Students in World History 9 will examine the origins of beliefs systems such as: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Students will also study world history by investigating the theme of Global Expansion and Encounter (Approximately 1400-1750). Studies will use a variety of social studies skills including: examining data and facts and drawing conclusions from the data, separating fact from opinion, explaining ideas, writing essays, comparing and contrasting, recognizing cause and effect, and working collaboratively.

Students in World History 10 will examine world history, geography, and concepts in economics from 1750 to the present. Content in the course includes topics such as: The Age of Revolution, the Causes and Consequences of International Conflicts, Challenges to Human Rights, and the Emergence of New Nations . Studies will use a variety of social studies skills including: examining data and facts and drawing conclusions from the data, separating fact from opinion, explaining ideas, writing essays, comparing and contrasting, recognizing cause and effect, and working collaboratively.

U.S. History will explore the ideas of industrialism and the emergence of the U.S. as a world power (1877-1919); reform, prosperity, and depression (1918-1938); World War II, the Cold War, international relations, and the rise of globalization (1939-Present); and post WWII domestic, political, social, and economic issues (1945-Present). Students will study causes of conflict, analyze primary source documents such as The Constitution and Bill of Rights .

This two semester (1.0 cr) course will cover Civics (Government); Economics; and Contemporary World Problems. Specifically the course will focus on the structure of the US, state, and local government, our legal system, the workings of representative democracy and the role of the American citizen; the study of how people and governments choose to utilize scarce resources and will cover key concepts such as scarcity, opportunity cost, supply, demand and markets; and finally study problems facing the world today by learning about resources, international disputes, world trade, cultural conflict, overpopulation and nationalism.

Learning will be demonstrated through written assignments/essays, oral presentations, individual projects, quizzes/tests, journals, simulations, and debates. In addition students may be designing their own Web page.

Intro to philosophical thought and issues and writings of the great philosophers; the nature of philosophy, knowledge, values, and reality. From the ancient (Plato, Buddhism, and the Bible) to the present (Ishmael, The Matrix, and Calvin and Hobbes) we'll explore the meaning of life, the universe, and everything.

You will demonstrate your learning by demonstrating your ability to develop questions, participating in and leading class discussions, responding in journals and online to the philosophers and other people in the class, and making connections between your ideas and those of others in a self selected project and paper.