This 18 week course is a required course that all sophomores not taking AP Europe need to pass for graduation. The Academic course is a 1 credit course. The Honors course is a one-credit weighted (1.25) honors level Social Studies course.The course is designed to allow students with a variety of strengths and skills an opportunity for real success. The course features a multi pronged approach to learning the material, which is designed to touch upon many different learning styles and abilities. The subject matter of the course takes the student on a journey beginning with the Enlightenment up through the modern day.
The Units of Study include:
I. Seeds of Change- the emergence of the first Global Age
II. Enlightenment and Revolution (1700-1850)
III. Industrialism and Imperialism: A new age (1800-1914)
IV. World War I: Cause and Effect (World Wars and Revolutions (1914-1955)
V. Interwar Years: The Road to War- Nationalism and Revolution (1919-1939)
VI. World War II and its Aftermath
VII. The World Since 1945