SOCIAL STUDIES Required social students courses are as follows: Geography and History of the World or World History, US History, Government, and Economics WORLD HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION: Grades 9-12; two semesters, two credits EL 1 Human Development and Civilization (August) Understand the progression from prehistoric hunter-gatherer communities to civilizations based upon systematic agriculture. EL 2 Ancient Greece and the origins of Western Civilization (September) Examine the development of Greek civilization including differing political and social structures as well as conflicts such as the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. EL 3 Rome and Byzantine Empire (September and October) Understand the continuation of the development of Western Civilization as the Romans build upon the foundations established by the Greeks, as well as primary reasons for both the expansion and decline of the Roman Empire. EL 4 Developments and Beliefs of World Religions (August through October) Explore the origins, central beliefs, growth & development, and impact upon history of major world religions, including: the polytheistic religions of the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans; Buddhism; Hinduism; Confucianism; Judaism; Christianity; and Islam. EL 5 Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Events of Exploration (November) Understand the major cultures and civilizations of Africa, Asia, and the Americas prior to colonization, as well as the causes and consequences of European exploration. EL 6 Scientific Revolution, Protestant Reformation, Renaissance, and Enlightenment (December and January and February) Explore the dramatic academic, societal, religious, and cultural changes that occur during this era of transformation. EL 7 French Revolution and Napoleon (January) Explain the causes and major events of the French Revolution and its consequences for the growth of liberty, equality, democracy, and nationalism, including the rise, rule, fall, and legacy of Napoleon. EL 8 Industrial Revolution (January) Understand the progression of social and technological changes from agriculture-based societies through the 1 st and 2 nd Industrial Revolutions. EL 9 Imperialism & the 19 th Century (February) Identify the global impact of industrialization, both as it leads to societal changes and uneven distribution of natural resources in global markets.
EL 10 World War 1 and the Interwar Years (March) Identify the primary causes, major events, and consequences of the first World War, as well as the social, political, and economic environment in the 1920s and 1930s. EL 11 World War 2 and the Holocaust (April) Identify the causes, major events, and global consequences of the second World War, to include the Holocaust and other atrocities. EL 12 Cold War and Modern Conflict (May) Analyze the post-wwii global order dominated by conflict between democratic and communist states, as well as major events from the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union. WORLD HISTORY, ADVANCED PLACEMENT*: Grades 10-12; two semesters, two credits Advanced Placement World History is a course that provides students with the content established by the College Board. Students are expected to take the AP World History exam in May. The course will have a chronological frame from the periods 8000 B.C.E. to the present. AP World History focuses on five overarching themes: (1) interaction between humans and the environment, (2) development and interaction of cultures, (3) state-building, expansion, and conflict, (4) creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems, and (5) development and transformation of social structures. GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF THE WORLD: Grades 9-12; two semesters, two credits Regions of study include: North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, and Africa EL 1 Understanding and Implementing the Basics of Geography EL 2 Location: Students can consistently use absolute and relative location. (Latitude, Longitude, Absolute Location, Relative Location, Physical Maps, Political Maps, Hemispheres) EL 3 Place and Region: Students can do a comparison between regions based on physical, natural, human, and cultural characteristics. EL 4 Movement: Students can identify the ways people, products, information, and ideas move from place to place. EL 5 Environment Interaction : Students can analyze relationships and adaptations that people make based on each other and their environment. (Climate, Weather, Global Warming, Plate Tectonics, Earth Functions) EL 6 Human Interaction: Students can compare basic differences between world governments, economies, and religions.
UNITED STATES HISTORY: Grade 11; two semesters, two credits EL 1 Founding Era (Federalists v. Anti-Federalists, Articles of Confederation, Great Compromise, U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights) EL 2 Civil War & Reconstruction (Differences Between the North & South; Compromise of 1850; Popular Sovereignty; States Rights; Emancipation Proclamation; Significance of Antietam, Vicksburg, and Gettysburg; 13th - 15th Amendments; Reconstruction; Jim Crow Laws) EL 3 Progressive Movement (Common issues and solutions of the Progressive Era; political reforms, women s suffrage, Prohibition, muckrakers EL 4 America Emerges as a World Power (Imperialism) and World War I (Territories Gained from Spanish-American War, Annexation of Hawaii and World War I, WWI Causes and their effects, Reasons for U.S. entry into the War) EL 5 Great Depression Era (Hidden Economic Issues of the 20s, Stock Market Crash, Banking Crisis, Hoover Policies, New Deal relief programs) EL 6 Pre-U.S. Involvement in WWII (WWII Leaders, Totalitarianism; Blitzkrieg, Appeasement, Non-Aggression Pact, Invasion of Poland, Battle of Britain, Atlantic Charter, Cash and Carry, Lend - Lease Act) EL 7 U.S. Involvement in WWII (Pearl Harbor, Homefront, Draft, Propaganda, Japanese Internment Camps, Rationing, Women and Minorities, Holocaust, D-day, Potsdam Conference, Atomic Bombs, Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Midway, United Nations) EL 8 Cold War (Truman Doctrine, Korean War, Marshall Plan, Iron Curtain, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, NATO, Warsaw Pact, Joseph McCarthy, HUAC Hearings, Vietnam War, Detente EL 9 Civil Rights Movement (Brown v Board of Education, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Selma, Birmingham, March on Washington, Jackie Robinson, Little Rock Nine, Freedom Rides, Role of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, SCLC, SNCC) EL 10 Modern Times (Watergate, Iran Hostage Crisis, Fall of Berlin Wall, Persian Gulf War, Clinton Impeachment, Camp David Accords) UNITED STATES HISTORY Dual Credit: Grade 11; two semesters, two credits Prerequisite: Cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher Dual credit is available
Dual Credit United States History class is designed at the college level to incorporate the analytical skills, factual knowledge, and writing abilities necessary to deal effectively with the people, issues, movements, and events in America s past. Students are expected to analyze and interpret primary sources and develop awareness of multiple interpretations of historical issues in secondary sources. Historical events and issues in U.S. history are to be examined from multiple perspectives. First semester covers the early colonial era through 1876. Second semester covers the Civil War / Reconstruction Era thru today. Students can earn a total of six college credits (three per semester). UNITED STATES HISTORY- Advanced Placement: Grade 11, two semesters, two credits This is a course based on the content established by the College Board. Students are expected to take the AP U.S. History exam in May. The course has a chronological frame from 1492 to the present and focuses on multiple causation and change in United States history over time. A variety of historical themes are examined in order to place the history of the United States into larger analytical contexts. Students are expected to analyze and interpret primary sources and develop awareness of multiple interpretations of historical issues in secondary sources. Historical events and issues in U.S. history are to be examined from multiple perspectives.
Comparison of US History course options US History Dual Credit US History AP US History Overview: Survey course which provides an overview of key ideas, people, terms. A college level designed survey course which includes a research component for opportunities for students to do additional research over key topics using primary sources This course is based on the content by the College Board. Students will analyze and interpret primary sources and develop awareness of multiple interpretations of historical issues in secondary issues. Course Historical Time Period: Pre-1776 Present w/ focus on Civil War to Present (Indiana Standards) Pre-1776 to Civil War = 25% of course content Civil War Present = 75% of course content Pre-1776 Present Pre-1776 1900 = 50% of course content 1901 Present = 50% of course content Course focuses on Early European exploration of Americas thru Present Day Early America 1900 = 50% of course content 1901 Present = 50% of course content Honors Weighted: No Yes (Half Weight) Yes (Full Weight) Academic Course: High School Academic Level Freshmen Level College Course Freshmen Level College Course Required Reading Amount: Standard for a high school junior 1 to 2 hours / week 2 to 3 hours / week Required Summer Assignments: No No Yes College Credit: No College Credit Possible College dual credit available; $75 per semester for 3 credit hours. College credit transferable to any Indiana public state University (i.e., IUPUI, Ball State, USI, etc). College credit available by scoring a 3, 4, or 5 on AP Exam (4 or 5 needed for private schools) AP Exam: No No Yes Needed to earn college credit ECONOMICS: Grades 11-12; one semester, one credit
EL 1 Basic Economic Concepts (Economics, Scarcity, Factors of Production, Trade-offs, Opportunity Cost, Production Possibilities Graphs, Law of Increasing Costs) EL 2 Government Involvement in Economic Systems (Economic Systems: Market Economies, Command/Centrally Planned Economies, Mixed Economies, Traditional Economies,Public Goods) EL 3 Interactions of Supply & Demand (Law of Demand, Demand, Demand Curve, Elasticity of Demand, Supply, Law of Supply, Elasticity of Supply, Equilibrium Price & Quantity, Costs of Production, Shortages, Surpluses, Price Ceiling, Price Floor EL 4 Entrepreneurship (Comparing and Contrasting Market Structures, How Competition Affects Businesses, Non-price Competition, Business Organizations, Econ Mall Project EL 5 Basics of Money & Investing (Purposes of Money, Characteristics of Money, Fiat Money, Measuring the Money Supply, Fractional Reserve Banking, Bonds, Stock, Diversification, Risk, Return, Liquidity, Life @ 25 (Taxes, Loans & Budgeting), Types of Taxes, Progressive, Regressive, and Proportional Taxation, National Debt vs. Deficit, General Areas of Spending for the Federal and State Governments) EL 6 Measuring Economic Performance(GDP, Nominal vs. Real GDP, Phases of the Business Cycle, Types of Unemployment, Inflation, CPI, Goals For A Healthy Economy) EL 7 Stabilizing the Economy (Fiscal Policy, Expansionary and Contractionary, Fiscal Policy Tools, Monetary Policy, Monetary Policy Tools, Federal Reserve Bank, Interest Rates) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT: Grade 12; one semester, one credit EL 1 The Founder s view of human nature and its effect on the development of our government. EL 2 The Development and Influence of the Founding Documents (Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights). EL 3 The Division of Power (Federalism, Checks and Balances, Separation of Powers). EL 4 The Role of the Branches of Government EL 5 Key Court Decisions EL 6 The Power and Influence of Interest Groups on political decisions. EL 7 Voting behaviors EL 8 The process of how a bill becomes a law. EL 9 The Electoral College System
EL 10 The difference between a democracy and a republic EL 11 Taxes EL 12 The role of political parties in campaign and elections. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS*, ADVANCED PLACEMENT: Grade 12; two semesters, two credits Recommended prerequisite: completion of US History AP or US History Dual Credit with a B or better This is a course based on content established by the College Board. Students are expected to take the AP Government exam in May. Topics include: (1) constitutional underpinnings of United States government, (2) political beliefs and behaviors, (3) political parties, interest groups, and mass media, (4) institutions of national government, (5) public policy, and (6) civil rights and civil liberties. Elective social studies courses are as follows: SOCIOLOGY: Grades 11-12; one semester, one credit Sociology allows students to study human social behavior from a group perspective. The sociological perspective is a method of studying recurring patterns in people s attitudes and actions and how these patterns vary across time, cultures, and in social settings and groups. Students will describe the development of sociology as a social science and identify methods research. The influence of culture on group behavior is addressed through institutions such as the family, religion, education, economics, government, community organizations, and political and social groups. The impact of social groups and institutions on group and individual behavior and the changing nature of society will be examined. Influences on group behavior and social problems are included in the course. Students will also analyze the role of individuals in the community and social problems in today s world. EL 1 Sociology As a Science EL 2 Culture From a Sociological Perspective EL 3 Social Interactions and Social Class EL 4 Role of Deviance in Society EL 5 Role of Social Institutions on Behavior EL 6 Social Change
EL 7 Race and Ethnic Relations EL 8 Social Issues in the United States PSYCHOLOGY: Grades 11-12; one semester, one credit Psychology is the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. The course is divided into six content areas and uses scientific methods to explore research methods and ethical consideration. Developmental psychology takes a lifespan approach to physical, cognitive, language, emotional, social, and moral development. A cognitive aspect of the course focuses on learning, memory, information processing, and language. Personality, assessment and mental health topics include psychological disorders, treatment, personality, and assessment. Socio-cultural dimensions of behavior deal with topics such as conformity, obedience, perceptions, attitudes, and influence of the group on the individual. The biological basis focuses on the way the brain and nervous system function, including sensation, perception, motivation, and emotion. EL 1 Experimental Research in Psychology EL 2 Nervous and Endocrine Systems EL 3 Learning (Operant and Classical Conditioning, Observational Learning, processes and stages of memory, memory strategies) EL 4 Human Development (Cognitive and moral development, nature v. nurture) EL 5 Social Psychology EL 6 Abnormal Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, ADVANCED PLACEMENT: Grade 12; two semesters, two credits This course is based on content established by the College Board. It is designed to introduce students to the systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes. Topics include: (1) history and approaches, (2) research methods, (3) biological bases of behavior, (4) sensation and perception, (5) states of consciousness, (6) learning, (7) cognition, (8) motivation and emotion, (9) developmental psychology, (10) personality, (11) testing and individual differences, (12) abnormal psychology, (13) treatment of psychological disorders, and (14) social psychology. INDIANA STUDIES: Grades 9-12; one semester, one credit Indiana Studies is an integrated course that compares and contrasts state and national developments in the areas of politics, economics, history, and culture. The course uses Indiana history as a basis for understanding current policies, practices, and state legislative procedures. It also includes the study of state and national constitutions from a historical perspective and as
a current foundation of government. Examination of individual leaders and their roles in a democratic society will be included and student will examine the participation of citizens in the political process. Selections from Indiana arts and literature may also be analyzed for insights into historical events and cultural expressions.