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Social Studies
AP United States History Current World Issues
Grades 11-12 Grades 10-12
Course Number 259 Course Number 274
Full Year Course - 1 credit Semester Course - 0.5 credit
Prerequisite: Recommendation Prerequisite: None
Estimated Fee: $22.00 and A.P. Exam fee Estimated Fee: None
(approximately $94.00) Recommended For: College Bound/Technical
Education
Recommended For: College Bound
The purpose of Current World Issues is to
With recommendations from and the provide a framework for students to study
approval of the College Board, the Advanced and understand the ongoing political
Placement Unites States History course work problems the world community is
models a first semester college course in US experiencing today. It is an attempt to show
History. the study of international relations as an
The Advanced Placement United States introduction to the art and science of the
History course prepares students for the survival of mankind. Current World Issues
Advanced Placement examination offered in will expose the students to the global
May. This course is designed to acquaint condition of the world in the later twentieth
the students with an in-depth account of century. It will first attempt to get a
United States History from colonial time “handle” on how world diplomacy
through the administration of Richard developed before World War II and the
Nixon. Emphasis is placed on different radical changes that have taken place in
interpretations of American history and world diplomacy in the post-World War II
development of skills in working with era. Secondly, all the regional areas will be
statistical data, charts, graphs, maps, studied with a look at present problems and
documents, and pictorial evidence of the role the super power plays in them.
historical events. Students will improve Finally, the course will look to the future
skills in essay composition, assessment of and possible solutions.
historical materials—their relevance,
reliability, and importance—as well as
develop an awareness of the Future Leaders Studying
interrelationship between social, economic,
political, and international events in Past Leaders
American history. Students enrolled in this Grades 11-12
course are required to take the A.P. exam in Course Number 275
May. Semester Course - 0.5 credit
Prerequisite: U.S History & World History
Estimated Fee: None
Recommended For: College Bound/Technical
Education
Future Leaders Studying Past Leaders is a
course designed for forward thinking high
school students who want to take ownership
of their future path into leadership. This
course focuses on three primary approaches
to developing leadership skills in young
people. First, by studying great leaders from
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