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Course Name : Pre-AP World History and Geography Type of Course : Elective Course
Available to : 9th grade
Prerequisites : Social Studies 8 ( 85 %+) OR AC / Advanced Social Studies 8 ( 80 % - 89 %)
Description : This course is designed to prioritize the skills fundamental to the study of history and geography in high school , Advanced Placement ( AP ), and beyond . Students will have multiple opportunities to think and work like historians and geographers as they develop and strengthen these disciplinary reasoning skills throughout their education in history and the social sciences .
Course Name : AP Human Geography Type of Course : Elective Course Available to : 9th - 12th grade
Prerequisites : AC / Advanced Social Studies 8 ( 90 %+)
Description : This course is designed to provide the student with an in-depth understanding of the earth ’ s regions , religions , languages , recent regional histories , governments , economic systems , and physical features . By the end of the semester , students will be able to watch the news on television and understand the issues that define our world and will employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to analyze the methods and tool geographers use in their science and practice . The course will cover demography , resources and human settlement , cultural patterns and processes , political geography , economic geography , and environmental and development issues . The course will involve extensive readings , independent study , and frequent written / document analysis to prepare students for the AP World History Exam . Students earn an additional 1.0 quality point towards their GPA for this course .
Course Name : World History Type of Course : Core Course
Available to : 10th grade
Prerequisites : Social Studies 8 ( 70 % - 84 %), AC / Advanced Social Studies 8 ( 70 % - 89 %), Pre-AP Social Studies ( 70 % - 84 %)
Description : This course is designed to be a survey of people and nations of both Western and non- Western civilizations . This course provides students with a comprehensive , intensive study of major events and themes in world history . Students begin with a study of the earliest civilizations worldwide and continue to examine major developments and themes in all regions of the world . Students can clearly see the relationship between cause and effect in historical events , students should have the opportunity to review those fundamental ideas and events from ancient and classical civilizations . The course culminates in a study of change and continuity and globalization at the beginning of the 21st century .
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