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World Geography Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Investigates regions of the world and how these regions influence the historical, economical, political, and cultural development in an interdependent world. Includes geographic concepts, physical phenomena, and the relationship of people to their environment. Includes environmental issues and decision-making skills. Covers regions, location (position on earth’s surface), place (physical and human characteristics), relationships within places and movement (human interaction on the earth).
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Honors World Geography Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Uses National Geographical themes of place (physical and cultural characteristics) location (relative and absolute), regions, human-environment interaction, movement (goals, ideas, and people). Analyze the United States as a globally interdependent melting pot of the world. Outside sources are used to compare different regions, climate, economics, government, and cultural landscapes.
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EconomicsUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Focuses on the systems; covers fundamental economic concepts, comparative economic systems, microeconomics, macroeconomics, and international economic interdependence. Stresses the ability to analyze critically and apply to the decision-making process as well as personal finance decisions.
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Advanced Placement Microeconomics Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Conforms to College Board topics for the Advanced Placement Microeconomics Examination. Covers basic economic concepts, the nature and functions of product markets, factor markets and efficiency, equity and the role of government.
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World History Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Emphasizes the political, cultural, economic and social development, and growth of civilizations. Analyzes the development of change beginning with ancient civilizations, the emergence of nations through trade/communications, intellectual development, scientific develop-ment, emergence of nation’s states, nations in conflict and the emerging interdependence of nations in the twentieth century.
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Advanced Placement World History Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Conforms to College Board topics for the Advanced Placement World History examination. Covers intellectual and cultural history, political and diplomatic history and social and economical history.
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United States History Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Investigates the United States, its people, institutions, and heritage. Covers discovery and settlement, colonial society, the American Revolution, Constitution and the New Republic, Age of Jefferson, Nationalism, Sectionalism, Territorial Expansion, Civil War, Reconstruction, Industrialization, Progressive Era, World War I, Depression, New Deal, World War II, The Cold War, through Modern Times.
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Advanced Placement United States History Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Conforms to College Board topics for the Advanced Placement United States American History examination. Covers discovery and settlement, colonial society, the American Revolution, Constitution and the New Republic, Age of Jefferson, Nationalism, sectionalism, territorial expansion, Civil War, Reconstruction, Industrialization, Progressive Era, World War I, Depression, New Deal and World War II through the present.
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Current Issues Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Analyzes current issues, influences that are related to these issues, and examines how decisions are made concerning these issues.
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American GovernmentUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
An in-depth study of the American political system. This course focuses on the foundation, principles, and structure of the American system of government. Examines the role of political parties, social factors as they relate to the role of the citizen, and analyzes the decision-making process that is a part of the system of American political behavior. Covers federalism, separation of powers, influences on the formulation and adoption of the Constitution, political beliefs, political parties and elections, interest groups, institutions and policy processes and civil liberties and civil rights.
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Advance Placement American Government Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Conforms to College Board topics for Advanced Placement American Government. Covers the Presidency, Congress, Judicial branches of government as well as the federal bureaucracy. Covers the fundamental principles of the Constitution and amendments as they have been interpreted over time, (federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, civil rights and liberties). Analyzes the changes in political beliefs and parties, over time the role of the media, and changes in the formation of policy.
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Advanced Placement PsychologyUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Conforms to College Board topics for the Advanced Placement Introductory Psychology Examination. Coveres methods, approaches and history of psychology as a science, biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning cognition, motivation and emotion and more.
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Advanced Placement Human Geography Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Conforms to College Board topics for the Advanced Placement Human Geography. Investigates populations of the world and how these populations influence the historical, economical, political and cultural perspectives of their region.
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Advanced Placement MacroeconomicsUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Conforms to the College Board topic for Advanced Placement Macroeconomics. Studies such topics as global, national, and regional economics and the multiple influencers that contribute to a place's economy.
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AnthropologyUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Studies the origins of humanity as well as the the physical and cultural origins of humanity, the biological characteristics, social customs, and beliefs of humankind.
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