Grade Level:  12
Course #:  1566
Length:      1 Semester
Credit(s):   One
Diploma:    Counts as an elective for General, Core 40, Academic Honors, Technical Honors

Prerequisite:  None

The purpose of the AP course in Microeconomics is to give students a thorough understanding of the principles of economics that relates to individual decision makers (consumers & producers).  The course will cover basic economic concepts, factor and product markets, market failures and the role of government in the economy.

This course may be taken in place of Economics #1514A or #1514B to satisfy the graduation requirement.

Fulfills a Social Studies requirement for the General Diploma

Fulfills the Economics requirement for the Core 40, Academic Honors, Technical Honors Diploma

Qualifies as a quantitative reasoning course

Grade Level: 12

Course #: 1560

Length:     1 Semester

Credit(s):   One

Diploma:    General, Core 40, Academic Honors, Technical Honors

Prerequisite: None

AP United States Government and Politics is a course based on the content established and copyrighted by the College Board. The course is not intended to be used as a dual credit course. AP U.S. Government and Politics provides a college-level, nonpartisan introduction to key political concepts, ideas, institutions, policies, interactions, roles, and behaviors that characterize the constitutional system and political culture of the United States. Students study U.S. foundational documents, Supreme Court decisions, and other texts and visuals to gain an understanding of the relationships and interactions among political institutions, processes, and behavior. They also engage in disciplinary practices that require them to read and interpret data, make comparisons and applications, and develop evidence-based arguments. In addition, they complete a political science research or applied civics project.

NOTE: Students should be able to read a college level textbook and write grammatically correct sentences.

Fulfills the government requirement for all diplomas

Grade Level: 9-12
Course #:  1512
Length:      1 Semester
Credit(s):   One
Diploma:   Counts as an elective for all diplomas

Prerequisite:    None

This is a one semester course for freshman, sophomore, junior and senior level students.  This course provides opportunities to apply techniques of investigation and inquiry to the study of significant problems or issues.  Students will develop competence in 1) recognizing cause and effect relationships, (2) recognize fallacies in reasoning and propaganda devices, (3) organize knowledge into useful patterns, (4) state and test theories, and (5) generalize based on evidence.  Students will expand their reading comprehension skills by using a weekly news magazine (and other forms of media) in lieu of a textbook.

Grade Level: 12
Course #:  1514A
Length:      1 Semester
Credit(s):   One
Diploma:   General, Core 40, Academic Honors, Technical Honors

Prerequisite:    None

This one semester required course investigates the specific economic effect of market forces and government policies on individuals and the major institutional groups, such as business and labor in the economy.  Special attention is given to economic concepts and principles used by consumers, producers, and voters.

Fulfills a Social Studies requirement for the General Diploma only

Fulfills the Economics requirement for the Core 40, Academic Honors and Technical Honors Diplomas

Grade Level: 10-12
Course #:  1556
Length:      Full Year
Credit(s):   Two
Diploma:   Counts as an Elective for all diplomas;

Prerequisite:    World History Recommended; Students should be able to read a college level textbook and write grammatically correct sentences

European History students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in four historical periods from approximately 1450 to the present. Students develop and use the same skills, practices, and methods employed by historians: analyzing historical evidence; contextualization; comparison; causation; change and continuity over time; and argument development. The course also provides six themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: interaction of Europe and the world; poverty and prosperity; objective knowledge and subjective visions; states and other institutions of power; individual and society; and national and European identity.

Grade Level: 9-12
Course #:  1570
Length:      Full Year
Credit(s):   Two
Diploma:    Counts as a Social Studies requirement for the General diploma.  Counts as an Elective for all diplomas

Prerequisite:    None

Students enrolled in this course will develop and use the six elements of geography to better understand current events and issues facing the world today.  The elements will include the world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, and the uses of geography.  Students will demonstrate an understanding of these elements of geography in a context of world history, primarily from 1450 to present.  Class projects will include gathering and disseminating information on the governments, economies, cultures, activities, and belief systems of various societies.  Students will gather information using a variety of sources.

Fulfills the Geography History of the World / World History and Civilization graduation requirement for the Core 40, Academic Honors and Technical Honors Diplomas

Grade Level: 12
Course #:  1514B
Length:      1 Semester
Credit(s):    One
Diploma:    Counts as an Elective for all diplomas

Prerequisite:  Algebra I

This class meets the graduation requirements and state content standards for Economics, but does so in a non-traditional fashion.  The class will be scheduled at the beginning or ending of the school day, and students will only be required to attend class two days a week maximum.  One day will be used to review and discuss content or to assess student learning.  The other day will be used to host speakers from the surrounding area on a variety of economic topics.  The other days of the week, students should be working on assignments and learning independently.  The teacher will be available during the hybrid class period on all school days for any one-on-one help or further clarification as needed.

Content Outline/Topics of Study:  Scarcity, Factors of Products, Entrepreneurs, Supply, Demand, Prices, Market Structures, Business Structures, Taxes, Revenues, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, The Federal Reserve, Gross Domestic Product, Economic Growth, Inflation, The Business Cycle

Fulfills a Social Studies requirement for the General Diploma only

Fulfills the Economics requirement for the Core 40, Academic Honors and Technical Honors Diplomas

Grade Level: 9-12
Course #:  1518
Length:      1 Semester
Credit(s):   One
Diploma:   Counts as an elective for all diplomas;

Prerequisite:    None

This one semester course is an integrated program comparing and contrasting Indiana and the nation's development in the areas of politics, economics, and history.  The course utilizes Indiana history as a basis for understanding current policies, practices, and state legislative procedures.  The course may include the study of state and national constitutions and an examination of leaders and roles in a democratic society.  Indiana authors, famous personalities and legends are included in the content.  Field trips are incorporated into the semester.  Indiana geography and a study of Clay County are also included.

Grade Level: 11-12
Course #:  1532
Length:     1 Semester
Credit(s):   One
Diploma:   Counts as an Elective for all diplomas

Prerequisite:    None

This one semester class provides an opportunity to study individual and social psychology and how the knowledge and methods of psychologists are applied to the solution of human problems.  Content for the course will include study of the scientific method, principles of human learning and physical, mental, and social factors affecting human behavior.  The course is designed to help each student become aware of herself/himself as an individual in today's society.

Grade Level: 11-12
Course #:  1558
Length:     1 Semester
Credit(s):  One
Diploma:   Counts as an Elective for all diplomas; General, Core 40, Academic Honors, Technical Honors

Prerequisite:   Psychology I

This course will provide students with the content established by the College Board. Topics will include history and approaches, research methods, biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning, cognition, motivation and emotion, developmental psychology, personality, testing and individual differences, abnormal psychology, treatment of psychological disorders, and social psychology.

Grade Level: 11-12
Course #:  1534
Length:      1 Semester
Credit(s):   One
Diploma:   Counts as an Elective for all diplomas

Prerequisite:    None

This one-semester course provides an opportunity for students to study group behavior and basic human institutions.  Broad areas of content include the study of institutions found in all societies, such as the family, religious, community organizations, political and social groups, and leisure time organizations.  Moral values, traditions, folkways, the mobility of people, and other factors in society which influence group behavior are also studied. 

Grade Level:  10-12
Course #:  1538CT
Length:      1 Semester (Spring only)
Credit(s):   One

Diploma:   Counts as an Elective for all diplomas

Prerequisite:    Enrolled in: AP US History, AP European History

This course will be offered in the spring semester only, and is for those students enrolled in AP European or AP United States History.  It is designed to support those students in their writing and test-taking skills.  They will analyze primary source documents and techniques in how to interpret them, as well as, using those documents in writing a Document Based Question (DBQ).  Instruction will guide students through the writing of historical essays and test-taking techniques that will aid them during the AP Exam.  It will supplement the learning that occurs in the classroom and offers additional time to collaborate with peers and teacher.

Grade Level: 9-12
Course #:  1538AT
Length:      1 Semester
Credit(s):   One
Diploma:   Counts as an Elective for all diplomas

Prerequisite:    None

This course is designed to familiarize students with historical events and concepts of the Pre-Civil War Era of American History.  Emphasis will be placed on how events in this period laid the foundation for future growth and development of the nation.  The development of historical research skills using primary and secondary sources will be emphasized.  *This course is a recommended prerequisite for United States History, Advanced Placement.

Grade Level: 10-12
Course #:  1538DT
Length:      1 Semester
Credit(s):   One
Diploma:   Counts as an Elective for all diplomas

Prerequisite:   None

Since the turn of the 20^th century, motion pictures have been one of the most universal means of entertainment and culture.  For this reason, movies have also become one of the most vital and widespread methods of interpreting the past.  The films chosen for this class are presentations of history rather than documentations of history.  That is, they are reenactments of historical events rather than documentary records of events.  These films may present historical content in two ways:

    1) As a factual record:  Film is used to dramatize what happened in the past.

    2) To convey atmosphere:  The use of fiction to convey a sense of the past

         life-styles, values, or beliefs.

This course is a semester elective course.  Because of the nature of the course and the amount of time that must be dedicated to screening films, this class will be very different than a traditional lecture-based course.  It requires students to be self-motivated learners.  Students will be required to write detailed critiques of the films, reaction papers over the topics and weekly discussions.  Students who feel more comfortable in lecture classes should be advised that this class might not be well suited to their needs.

Grade Level: 12
Course #:  1540
Length:      1 Semester
Credit(s):   One
Diploma:    General, Core 40, Academic Honors, Technical Honors

Prerequisite:    None

United States Government provides a framework for understanding the purposes, principles, and practices of constitutional representative democracy in the United States.  Responsible and effective participation of citizens is stressed.  Students understand the nature of citizenship, politics, and governments and understand the rights and responsibilities of citizens and how these are part of local, state and national government.  Students examine how the United States Constitution protects the rights and provides the structure and functions of various levels of government.  Analysis of how the United States interacts with other nations and the government’s role in world affairs is included in this course.  Using primary and secondary resources, students will articulate, evaluate, and defend positions on political issues.  As a result, they will be able to explain the role of individuals and groups in government, politics, and civic activities and the need for civic and political engagement of citizens in the United States.

NOTE: Students are required to take the naturalization test for citizenship per SEA 132 (New 2019-2020)

Fulfills the Government requirement for all diplomas; General, Core 40, Academic Honors, Technical Honors Diplomas

Grade Level: 11
Course #:  1562
Length:      Full Year
Credit(s):   Two
Diploma:    General, Core 40, Academic Honors, Technical Honors   

Dual Credit Availability

Prerequisite:    Recommended:    Topics in Early United States History

This course follows the College Board Entrance Examination guidelines for advanced placement in United States History.  The design of this course is to aid the student in their quest for information concerning American history.  Emphasis will be on student participation in the research of basic concepts concerning American history and the evaluation of that material by the use of a variety of methods.  Students will be expected to formulate opinions, evaluate various points of view and arrive at a conclusion concerning the concept under study.  While the basic information concerning American history will be covered, the emphasis will be on evaluating, synthesizing, and producing an educational product concerning the concepts under discussion.  Activities will include field trips and other projects stressing the use of primary sources.  Students will be expected to read challenging texts for summer reading. 

Fulfills the US History requirement for all diplomas; General, Core 40, Academic Honors, Technical Honors

Grade Level: 11
Course #:  1542
Length:      Full Year
Credit(s):   Two
Diploma:   General, Core 40, Academic Honors, Technical Honors

Dual Credit Availability

Prerequisite:    None 

This is a two-semester course which builds upon concepts developed in previous studies of American history.  In this course, students will be given the opportunity to identify and review significant events and movements in the early development of the nation.  After providing such a review, the course gives major emphasis to the interaction of historical events and geographic, social, and economic influences on national development in the late nineteenth and twentieth century.

Fulfills the US History requirement for all diplomas; General, Core 40, Academic Honors, Technical Honors

Grade Level: 10-12
Course #:  1548
Length:      Full Year
Credit(s):   Two
Diploma:    Counts as an Elective for all diplomas

Prerequisite:    None

This two-semester course emphasizes events and developments in the past that greatly affected large numbers of people across broad areas of earth and that significantly influenced people and places in subsequent eras.  Students will be expected to practice historical thinking and inquiry skills.  They will also compare and contrast events and developments involving diverse peoples and civilizations in different regions of the world, examine examples of continuity and change, universality and particularity, and unity and diversity among peoples and cultures from the past to the present.

Fulfills the Geography History of the World / World History and Civilization graduation requirement for the Core 40, Academic Honors and Technical Honors Diplomas

Grade Level: 9-12
Course #:  1548T
Length:      Full Year
Credit(s):   Two

Diploma:   Counts as an Elective for all diplomas

Prerequisite:    None

This two-semester course emphasizes events and developments in the past that greatly affected large numbers of people across broad area of earth and that significantly influenced people and places in subsequent eras.  Students will be expected to practice historical thinking and inquiry skills.  They will also compare and contrast events and developments involving diverse peoples and civilizations in different regions of the world, examine examples of continuity and change, universality and particularity, and unity and diversity among peoples and cultures from the past to the present.  Students in this course will be expected to discuss and engage in higher level thinking.  They will work with primary sources and learn how to construct a Document Based Question.  This course should prepare a student for future Advanced Placement courses.

Fulfills the Geography History of the World / World History and Civilization graduation requirement for the Core 40, Academic Honors and Technical Honors Diplomas