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Course Descriptions - Social Sciences
Three specific Social Studies courses are required for graduation. Courses and units are developed around Vermont’s Framework of Standards for History and Social Science. These courses are offered in four levels: Advanced Placement, Honors, Academic and Applied. Electives are offered for students in grades 11 and 12 who have completed SS1, SS2 and SS3.
SOCIAL STUDIES 1 WORLD HISTORY, 1000 BCE – 1500 CE
This survey course is a study of human change and continuity over time. The course examines classical and traditional civilizations around the world. These include Greece and Rome, China and other regions. Students will learn the internal dynamics and relationships between and across cultural areas from classical times to the beginning of the first global age. In this manner, students explore traditions that continue to influence the world.
SOCIAL STUDIES 2: WORLD AND U.S. HISTORY, 1500 CE to 1900
This second-year required course focuses on themes of revolution and imperialism to investigate the formation of the modern world. It begins with the emergence of the first global age with transoceanic exchanges, the Age of Enlightenment and political revolutions in the Americas and Europe. It continues with examination of agricultural and industrial revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries, including the U.S. Civil War, the age of western imperialism in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, and shifting relationships culminating in World War I.
SOCIAL STUDIES 3: UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD, 1900 to PRESENT
This third year of required Social Studies emphasizes political, economic, social and cultural systems of the United States and related global developments and interrelationships. Study of twentieth century American and world history will examine the emergence of the U.S. as a global power and its connection with such global issues as human rights, nationalism, trade, and the environment. Topics of study include World War I, the Great Depression, the Cold War, social revolutions, and globalization. The textbook will be supplemented by other sources, both primary and secondary. Emphasis is placed on the written and oral expression of ideas through informational papers, book reviews, seminars, simulations, debates, and video presentations.
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