the material far exceeds that covered in a regular economics classroom. This
course is the equivalent of an introductory college course in microeconomics.
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