Social Studies

Fall 2024

Freshman Courses

Honors Civics: This course emphasizes both the understanding of our government structure but also stresses the importance of influencing and engaging our community through art.  Students will learn and practice civic responsibility and demonstrate ways to participate in civic life in our community.

Sophomore Courses

Humanities: Artists, philosophers and writers are all children of their times and must represent their world as they see it. This course engages our intellectual, intuitive, and emotional selves by studying civilizations over the last five thousand years and the unfolding of the human experience. This challenging course requires engaged, thoughtful reading of the text to prepare for the in- depth discussions in class. Assessments in this course are essay and discussion based and the text is college level.

Junior and Senior Courses (AP Strand)

AP US History: This course is designed to assist students in preparing for the Advanced Placement History tests. This course provides a sophisticated and fast paced look at America’s history and the strategies of historiography. Students will develop their skills in studying and writing about our nation’s history. Historical issues are examined in depth, using primary source materials. Students are expected to prepare papers and presentations regarding significant dimensions of our nation’s development and ongoing change. Students will explore how an individual contributes to, and is affected by, the actions of others.

Junior and Senior Courses (Honors Strand)

Honors U.S. History: This course provides a close look at America’s history and the nation’s development and ongoing change. Students will develop their skills in studying and writing about our nation’s history. Historical issues will be examined using primary source materials and film students will explore how an individual contributes to, and is affected by, the actions of others.