11th Grade Course Offerings
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United States History II CPS/Honors 1
An “85” or better in United States History I is recommended for the honors level. Students will analyze the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution and America’s growing role in diplomatic relations. Students will study the goals and accomplishments of the Progressive movement and the New Deal. Students will also learn about the various factors that led to America’s entry into World War II as well as the consequences of World War II on American life. Finally, students will study the causes and course of the Cold War, important economic and political changes during the Cold 24 War, including the Civil Rights movement, and recent events and trends that have shaped modern-day America. |
Advanced Placement U.S. History AP 1 Credit
The Advanced Placement Program in United States History is designed to provide students with the analytic skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with the problems and materials in United States history. The program prepares students for intermediate and advanced college courses by making demands upon them equivalent to those made by full-year introductory college courses. Students should learn to assess historical materials their relevance to a given interpretive problem, their reliability, and their importance and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship. The Advanced Placement United States History course thus develops the skills necessary to arrive at conclusions on the basis of an informed judgment and to present reasons and evidence clearly and persuasively in essay format. Students enrolling in this course will have a required summer assignment and paper. |
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ELECTIVE
Sociology CPS/Honors 1 Credit Grades 11, 12 An 85 or better in United States History II is recommended for honors level. This elective is an introduction to the social science of Sociology. The course will look at the origins of Sociology and how it developed as a consequence of industrialization and urbanization. The building blocks of culture will be examined including norms, values, beliefs, and how we became members of our culture through the process of socialization. Cultural conflict will also be examined; its causes and consequences, as well as how subculture develops and becomes absorbed into mainstream culture. The course will explore the question: is there a set of universal values to which all Americans can agree? What hold us together and what divides us? Contemporary social forces will be examined including the role of the individual in a mass media society. Are we free, are we to act as individuals, or are we shaped by pervasive cultural influences that surround us? Students will develop a more informed perspective on the causes and consequences of social change and examine the connection between history (events that shaped societies values) and Biography (individual life experiences within particular society). Students must understand that this course is more concept driven then other Social Studies courses and that the class demands extensive class participation. Honor students will also take on more sophisticated work and face more stringent grading standards. |
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ELECTIVE Patterns of Crime and Punishment CPS/HON 11th & 12th Co-Facilitated Full Year Course Humanities Designation Successful completion of WEXII and US History I and an average of 85 or better in World Experience and United States History I. Teacher recommendation. This Course traces the history and philosophy of criminal justice systems and the administration of justice. We will examine the causes and patterns of crime and criminal behavior and the ways in which criminal justice institutions have responded in trying to solve these social problems. Students will also learn the methods for scientifically processing (examining, recording, documenting, and managing) a crime scene. The Patterns course will be partnering the Mendon, Upton and State Police departments and other members of the criminal justice system that live in our community. Patterns will include laboratory activities, lecture, discussion, projects, field trips to expose and deepen the students understanding of a wide variety of aspects of the criminal justice system. |
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ELECTIVE I3 CPS/Honors 1/2 Credit Grades 11,12 COMING FALL OF 2018 |
ELECTIVE
American Government, Politics, Power CPS/Honors 1/2 Credit Grades 11,12 Not offered in 2018-2019 |
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