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SOCIAL STUDIES

Introduction: All students are required to take at least three courses in Social Studies to meet graduation
requirements. Included in this minimum is two years of U.S. History and one year of World History. Additional
college preparatory courses in social studies are strongly recommended for the academic student.

Course Sequencing
AP (Level V) Honors (Level IV) Advanced (Level III) College Preparatory (Level II)
AP History World History World History World History
AP Psychology US History I US History I US History I
US History II US History II US History II

AMERICAN LAW/ECONOMICS

American Law
Level: III - Advanced Credits: 2.5
This half year course will provide students with a basic understanding of the American legal system by
examining topics in the fields of constitutional law, criminal law, family law, civil law, and consumer law. This
half year elective is tied to Economics.

Economics
Level: III - Advanced Credits: 2.5
This half-year course will examine topics in the fields of personal financial literacy, microeconomics, and
macroeconomics in order to provide a strong foundation of knowledge in these areas for use in life after high
school. Topics studied in this course related to personal finance include career exploration, income and budgeting,
taxes and insurance, becoming a critical consumer, money and credit management, and financial planning for
one’s future. Additionally, topics in microeconomics such as the impact the forces of supply and demand have on
prices and in macroeconomics such as the role government plays in the economy are examined. Several skills and
concepts in this course will be applied through the completion of student projects. This course is tied to the half-
year elective American Law. This course will satisfy the New Jersey graduation requirement for Financial
Literacy.

AP AMERICAN HISTORY
Level: V – Advanced Placement Credits: 05
This course is designed to provide students with the analytical skills and enduring understandings necessary
to deal critically with the problems and materials in United States history. The rigorous program prepares students
for college courses by making demands upon them equivalent to those made by full year introductory college
courses. Students should learn to assess historical materials- their relevance to a given interpretive problem, their
reliability, and their importance- and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship.
The purpose of this course is to prepare students the AP Exam in May and to get them more accustomed to college
level material. This course has more demanding work load than a honors level course, including researched based
questions, primary and secondary sours analysis, document- based historical analysis, and research in
historiography. This is a dual credit course with Camden County College. Students who take this course and
average at least a “C” will receive college credits in addition to high school credits. College fees will be
applicable for students opting for dual credit. Pre-requisite: A grade of 85 in US History II Honors or a grade
of 90 in US History II.

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