Geography A introduces the student to physical and human geography and the skills and methods of the geographer. Students receive a systematic study of patterns, geographic skills, concepts, and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth’s surface. Students employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine human social organization and its environmental consequences. Regions of study include North, Central, and South America as well as the Caribbean.

Geography Bstudies the Eastern Hemisphere and continues to introduce students to physical and human geography and the skills and methods of the geographer. Specific area studies introduce students to different geo-cultural areas and provide case-study opportunities for students to apply geography skills and concepts."

World History A is an in-depth study of our global community's past, emphasizing the people and events that changed past societies, and how these changes affect our modern society. The course is separated into lessons comprising the following topic areas: Early civilizations such as Ancient Greece and Rome, the rise of Christianity and civilizations of the Americas, societies of the Middle Ages such as the Byzantine Empire, Russia and Eastern Europe, the Renaissance and Reformation, the start of the Global Age in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas, the Age of Absolutism, the regional civilizations of Islam, Africa, and the spread of civilization in East and Southeast Asia. Other topic areas include the French Revolution and Napoleon, the beginning of the Industrial Revolution and the Revolutions of Europe and Latin America, Nationalism in Europe, the growth of Western Democracies, and New Imperialism.

World History B is an in-depth study of our global community’s past, emphasizing the people and events that changed past societies, and how these changes affect our modern society. The course is separated into lessons comprising the following topic areas: World War I and the Russian Revolution, the rise of totalitarianism, World War II and its aftermath, the world since 1945 including the Cold War, the emergence of new nations, regional conflicts, the developing world and the world today.

United States History Part A - The United States history courses explore events, movements and ideas from 1877 to the present. Each concept standard is outlined with a specific time period to limit the scope and sequence of the topics covered through that standard. Beginning with analyzing the causes and consequences of the Industrialization of America, students explore reasons for and responses to the move from rural to urban spaces and to the open West. As students study the United States’ transition to a manufacturing economy and the movement of people, they are exposed to the conflicts and compromises within a diverse social and ethnic population that begin in 1890, through its role as a nation on the global stage in World War I. Beginning with the Great Depression of 1929, students further analyze the role of economic and political influences on what it means 140 to be an American domestically and in World War II.

United States History Part B - The United States history courses explore events, movements and ideas from 1877 to the present. Each concept standard is outlined with a specific time period to limit the scope and sequence of the topics covered through that standard.Further conflicting ideologies, starting in 1945, challenge students to investigate competing viewpoints as demographics shift in America. As students continue their analysis of the collapse of the Cold War Order and Modern Challenges, students are encouraged to focus on the roles played by the United States in the modern world and their own place as a citizen within that context. By developing inquiry skills in history, students apply their conceptual knowledge through questioning, investigating, using evidence and communicating conclusions so they are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to be engaged citizens.

In this economics course, high school students study how people, businesses, and governments choose to use resources. The six social studies standards of essential content knowledge and the four process skills for instructional purposes are integrated.

Civics A is the study of the American political process including the foundations of American government. Topic areas included within this is an examination of what public policy is and who participates in the making of policy. It therefore involves a study of the Constitution, including grants of power and limitations on those powers within a federal system of government. Students will also examine the meaning of civil rights and civil liberties in relation to the policy-making process. There is also an examination and analysis of the roles of the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court within the constitutional framework of a federal system of government and the concept of separation of powers and checks and balances.

Civics B is the study of the American political process including the politics surrounding American government. It includes the relationship between our national government and the governments of the 50 states. Topic areas include: political parties, elections, interest groups, public opinion, the media and public policy. There are also units on the structure of state and local governments as well as other political and economic systems.

Civil Rights in America will focus on the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s. This course will examine the origins of the movement, the grass roots organization that leads to the Supreme Court, as well as figures and groups that promoted equality for all people. While the focus of the course is on African Americans, the fight of other groups such as Women, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, the Disabled, and LBGTQ will be included. The events of the Civil Rights Movement had an enormous impact on American society, so we will also look at what has and has not changed, and how the movement is connected to the Black Lives Matter movement of America today.

Beginning Spanish (level 1) is an introduction to the language and cultures of the Spanish world. The course emphasizes the student's initial development of the interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication as well as an understanding of other people's world views, their way of life, and their patterns of behavior.

Beginning Spanish (level 1) is an introduction to the language and cultures of the Spanish world. The course emphasizes the student's initial development of the interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication as well as an understanding of other people's world views, their way of life, and their patterns of behavior.