United States History
This course examines the major turning points in American history beginning with the events
leading up to the American Revolution, the origins of our constitution, reform movements,
Manifest Destiny, the Civil War and Reconstruction, the impact of the frontier, the changing
nature of business and government, World War I, and the Great Depression. Contemporary
world issues such as globalization, economic interdependence, terrorism and world cultures will
also factor into our analysis of international conflict and cooperation.
World History
The major emphasis of world history is on the study of significant people, events, and issues
from the earliest times to the present. Students will examine historical points of reference,
evaluate the causes and effects of economic imperialism, the historic origins of contemporary
economic systems, trace the historical development of law, and analyze the impact of major
religious and philosophical traditions. Students will analyze the connections between major
developments in science and technology and the growth of industrial economies. As well as a
semester on world geography that will analyze the relationships between people, places, and
environments. Students use problem-solving and decision-making skills to ask and answer
geographic questions as well as to determine the geographic factors which have influenced past
and present events. A significant portion of the course will center around physical processes,
places, and regions, the environment, the political, economic and social processes that shape
cultural patterns, human systems such as population distribution and urbanization patterns, and
the economic conditions which have led to and reinforced the developed and developing world.
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