Social Studies Department
SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT
- World History
This is a required course for graduation.
This course offers a chronological history of the world: the emergence of a global age; the Age of Revolutions; the Age of Isms; era of global war; the world from 1500 to present.
- United States History I: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution (10th Grade)
This is a required course for graduation.
This course offers a chronological survey of major events and issues: colonization; American Revolution; development of political system and distinct culture; slavery; reform movements; sectionalism; Civil War; Reconstruction; Alabama's history and geographic changes that have influenced aspects of life during and after events.
- United States History II: The Industrial Revolution to the Present (11th Grade)
This is a required course for graduation.
This course offers a chronological survey of major events and issues: industrialization, Progressivism; foreign policy; World War I; the Great Depression; World War II; post-war United States; contemporary United States; Alabama's history and geographic changes that have influenced aspects of life during and after events.
- United States Government (One Semester Course)
This is a required course for graduation.
This course teaches students origins, functions, and branches of the U.S. government; representative democracy; federalism; political/civic life; analysis of Constitution, Bill of Rights, and other relevant documents; foreign policy.
- Economics (One Semester Course)
This is a required course for graduation
The course teaches the basic elements of economics; comparative economic systems and economic theories; role of the consumer; business and labor issues; functions of government; structure of U.S. banking system; role of Federal Reserve Bank.