Social Studies Freshman
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Global Studies 1 Global Studies 1 Honors
Global Studies 2 Global Studies 2 Honors AP European History AP World History
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Social Studies Elective: U.S. History U.S. History Honors AP US History AP European History AP World History AP Macroeconomics AP U.S. Gov’t & Politics America Since 1945 Economics Honors Pre-Law/Great Constitutional Issues
* Denotes a Social Studies senior elective course Global Studies 1 (#3015) The scope of the course includes world history from the dawn of man through the Middle Ages, emphasizing political, intellectual, social, and cultural developments, and their interrelationships. Methods of evaluation include quizzes, exams, projects, research papers and summer assignments. Global Studies 1 Honors (#3017) Prerequisites: entrance exam and placement testing. This course is designed as an introduction to world history from the eve of the Neolithic Period through the Post Classical Period. The curriculum seeks to provide a balanced examination of the major societies in each region of the world during that time frame. The course introduces students to essential skills for the historian, in particular, analyzing cause and effect, understanding the themes of periodization and the patterns and changes they reveal, interpreting documents and conducting a point of view analysis on sources, and expressing continuity and change and similarity and difference. Proficiency at these skills are assessed through written homework and quarterly essays as well as factual, conceptual, and stimulus based multiple choice questions. A summer reading assignment applies as a prerequisite to the course. Global Studies 2 (#3025) The scope of the course includes European history and world history from the Renaissance to modern times, emphasizing political, intellectual, economic, social and cultural developments and their interrelationships. Methods of evaluation include quizzes, exams, projects, research papers, book reports and summer assignments. Global Studies 2 Honors (#3027) Prerequisites: - B+ in Global Studies 1 or B in Global Studies 1 H - Department recommendation This course covers the period of time from 1450 to the present, emphasizing the political, economic, social and cultural developments. The study of world history in a broad and comparative context seeks to trace relationships across place and time. In addition, the honors class is expected to Table of Contents
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