2014-2015 SOCIAL STUDIES COURSE

OFFERINGS

11TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES

COURSES

11th Grade Courses• U.S. HISTORY

• 631 - U.S. HISTORY (SKILLS-LEVEL)

• 632 – U.S. HISTORY OR AMERICAN STUDIES

• 635 – U.S. HISTORY (ADVANCED TOPICS)

American Studies

• Team-taught classes• Strong sense of community• Coordinated lessons, assignments, & assessments – 1

research paper• Use of art, music, film, etc. to enhance English and US

history curricula• Washington, D.C. Trip

SOCIAL STUDIES ELECTIVE COURSE

OFFERINGS

One Semester Social Studies Elective Courses

• -Psychology

• The Great Divide: Race and Ethnicity in America

• Sexual Politics

• Criminal Justice

• The Waking Mind: An Introduction to Modern Philosophical Thought

*************• AT Psychology [Full Year] (students must sit for AT qualifying assessment)

12TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES

COURSES

12th Grade Social Studies Course • Food for Thought: The Politics, Economics and Culture of Food

• Peace-ing it Together: Global Citizenship in the 21st Century

• The City 2.0: Redesigning the Urban Life in Real Time

(NEW OFFERING THIS YEAR!!!!)

• Living in America

• What to Eat: Nutrition and Food Policy

WHAT TO EAT (( NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE )))

Can the government tell me what to eat?

Is organic food better for me?

Should I drink Gatorade or water?

Should I eat meat?

Why is hunger AND obesity so common in America?

What To Eat

• Learn how food policies affect your personal choices through:

• Practical applications of food science• Hands-on real-world problem solving• Film, Field Trips, Music, Media, Discussion,

Debate, and, yes, food.

Learn how to influence the choices government makes on your behalf.

What To Eat• Satisfies state requirement in gov’t and economics• Adds college-attractive credits in interdisciplinary work on

real-world issues• Combines Public Policy and Nutrition

Global Citizenship: Peace-ing it all together

In Peace-ing it Together, we explore what it means to be a global citizen.

Through personal non-fiction accounts, research and discussion students learn about how public policy and personal decisions impact others

in the world around you.

Global Citizenship

Have you thought about these questions ? **You will in Peacing-it-Together***

• How much waste do you create in a day?

• How would your life change if you have to walk eight miles to collect water?

• How do the choices you make to buy a t-shirt or a cup of coffee impact people in the developing world?

• What does it mean to live on a dollar-a-day?• Click on this link to watch a fascinating video

• http://www.yhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCT5HsUi7VE#t=37

Global Citizenship

12th Grade Advanced Topics Course • AT U.S. Constitutional Law (NEW COURSE)

• AT U.S. Government

• AT Comparative Government

• AT Macroeconomics

• AT Western Political, Economic and Cultural Traditions

• AT Psychology –(elective course – does not fulfill social studies

requirement)

One Semester Social Studies Elective Courses

• -Psychology

• The Great Divide: Race and Ethnicity in America

• Sexual Politics

• Criminal Justice

• The Waking Mind: An Introduction to Modern Philosophical Thought

*************• AT Psychology [Full Year] (students must sit for AT qualifying assessment)