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Social Studies Grounded in the Aims of a Punahou Education, the Academy Social Studies curriculum is devoted to providing a learning environment in which students: • Become literate, aware and concerned citizens, learning how to function as positive, contributing members of society • Cultivate empathy and moral attitudes to inspire and encourage students to take moral action • Foster creativity, critical thinking and collaboration as skills necessary to meet the demands and challenges of the global community • Understand relationships between people, events, geography and cultural conditions in today’s interconnected world • Derive historical significance from events through understanding the impact of the past on the present and future
• Develop a sense of the Hawaiian culture and their unique cultural identities along with an appreciation of diversity and perspectives • Cultivate the qualities of curiosity, resourcefulness and resilience • Are encouraged to reach and express their own conclusions, hone oral and written communication skills and develop media and information literacy
Graduation Requirements Three and one-half credits must be earned, beginning with a required Gateway course taken in the ninth grade which may be either Introduction to Social Studies (onehalf credit), World Civilizations (one credit) or a Global Sustainability by Design course (one credit). After completing the Gateway course, students must take at least one semester of East Asian history in grade 10, one of the yearlong U.S. History options in grade 11 and both European History* and Senior Capstone or Ke Kilohana in grade 12. Only one credit in Summer School courses may be applied towards the three and one-half credits required for graduation. A student may take either ISS between eighth and ninth grades or East Asian History between ninth and tenth grades, but not both. In addition, a student may take either the first half of U.S. History between tenth and eleventh grades or either of the two required 12th grade courses between eleventh and twelfth grades, but not both. *If taken in the 11th grade, European History through the Arts, Curation and Design (ID) satisfies the graduation requirement for European History.
GRADE
9
Introduction to Social Studies (semester)
YEARLONG OPTIONS:
ONE OF:
Contemporary Issues (semester) Hawaiian Culture (semester) Medieval History (semester)
Introduction to Social Studies: Mālama Honua World Civilizations Global Sustainability by Design: Global Issues – Place, Perspective and Partnership (ID) Global Sustainability by Design: Product Design for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (ID) Global Sustainability by Design: Science and Engineering for Sustainability (ID)
GRADE
ASIAN HISTORY REQUIREMENT.
ELECTIVES (semester):
10
CHOOSE ONE OF:
Contemporary Issues Hawaiian Culture Medieval History
GRADE
11
East Asian History (semester) Asian History (yearlong) Global Sustainability by Design: Asian Studies (ID) (yearlong)
US HISTORY REQUIREMENT.
ELECTIVES (semester):
CHOOSE ONE OF:
Hawaiian Culture Medieval History Economics Gender Studies
United States History Advanced Placement United States History American Studies (ID) Bias in America (ID) (2nd semester) Global Sustainability by Design: Constructing Race and the American Experience (ID)
GRADE
EURO HISTORY REQUIREMENT.
12
CHOOSE ONE OF:
(semester unless noted) European History European History thru Philosophy European History thru Arts, Curation, and Design (ID) Advanced Placement European History (yearlong)
SENIOR CAPSTONE REQUIREMENT. CHOOSE ONE OF (semester):
Senior Capstone Senior Capstone: Science Senior Capstone: Travel Ke Kilohana: Circular Economy Ke Kilohana: Cook Your Heritage Ke Kilohana: Engineering V-A Ke Kilohana: He wa‘a he moku, he moku he wa‘a (Voyaging) Ke Kilohana: What makes a home? Ke Kilohana: Senior Wellness
Economics Gender Studies
Advanced Placement United States Government and Politics European History thru Arts, Curation and Design (ID)
ELECTIVES (semester):
Hawaiian Culture Medieval History Economics Gender Studies Advanced Placement United States Government Independent Inquiry: Social Studies
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