APEUHI
Advanced Placement
European History
1 credit year long
Elective
This energetic, hands-on course will enable students to earn college credit, if desired, and to use upperlevel thinking to explore some of the most fascinating aspects of European History. This AP European
History class uses art, music, creative projects, and writing to explore essential topics of European
history. The class covers content from the Middle Ages to the present by studying the politics,
economics, religion, social history, intellectuals, and artists of Europe. In addition, all students serious
about taking the class must do required summer reading. Students will be expected to participate fully
in class, read independently, and use initiative and creativity to complete course work.
Prerequisites: Civics, Data Percentiles, and Placement Assessment
GOV
Government
½ credit semester
Required of Class of 2015 & 2016
Government is a semester course required at the junior level. The course is designed to deal with the
concepts related to the structure and function of the American system.
Government begins by focusing on why we need government. The U.S. Constitution is studied in
depth; from its development to understanding it's content. Expansion into the various levels, Federal,
State, and Local and the separation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches at each level are
explored. Political parties, the election process, and citizenship are also examined. Current events are
incorporated into each area as they unfold in our ever-changing world.
APUS
Advanced Placement United
States History
1 credit year long
Elective
The AP program in United States History is designed to provide students with the analytical skills and
enduring understandings necessary to deal critically with the problems and materials in United States
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 United States History course should thus develop the skills necessary to arrive at
conclusions on the basis of an informed judgment and to present reasons and evidence clearly and
persuasively in an essay format.
Prerequisites: Civics, Data Percentiles, and Placement Assessment
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