Download Global History and Geography 9 and 10

Global History and Geography 9 and 10 - The global history and geography core curriculum
is designed to focus on the five social studies standards, common themes that recur across time
and place, and eight historical units.This course is divided between grades 9 and 10 with a
Comprehensive Regents Examination covering both years in the curriculum.
Global 9 Honors - Global 9 Honors is rooted in the Regents Global 9 curriculum and will
address the same themes, standards, and units as the Regents course. Additionally, Global 9
Honors will introduce skills, concepts, and methods to prepare students for success in future AP
courses. Students taking Global 9 Honors should be prepared for additional reading and writing
assignments as well as a higher expected level of performance.
AP World History - The purpose of the AP World History course is to develop greater
understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts, in interaction with different
types of human societies.This understanding is advanced through a combination of selective
factual knowledge and appropriated analytical skills.The course highlights the nature of changes
in international frameworks and their causes and consequences as well as comparisons among
major societies.
United States History and Government - One major goal of the State social studies
curriculum, K-11, calls for students to learn about the structure and function of governments and
to learn how to take on their roles as citizens.Students should understand those basic principles
and the cultural heritage that support our democracy so that they can become informed,
committed participants in our democracy.This core curriculum focuses on how individuals and
groups throughout history have challenged and influenced public policy and constitutional
change.These examples and this course of study should help students understand how ordinary
citizens and groups of people interacted with lawmakers and policy makers and made a
difference.This course will end with a Regents Examination.
AP United States History - The AP program is designed to provide students with the analytic
skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with the problems and materials in US
history.The program prepares students for intermediate and advanced college courses by making
demands upon them equivalent to those made by full-year introductory college courses.Students
should learn to assess historical materials-their relevance to a given interpretive problem, their
reliability, and their importance-and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in
historical scholarship.An AP US history course thus develops the skills necessary to arrive at
conclusions on the basis of an informed judgment and to present reasons and evidence clearly
and persuasively in essay format.
Participation in Government - *MVCC Dual Credit Course PS101
This course introduces the discipline of political science through the study of American
government. Topics include the concept of the Constitution, Federalism, and the role of the
Supreme Court in civil rights. It stresses these aspects of the American political system, public
opinion, voting behavior. American government, and political science, has a significant effect on your
daily life on even the smallest scale. While taking this course, you are expected to keep abreast of
current events as they apply to the topics we cover and be able to apply your knowledge of these
news events to class discussions and writing. I highly recommend reading the New York Times
(online or in print) to get a good idea of current national issues. Emphasis in this course will be
placed on understanding the actors, conflicts, and processes in the American government system
and your ability to analyze and evaluate divergent theories and perspectives on what government
should be. Major Topics include the historical development of the Constitution and Federalism, the
American political economy, political culture, and mass media, voting, campaigns, political parties and
interest groups, legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the government, and civil rights,
social, economic, and foreign policy.
Economics and Economic Decision Making - The study of economics in grade 12 should
provide students with the economic knowledge and skills that enable them to function as
informed and economically literate citizens in our society and in the world.The course is
designed to be used with all students, emphasizes rational decision making, and encourages
students to become wiser consumers as well as better citizens.
AP United States Government & Politics - AP US Government & Politics is taught as a fullyear, college-level course. The course will exoplore the political theory and everyday practices
that direct the daily operation of the government and shape the public policies of the United
States. While the May exam and college credit are significant goals, the ultimate goal of the
course is to help students become more informed citizens who can critically examine the
American political system on both philosophical and practical levels. In addition, twenty hours
of community service are also required.