High School Registration Guide - White Bear Lake Area Schools

SOCIAL STUDIES
4854
DEBATE 2
Semester/.5 credit Grades 9-10
Prerequisite: Debate 1
Level: General
This advanced course takes students
beyond the basics of debate. Research
strategies, extended briefs, counter-plans,
and cross-examination strategies will be
a focus in this class. Teamwork will be
stressed and participation on the junior
varsity and varsity debate teams will
be encouraged, although not required.
Identifying key issues, interpreting data
and summarizing research findings are
applicable to all students, whether in
tournament competition or not. This
course counts toward an elective credit
for graduation.
4340
COLLEGE IN THE SCHOOLS:
AUTHORITY AND REBELLION:
AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
Semester Grades 11-12
.5 credit (WBLAHS)
3 credits (U of M)
Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation
OR 3.36 GPA or higher
Level: Advanced
This college course will provide an
overview of American History from
colonial times through the Civil War.
This is the first course in the quarter
course sequence in American History.
Students enrolled in this “College in
the Schools” course who successfully
complete the requirements will earn high
school credit and three semester credits
from the University of Minnesota. Course
4350 not required for enrollment.
4350
COLLEGE IN THE SCHOOLS:
GLOBAL AMERICA:
U.S. HISTORY SINCE 1865
Semester Grades 11-12
.5 credit (WBLAHS)
3 credits (U of M)
Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation
OR 3.36 GPA or higher
Level: Advanced
This college course will provide
an overview of American History
emphasizing the emergence of modern
America. Students enrolled in this
“College in the Schools” course who
successfully complete the requirements
earn high school credit and three semester
credits from the University of Minnesota.
Course 4340 not required for enrollment.
4384
PHILOSOPHY
Semester/.5 credit Grades 11-12
Prerequisite: None
Level: General
This course will provide students with
a reasoned approach for directing their
thinking and behavior in a world which
is both complicated and confusing. It
will enhance critical thinking skills and
sharpen students’ ability to think and
write clearly and precisely. The course
will emphasize the study of the history
and methodology of philosophy. A major
focus of this course will be studentteacher
and student-student interaction.
Students will be required to read both
primary and secondary sources.
4563
GEOGRAPHY
Semester/.5 credit Grades 11-12
Prerequisite: None
Level: General
This course will focus on a handful of
case studies at different scales: the local
area, the State of Minnesota, the Upper
Midwest, the United States, at least one
developed region such as northern Europe
or Japan, and one or more specific areas
in Latin American, Africa or Asia. Upon
completion, students should be able to
demonstrate competency in the following
six broad competencies: determining
location, mapping, understanding
places, evaluating human environmental
interactions, explaining spatial
interactions and applying geographic
principles. This course will also feature
a brief introduction to GIS (Geographic
Information Systems). Most of these will
be addressed in each topic so that the
principles of geographic analysis can be
addressed in a variety of settings and at
different scales.
4574
SOCIOLOGY
Semester/.5 credit Grades 11-12
Prerequisite: None
Level: General
This course is meant for students who
want to learn about the unique insight
sociology provides for the understanding
of society. This course challenges students
to reflect on events that happen in their
daily experiences and their connection
with the world at large. Topics include
the social construction of identity, cliques
and teams, social deviance, social control,
social class, the family, and institutions.
4864
SERVICE CORPS
Semester/.5 credit Grades 11-12
Prerequisite: None
Level: General
A service learning opportunity is provided
where students are placed within the
community for most of the course.
Students will analyze and discuss the
cause and effect of the environment in
which they interact. There will be class
service projects.
1734
INTERCULTURAL STUDIES
Semester/.5 credit Grades 11-12
Prerequisite: None
Level: General
This course provides a comprehensive
and invaluable view into ethnic diversity.
Media literacy via film analysis will be
a significant part of the course. Social
dynamics and its effect on history will be
the focal point.
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