2016-2017 Course Schedule
"A" Day "B" Day
A1-IB HL2 B1- Prep
A2- AP US History B2- IB HL2
Study Hall Study Hall
Lunch Lunch
A3- Media Center Duty B3- US I CP
A4- Media Center Duty B4- AP US History
"A" Day "B" Day
A1-IB HL2 B1- Prep
A2- AP US History B2- IB HL2
Study Hall Study Hall
Lunch Lunch
A3- Media Center Duty B3- US I CP
A4- Media Center Duty B4- AP US History
IB Course Description
IB History of the Americas is a higher level International Baccalaureate course spanning two years. Topics incude: Rights and Protest, Causes and Effects of 20th Century Wars, the Cold War in the Americas, Political Developments in the United States and Canada (1945-1982), the Americas (1980-2005). Along with the United States, students will study the history of Latin America and Canada.
The course is composed of 1 Prescribed Subject, 2 wentieth Century Topics and 3 Americas options. An emphasis is placed on the analyis of primary sources and acquiring and utilizing the skills of an historian. The course is a rigorous one that requires the student to be an independent thinker and learner. Reading and writing are an integral part of the course. The IB history assessments take place in May of the senior year.
The course is composed of 1 Prescribed Subject, 2 wentieth Century Topics and 3 Americas options. An emphasis is placed on the analyis of primary sources and acquiring and utilizing the skills of an historian. The course is a rigorous one that requires the student to be an independent thinker and learner. Reading and writing are an integral part of the course. The IB history assessments take place in May of the senior year.
AP US History Course Description
- AP United States History Course Overview AP United States History focuses on developing students’ abilities to think conceptually about U.S. history from approximately 1491 to the present and apply historical thinking skills as they learn about the past. Seven themes of equal importance — identity; peopling; politics and power; work, exchange, and technology; America in the world; environment and geography; and ideas, beliefs, and culture — provide areas of historical inquiry for investigation throughout the course. These require students to reason historically about continuity and change over time and make comparisons among various historical developments in different times and places.