Grade 10-12. One semester. Prerequisite is prior completion of a Social Studies course.
This course is designed to deal with the various aspects of warfare throughout human history. Topics include the nature of war, concepts of tactics and strategy, technology and methods of warfare, great military leaders, crucial battles and their effect on history, and present and future trends in warfare.
Grade 10-12. Year-long. Weighted grade. Prerequisite is prior completion of a Social Studies course.
The purpose of this full-year elective is to give students an opportunity to explore in-depth themes of modern European history from the High Renaissance to the recent past. Students who are particularly interested in a more in-depth approach, developing an understanding of the importance of analyzing historical documents, and expressing this understanding in writing would benefit from this course. If students plan to take both AP European and AP US History, it is recommended they take AP European first as a sophomore. Students who successfully complete this course and the AP European History examination may receive college credit and/or higher placement in college.
Grade 11-12. Year-long. Weighted grade. Prerequisite is an American History course.
This introductory college-level course provides students with conceptual tools necessary to develop an understanding of the world’s diverse political structure and practices. With a focus on American government and politics during the first semester and comparative governmental systems during the second semester, the course encompasses the study of specific countries, their governments, and their political climates. This course satisfies federal, state mandates, including Civics Education and district graduation requirements. Students who successfully complete this course will be able to take both the AP U.S. Government and AP Comparative Government exams and may receive college credit and/or higher placement in college.
Grade 11-12. Year-long. Weighted grade.
A Freshman Social Studies Course
This course in American history is designed to provide students with the analytic skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with the issues and materials in this full-year college level American history course. This course satisfies the American History graduation requirement. Students who successfully complete this course and the AP United States History examination may receive college credit and/or higher placement in college.
Grade 10-12 Year-long. Prerequisite is prior completion of a Freshman Social Studies Course
This online eLo course is a comprehensive study focusing on major themes and concepts essential to understanding American economic, political, and social institutions. Learning emphasizes analytical writing, interpreting historical documents, developing both written and oral communication skills, understanding cause and effect relationships, discovering the significance of people, places, and events impacting U.S. history, and applying historical principles in today’s world. This course satisfies the American History graduation requirement.
Grade 10-12 Year-long. Prerequisite is prior completion of a Freshman Social Studies Course
This is the study of American History and the evolution of American ideals. Learning emphasizes analytical reading, writing, speaking and listening through the interpretation of historical documents, music and art. Additional focus is placed on understanding cause and effect relationships, discovering the significance of people, places and events impacting US history, and applying historical principles in today’s world. This course satisfies the American History graduation requirement.
Grade 9-12 Year-long, Weighted grade.
The purpose of the AP Human Geography course is to introduce students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth’s surface. In this online eLo course, Students learn to employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine human socioeconomic organization and its environmental consequences. Students also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their research and applications. This course is designed to represent an introductory one-semester human geography college course. Students who successfully complete this course and the AP Human Geography examination may receive college credit and/or higher placement in college.
Grade 9-12. Year-long. Weighted grade.
This year-long college level course focuses on the impact human populations have on the planet. Units of study include the cultural patterns of religion, ethnicity, and gender; the population patterns of migration, growth, and settlement; and the historical global patterns of economic development, agriculture, and urbanization. Students will develop the ability to think geographically and apply the skills and tools of a geographer to analyze the world. Field studies to local areas are used as learning opportunities. This course is designed to represent an introductory one-semester human geography college course. This course satisfies the freshman Social Studies graduation requirement. Students who successfully complete this course and the AP Human Geography examination may receive college credit and/or higher placement in college.
Grade 10-12. Year-long. Weighted grade.
Covering from 8000 BC to the present, this full-year college level history course requires students to master factual knowledge as well as develop analytical skills necessary to be an historian. Specific themes are used as a framework to analyze regions around the globe including Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Throughout the year, students will use documents and primary sources, make comparisons across cultures, and develop the vital habits of mind required to be successful in Advanced Placement courses. This course imposes a heavy reading and writing workload, and the demands on students are equivalent to a full-year introductory college course. Students who successfully complete this course and the AP World History examination may receive college credit and/or higher placement in college.
Grade 11-12 Prerequisites Honors Physics and AP Calculus (concurrently). Weighted grade.
This calculus-based college style Physics course is structured to provide a strong preparation in Physics for those intending to major in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy or Medicine. Students who successfully complete the course and AP examination may receive college credit and/or a higher placement in college. This course prepares students to take both the AP Physics C: Mechanics and the AP Physics: Electricity and Magnetism exams.