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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as freshmen historians, so that they may construct their own arguments and support their claims with evidence using historical documents.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
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
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
This course focuses on the development of historical thinking skills (chronological reasoning, comparing and contextualizing, crafting historical arguments using historical evidence, and interpreting and synthesizing historical narrative) and the development of students’ abilities to think conceptually about American Government.
1 Credit, Grade 10
AP GOVERNMENT & CIVICS
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
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.
PREREQUISITE: AP Government & Civics
1 Credit, Grade 11-12
AP Psychology
Psychology is an introduction to the basic scientific theoretical principles of individual human behavior. Students will be exposed to various topics in the field of psychological research.
1 Credit, Grade 10-11
*Serves as an elective.
LAW & JUSTICE
In this course students will examine the legal system within the Unites States. Students will learn about their rights and responsibilities as US citizens. Court cases and trials will be examined and the roles of the court system within the daty to day lives of citizens. Students will take on roles and participate in mock trials and be engaged within the system.
1 Credit, Grade 11-12
HISTORY 109 DUAL CREDIT COURSE
Examine key political, economic, and social topics that have influenced significantly the American experience from Reconstruction through the contemporary era.
Offered at NCHS for NCHS & TNHS students.
PREREQUISITE: American Government
1 Credit, Grade 11-12
AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
This course is equivalent to an introductory college-level course in human geography. The course introduces students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth’s surface. Students employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine socio-economic organization and its environmental consequences. They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their research and applications. College credit is earned with a qualifying score on an AP exam.
Offered at NCHS for NCHS & TNHS students.
1 Credit, Grade 10-12
*Serves as an elective.
AP COMPARATIVE POLITICS
An introductory course comparative government and politics. The course uses a comparative approach to examine the political structures; policies; and political, economic, and social challenges of six selected countries: China, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, and the United Kingdom. Students cultivate their understanding of comparative government and politics through analysis of data and text-based sources as they explore topics like power and authority, legitimacy and stability, democratization, internal and external forces, and methods of political analysis.
1 Credit, Grade 11-12
*Serves as an elective.
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