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SOCIAL STUDIES HONORS/ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM
Honors World History 9 grade
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Course Number: 2100 Full year 1 Credit
Prerequisite: Application Process
Honors World History is designed for 9 grade students who plan to apply for entrance into the AP Social
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Studies Program (grade 10 - 12) Enrollment in Honors World History DOES NOT ensure that a student
will be enrolled in the A.P. Program in grade 10. Honors World History is also NOT a requirement for
entrance into the A.P. Program. Honors World History is intended for the superior student who desires an
intellectual challenge in the study of world history. Honors World History employs strategies (emphasis
on primary sources, etc.) and supplementary materials that are effective and challenging to students
electing this program. A strong emphasis is placed on questioning and writing, and students should expect
individual and class assignments to go well beyond the general level. A brief review of classical and early
modern World history gives way to coverage of the Enlightenment period forward to the modern world
and will be addressed using the areas of history, geography, economics, government, people in societies,
citizenship responsibility, and social studies skills and methods. (Summer reading is required for this
course, with the assignment due on the 1st day of school.) A fee is required for materials.
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Advanced Placement United States History (APUSH) 10 grade
Course Number: 2200 Full year 1 Credit
Prerequisite: Honors World History
APUSH is college-level in nature, scope and intensity of instruction and textual materials, and is intended
for students desiring a greater intellectual challenge in the study of US History. The course is designed to
prepare the student for the College Board examination (the instrument most colleges utilize in determining
and recognizing a student’s success for purposes of advanced credit) which the student is required to take in
May of the school year. Areas of study include the survey of US history from its colonial beginnings to the
current period with emphasis on important periods of development and the examination of various
prominent themes. Because of the intensive, in-depth reading and writing demands of this course, letter
grades are weighted. Students entering this class must be highly motivated, exhibit an enthusiasm for
extensive and varied study of American history, and possess an interest in exchanging ideas and
challenging assumptions that appear in primary and secondary sources. (Summer work is required for
this course: the assignment will be given prior to the end of the school year and collected the first
day of class.) Students enrolled in Advanced Placement course(s) are REQUIRED to take the Advanced
Placement Exam.
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