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Global Studies 9 (1 credit)
This is a survey course involving the
history of early civilizations as they
arise in Africa, the Middle East, South
Asia, world from their ancient
beginnings to the present along with
their interactions with Imperialistic
Europe. A Regents-style final exam is
required at the end of the semester.
Global Studies 10 (1 credit)
This is a survey course involving the
study of Western Civilizations, the
Middle East, the Islamic Civilization,
and the social, political, and economic
revolutions spawned by the
Enlightenment. The Regents exam in Global
History and Geography is the required
final exam.
Prerequisites:
Global Nine.
UNITED STATES HISTORY (1 credit)
This course is designed to give the
student a comprehensive overview of US
History in preparation for the NYS
Regents exam. Students will use a
variety of skills to demonstrate their
understanding of major ideas, themes,
eras, and turning points that made up
the political, social, and economic
development of the US. NYS Regents is
the final exam at the end of the course.
Economics (.5 credit)
This course will provide the student
with a basic background in the
principles of Economics.
Students
will demonstrate an understanding of the
roles of the consumer, the business
sector,
and global economic
interdependence of the world's nations.
Economics is a study of how people move
and think in the ordinary business of
life.
GOVERNMENT
This course will provide the student
with a background in the basis structure
of our government and its purpose.
Development of a working knowledge of
the Constitution will provide the
student with a basic understanding of
the function of the branches of
government. Government addresses some of
the basic issues in life – the purity of
the food we eat, personal safety,
education and the right to voice an
opinion.
AP/CAP UNITED STATES HISTORY (1 credit;
3 college credits)
AP/CAP U.S. History is a course meant to
be the equivalent of an introductory
college course that will enable the
student to earn college credit. This
course is a two-semester survey of
American history from the migration of
humans to North America to the present.
Students are expected to bring to the
class solid reading and study skills
along with a willingness to devote
considerable time to homework and study.
Emphasis is placed on critical and
evaluative thinking skills, essay
writing, interpretation of documents,
and historiography.
Media Analysis (.5 credit)
Mass media up to and including the
advances in modern technology is the
most powerful means of communication in
our society. The understanding of how
the media creates and reflects meaning
in our
society is an essential component of
literacy. Students will study key
aspects of American media. In
studying American mass media students
will come to understand the context in
which it is viewed and
realize that media is a product that is
produced by institutions and consumed by
audiences. It is therefore essential to
understand how powerful institutional
factors create and shape the media.
Students will be able
to collect and analyze data to create
subjective decisions on the information
they have been presented.
Students will also examine an array of
social issues affecting Americans and
how technology has changed the landscape
of our lives.
French Canadian Roots in the Champlain
Valley (.5 credit)
French Canadian Roots in the Champlain
Valley will explore in detail the
reasons and patterns of
migration. The students will follow the
events that led to the Papineau
Rebellion and its impact on
the Champlain Valley in the 1830s and
1840s and how the effects are still felt
in today's society.
AP/CAP World
History (1 Credit : 3 college credits)
AP World History intends to synthesize
the concepts of economics,
politics, anthropology
sociology, and geography into the king
of all disciplines, history. This course
will provide an integrated and
comprehensive interpretation of the
world's past and will provide the
student
with an understanding of change and
continuity in our world of today.
Prerequisites: Global Regents and US
History.
State and Local Government (.5 credit)
An introduction to the nature and the
function of state, county, and municipal
governments in the United States and the
political environment in which they
operate. The constitutional bases and
evolutionary changes of these
governments are studied in the context
of both political behavior and the
processes of governmental
decision-making. Particular emphasis on
New York State government and local
governments within New York.
Public Policy and Administration (.5
credit)
Analytical treatment of types of public
policy and of the models and
theories of the policy making process at
the national level. Particular emphasis
on the implementation and evaluation of
policies by the federal bureaucracy.
Secondary emphasis on the budgetary
process. Several important policy areas
are discussed and analyzed within the
framework of the models and theories.
Germany, 1870 to the Present (.5 credit)
Explores the, development
of the newly created
German Empire, modern German leadership
and the impact of two world wars upon
the Germans and the resulting effects on
international
relations. (Fall/Spring/Summer). Liberal
arts. Prerequisites: Global 9 &
Global 10
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