SOCIAL STUDIES Grade 9
Economics
Human Geography
Ninth grade Economics will cover a wide variety of topics including: personal economic choice and decision making, the link between supply and demand, our global economy, and personal finance. Students will leave the class having learned strategies to make smart economic decisions, how to be a smart consumer and will have a better understanding of how our economy works.
Ninth grade Human Geography covers a wide variety of topics, including: population, culture, environment and land use. Students will leave the class with an understanding of how societies and people interact with the physical and political world.
Course Number: 3720 Grade: 9 Credit: .5 NCAA Note: This course is NCAA eligible.
AP Macroeconomics
Course Number: 3706 Grades: 9*, 10, 11, 12 Credit: .5 *Recommended Background for Grade 9: It is recommended that 9th grade students complete both middle school Algebra and Geometry before taking AP Macroeconomics in place of 9th grade Economics. This is an upper level elective. It is a fast-paced, college-level course and uses a college textbook, Economics for AP by Krugman. If you have questions, you may contact your dean about appropriate placement. Note: Students will have the opportunity to take the AP exam for possible college credit in the spring. NCAA Note: This course is NCAA eligible.
Course Number: 3727 Grade: 9 Credit: .5 NCAA Note: This course is NCAA eligible.
AP Human Geography
Course Number: 3705 Grade: 9 Credit: .5 Note: Students will have the opportunity to take the AP exam for possible college credit in the spring. NCAA Note: This course is NCAA eligible. The purpose of the AP course in Human Geography is to introduce students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of the Earth’s surface. Students employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine human social organization and its environmental consequences. They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their science and practice.
Students are introduced to the principles of economics and will learn how they apply to our present system. The course stresses national income and production, price determination, the problems of inflation and unemployment, interest rates, monetary and fiscal policy, international trade and globalism. Students will develop critical thinking skills through understanding application and analysis of fundamental economic concepts.
College credit associated with this class
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