This course enables students to function more effectively in our economy as participating citizens, productive workers, and informed consumers. Through simulation activities, group and individual projects, as well as lecture and discussion, students learn economic reasoning skills and decision making. Studied in a historic context are the basic economic principles of micro and macroeconomics, international economics, comparative economic systems, measurement, and methods.

 

Students in grade twelve pursue a deeper understanding of the institutions of American government. They compare systems of government in the world today and analyze the history and changing interpretations of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the current state of the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches of government.

 

U.S. History focuses on our nation’s beginnings and the impact of the Enlightenment on U.S. democratic ideals. Students will learn about the major turning points in American history throughout the latter half of the 19th century and 20th century. Students will examine the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural developments throughout this time period up to the present day. They consider the major social problems of our time and trace their causes in historical events. Students understand that our rights under the U.S. Constitution are a precious inheritance that depends on an educated citizenry for their preservation and protection.

 

Students in grade 10 study major turning points that shaped the modern world from the late eighteenth century through the present, including the cause and course of the two world wars. They trace the rise of democratic ideas and develop an understanding of the historical roots of current world issues, especially as they pertain to international relations. They extrapolate from the American experience that democratic ideals are often achieved at a high price, remain vulnerable, and are not practiced everywhere in the world. Students develop an understanding of current world issues and relate them to their historical, geographic, political, economic, and cultural contexts. Students consider multiple accounts of events in order to understand international relations from a variety of perspectives.