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Global Impact 11 , 12 grade
Course Number: 2205 Full year 1 Credit
Prerequisite: World and US History (C+ average)
Global Impact will acquaint students with the world beyond the West. Focus is on the development of
various indigenous cultural traditions in Asia, Africa, South America and Australia. The broad range of
content for this course creates the opportunity for interdisciplinary study. Thus, students will become
familiar with concepts from physical geography, cultural geography and anthropology. The knowledge and
skills developed in this course will enable a more comprehensive approach to the grade 12 study of
government and society.
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African American History I and II 11 , 12 grade
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Course Numbers: 2520/2521 Semester .50 Credit each
Prerequisite: World and US History (C+ average)
African American History I and II are two courses covering the history of African Americans. African
American History I covers the period of Slavery to 1900 the Civil Rights Movement (1865-1950) while
African American History II covers the period from 1900 to present day. the Civil Rights Movement to the
present day (1950-current). Both courses will examine socio-political patterns, including education and
immigration, and struggles as well as triumphs. Students will analyze African American roles in the
military, in government, and in the economy. African American contributions to literature and the arts will
be included; as both courses require the reading of a number of primary and secondary sources, some as
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lengthy as a novel. These sources were authored by leading African Americans in the 19 and 20 century.
A research paper is also a major portion of the grade for each of these courses.
The Other America 11th, 12th grade
Course numbers: 2525 Semester .50 credit
Prerequisite: Completion of World and U.S. History
This course studies American History from the perspective of the Immigrants that came to America after
the Nativist Movement, the women, and the Natives who were here well before European exploration. The
class analyzes and questions the role of assimilation, accommodation and the struggle to retain a unique
culture in the American landscape. (A look at America from the laborers, the suffragists and those seeking
to acquire their piece of the American Dream.) During the course students will examine Chinese
immigration and the struggles on the Pacific Coast; look at women and their role in American history; the
Cult of True Womanhood and the role women played in the building of our society; Irish immigrants and
the Native Americans and others. The course is geared towards students who wish to enlarge their world
perspective, hone their writing skills, debate and discuss topics of immigration and emigration in America.
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Psychology 11 , 12 grade
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Course Number: 2350 Semester .50 Credit
Prerequisite: World and US History (C+ average)
This course introduces students to the social science of psychology. It offers the student the opportunity to
study the mind, behavior, mental health, and human personality development. Areas of study include
scientific methods, brain and nervous system, perception, learning, child/adolescent/adult psychology, and
memory and intelligence. By the end of the course, students will better understand the complex factors that
help make people who they are.
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