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SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT

9TH Grade: 10th Grade: WORLD HISTORY
U.S. History World History
Honors U.S. History Honors World History (Full year, 1 credit, Grade 10)
AP U.S. History AP U.S. History
AP European History AP European History Students enrolled concentrate on the period of
United States Military global history from 17th century to the present. The
11th Grade: course focuses on the impact of the democratic and
Social Psychology History industrial revolutions, how Europe became
Sociology Ancient Western dominant on the world stage, the wars that changed
Eastern Civilizations empires and the ideas that led to independence
AP U. S. History Civilizations movements throughout the world. In addition to
AP European History 12th Grade: this western focus, the course will examine non-
AP Psychology Social Psychology western societies, including those in Central and
U. S. Government Sociology South America, Africa and Asia. Current events are
AP U. S. Government Eastern Civilizations used as a bridge between the students’ world and
AP Economics (Micro U. S. Government the past.
AP European History
& Macro) AP Psychology HONORS WORLD HISTORY
Examining Race: An AP U. S. Government
Service Learning (Full year, 1 credit, Grade 10)
American Study New Dimensions
United States Military AP Economics (Micro & Honors World History will concentrate on the period
of history from the 17th century to the present.
History Macro) Through extensive chronological coverage, students
Ancient Western Examining Race: An will develop skills in primary source analysis,
interpretive historical reading and essay writing. It
Civilizations American Study is recommended that the sophomores who take this
Criminology United States Military course be highly motivated and interested in
studying world history in depth. Students should
History plan to continue in the honors and advanced
Ancient Western placement course sequence.

Civilizations HONORS U.S. HISTORY
Criminology
(Full year, 1 credit, Grade 9)
U.S. HISTORY
Honors U.S. History concentrates on the social,
(Full year, 1 credit, Grade 9) political, cultural, and economic development of the
United States from 1877 to the present. Through
U. S. History emphasizes the development of the U. extensive chronological coverage, students will
S. from 1877 to the present. Students investigate develop skills in primary source analysis,
the effects of modernization on the political interpretive historical reading and essay writing. It is
process. The social history of 20th Century America, recommended that the freshmen who take this
World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam and the post-
communist world and its challenges complete the
course of study.

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