9TH GRADE - WORLD CULTURES
World Cultures will focus on area studies with units on Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and India. This course will stress both the history and the culture of the areas studied. It is designed to eliminate student bias toward non-Western cultures and encourage student appreciation of the richness that can be found in the diversity of the world's cultures.
10TH GRADE - MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY
Modern European history focuses upon several historical trends, including the Greco-Roman era, absolutism in the17th century, democratic revolutions in the18th century, nationalism and unification movements of the19th century, and the origins of World War I. The course will also examine the colonization of Africa and Asia.
11TH GRADE - AMERICAN HISTORY
This course will cover The Age of Exploration and Colonization of the North American continent to Manifest Destiny, in the first semester. The second semester will include the Civil War to the Treaty of Versailles.
11TH GRADE - AMERICAN HISTORY HONORS
This course follows the same agenda for junior year but requires extensive outside reading and additional writing. Students are invited into the course by the History Department. This course does not focus on preparation for the AP exam and taking the exam is not required.
12TH GRADE - 20TH CENTURY/GOVERNMENT
During semester one this course will cover the Roaring 20's to the present, with an emphasis on foreign relations. It will include units on the rise of fascism in Europe, the origins of the Cold War, and the history of women and Africans in the United States. The second semester course will introduce students to the history of the United States constitution and the functions of modern government.
12TH GRADE - 20TH CENTURY/GOVERNMENT HONORS
This course follows the same agenda for senior year but requires extensive outside reading and additional writing. Students are invited into the course by the History Department. This course does not focus on preparation for the AP exam and taking the exam is not required.
SOCIAL STUDIES ELECTIVES
One Semester Courses offered to Juniors and Seniors.
First Semester: We The People or Child Psychology
Second Semester: Sociology or Art History
All Social Studies Electives are independent study with required weekly meetings at a mutally agreed upon time. Students accepted into these courses must have consistent work habits and the ability to work with limited classroom supervision.
HONORS COURSES
Junior and Senior history offer honors courses which require considerably more reading and writing from the student. A higher level of written work is expected as well. Students will be invited into the courses whom their teachers feel will not only benefit from such an accelerated program, but who will also contribute to the class in a productive manner. The class size will be limited. If the courses are not filled by the invitations, requests for admittance will be considered by the History Department.
PLACEMENT CRITERIA: Many factors will be taken into consideration by the department in placing students in honors courses:
HONORS HISTORY III AND IV:
- Student will have no less than 85% in any quarter for history.
- Student will receive a grade of 90% or better for the first three quarters of 10th grade history for placement in Junior Honors History (III)
- Student will receive a grade of 90% or better for the first three quarters of Honors History III to be placed in Senior Honors History (IV) or 93% of better in the first 3 quarters of History III
- Student will have an 87% or better GPA
- Student must be in the top 1/3 of her class to be considered for honors placement in history.
GOVERNMENT:
- Student will have no less than 85% in any quarter for history.
- Student will have been in Honors History IV OR receive a grade of 90% or better for the first two quarters of 12th grade and recommendations from her 11th and 12th grade history teachers and 12th grade English teacher.
- Student will have an 87% or better GPA.
- Student must be in the top1/3 of her class to be considered for honors placement in Government.
Other criteria to be considered for honors placement in Social Studies:
- quality of written work (critical thinking and writing skills)
- study and work habits (patterns of incomplete and late assignments)
- attendance
- number of honors or AP courses the student plans to take
- exchange plans may also be a factor in the decision.
- Current placement does NOT predetermine future invitations into honors courses.
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