History
Social Studies
Global History I & II (Terms 1 and 2)
This course focuses heavily on building foundational skills in history that can be transferred over to other history classes. These are close reading, constructing arguments, evaluating sources, using textual evidence, corroborating sources, comparing similarities and differences between cultures and time periods. As this class does not end in regents, the goal is to get students to think critically about ongoing themes we see in history and to learn about cultures around the world, something increasingly important in the modern era.
The course focuses primarily on societies, civilizations, and cultures of the ancient to medieval eras as well geographic focus on Africa, Asia, the Middle East/Mediterranean, and Pre-Columbian America.
Global History III & IV (Terms 1 and 2)
In terms of content, this course focuses on countries outside the United States AFTER the 1750. It is more or less the story of the world as we know it today. Topics that will be covered include: The Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the Meiji Restoration, European imperialism of Africa and Asia, World War I, the great Global Depression, World War II, the Russian Revolution, the Cold War, Decolonization, Nationalism, and much more. This course is HEAVILY literacy based, meaning that you will be reading many primary sources for activities. The main focus for this class will be learning about enduring issues, constant themes that we see in history known as Enduring Issues and how they have impacted different societies across cultures and time periods.
U.S. History (Terms 1 and 2)
This course focuses on the history of the United States. The main focus of this class is on the principles that the United States was founded on through the Constitution and Civil Issues. Since this class focuses on Constitutional and Civil Issues, there is an inherent Social Justice connection with the curriculum, and emphasis on this has been placed considering the current political and social climate within the contemporary United States. Other topics of study include: Colonial America, the American Revolution, Westward Expansion, the Civil War, Reconstruction, Industrialization, Foreign Policy Analysis, World War I, the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, Post-War Consumerism, the Civil Rights Movement, and movements of other social groups.
Economics (1 Term)
This course focuses on providing students with realistic education on economics in the future. From providing students with the vocabulary to understand investment opportunities to learning lessons in best practices for personal finance, this class will provide students with learning how to use money as they attend college and join the workforce. Topics of study include: the stock market, personal finances, Gross Domestic Product, Gross National Product, trading, tariffs, mortgages, loans, taxes, 401K, pensions, insurance, and many others.