HISTORY
WORLD HISTORY
Get ready to go global! Welcome to World History! This course begins at year 1200 history to examine how the world became what it is today. This course will challenge students to explore as historians practicing historical thinking skills. Students will continue to build upon the investigation and analyzing skills they developed as freshmen historians, so that they may construct their own arguments and support their claims with evidence using historical documents. In World History, we move beyond memorization and encourage students to think critically and to reason for themselves. History students will be challenged to consider different perspectives on our global society because we explore the world as a whole with many small parts. World History Modern topics include: Earliest Civilizations across the Global Tapestry, Major World Religions, Reformation and Revolutions, Imperialism and Colonialism, World Wars, & Globalization.
1 Credit, Grade 9 & 10
AP WORLD HISTORY
To global citizenship and beyond! Advanced Placement World History is a survey of the history of the world focusing on social, cultural, and political aspects; ancient and modern history; the study of western and non-western civilizations; and current events. AP students investigate significant events, developments and processes from 1200 to the present. Students will develop and use the same skills, practices and methods employed by historians; making historical connections; utilizing reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change over time. This course provides six themes outlined by AP College Board for students to make these connections. College credit earned with successful completion of the AP exam.
1 Credit, Grades 9-12
AP GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
AP U.S. Government and Politics provides a college-level, nonpartisan introduction to key political concepts, ideas, institutions, policies, interactions, roles, and behaviors that characterize the constitutional system and political culture of the United States. Students will study U.S. foundational documents, Supreme Court decisions, and other texts and visuals to gain an understanding of the relationships and interactions among political institutions, processes, and behaviors. They will also engage in disciplinary practices that require them to read and interpret data, make comparisons and applications, and develop evidence-based arguments. In addition, they will complete a political science research or applied civics project. College credit is earned with a qualifying score on an AP exam.
1 Credit, Grades 10-12
U.S. HISTORY
For beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain! Our U.S. History course is a whirlwind study of what makes America beautiful. This course begins where 8th grade history ended. This course is a survey of American history from the Civil War era to the present. Topics include industrialization, immigration, the Great Depression, the major American wars, the Cold War, and social conflict. Upon completion, students should be able to analyze significant political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments in American history since the Civil War. Native Americans, minorities, women, and representative biographies are also examined. This course will provide you with an overview of government institutions, important dates in American History, and how it all relates to the country we’re living in today. This course will also prepare you to take the state required Civics Exam.
1 Credit, Grade 11
AP U.S. HISTORY
What is the nature of human conflict? What caused the American Civil War? Does industrialization and progress cause immorality? How is history impacted by social, political and economic change? These are some of the questions you will encounter in AP U.S. History. This college-level class is an overview of American History from pre-colonial to present day. You will be able to deal critically with the problems and materials in U.S. history through analyzing and interpreting historical documents and events. You can earn college credit with successful completion of AP exam.
1 Credit, Grade 11-12
