History courses typically follow the pattern below. However, in some cases, your student’s counselor may assign an alternative history course that will meet your needs and the graduation requirements.
^This is a 0.5 credit course.
+Course will not meet history graduation requirements.
*Students can request this course as an alternative to World History.
+Course will not meet history graduation requirements.
*Students can request this course as an alternative to U.S. History.
**Students can request this course as an alternative to World History.
1 credit - available as an Honor course
Typically taken in 9th grade
The perfect map for learning about world geography, this course sends students off on a journey of discovery. Through the use of interactive lessons and geographic tools like maps, graphs, and charts, students will travel to every continent to learn about the land and its people.
Traveling the globe has never been more interactive. World Geography will take students across the U.S. and to the very ends of the earth to learn about the physical geography of each region, its culture and society, and its economics and politics. By looking at the history and implications for the future, students will develop their critical thinking and problem solving skill while getting a comprehensive view of the world in which they live.
1 credit - available as an Honor course
Typically taken in 10th grade
This interactive world history course explores history from ancient agricultural societies to today's global community. World history covers a broad spectrum of topics that explore the politics, religions, wars, economics, technology, and institutions that shaped the past into the future.
Students in this technology-rich history course will gain a broad perspective on how human society has been affected by and will continue to be influenced by the past as they make their way through time. Lessons examine a diverse mix of topics including the origin of man and ancient civilizations, the Roman Empire, the rise of Christianity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Mongols, the Revolutionary era, the Industrial Age, and the tumultuous era of the two World Wars.
1 credit – available as an Honor course
Typically taken in Grade 11
Help your students develop a deep sense of pride and understanding as they follow the history of America from settlement through the battle for independence, and from industrialization through its impact on the world today as a global power.
Your students will follow in the footsteps of America's earliest explorers as they go back in time to discover the roots of this nation, chronicle its development, and examine the events that marked turning points in its becoming a global power. Lessons include instruction on the foundation of the Republic, its relationship with England, the Continental Congress, the slave trade, regional lifestyles across the country, the Depression of the thirties, industrialization, the Vietnam conflict, and America today.
0.5 Credit
Typically taken in Grade 12
Prepare your students for life after high school with this comprehensive course that helps them understand their government, governments around the world, and the interaction between politics and the international community.
Give your students the understanding they will need to become citizens with this comprehensive and practical government course. Lessons include an overview of the American government and other governments around the world, the background of the American Party system, and a brief history of types of previous governments the world has seen. Students will be encouraged to think critically about the world in which they live including politics both nationally and internationally.