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AP UNITED STATES HISTORY
Grade Placement: 11
1 credit
Prerequisite: World Geography, and World History
Recommend: 90 average in previous regular social studies course or 80 average in previous
Pre-AP social studies course
AP United States History is a fast paced college course offered at the high school level. The
Advanced Placement United States History course is intended to provide students with the analytic
skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with the problems and materials in United
States history. The course begins with the Pre-Columbian Era and political, social, economic and
cultural issues of the present. The course requires extensive textual and related readings on a
broad variety of topics in specialized social studies fields in addition to political-constitutional and
diplomatic history. The course is not open to students who have credit in U.S. History. This course
is intended to prepare the student to be successful on the AP Exam offered by the College Board
in the spring. 11th grade AP U.S. History is critical to a student’s high school graduation as the
student must master the TAKS Social Studies Test at the conclusion of the course. See Page 66
for summer reading requirement.
UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE RECONSTRUCTION
Grade Placement: 11
1 credit
This course covers the time period from Reconstruction to the present with an emphasis on the
following: the role geography has played in influencing the development of the U.S.; how the U.S.
has grown politically and economically; the social and cultural trends that have occurred in U.S.
History, and the development of the three branches of the federal government. Many different
activities and methods will be used to teach course content and critical thinking skills. 11th Grade
U.S. History Since Reconstruction is critical to a student’s high school graduation as the student
must master the TAKS Social Studies Test at the conclusion of the course.
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Grade Placement: 9 – 12
1 credit
This course is a study of all aspects of physical and cultural geography. An emphasis is placed on
the five themes of geography: location, place, interactions between people and their environment,
movement, and regions. These will be investigated with the idea of promoting a greater
understanding and an appreciation of those whose customs, religions, and traditions are dissimilar
to ours.
PRE-AP WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Grade Placement: 9 – 12
1 credit
Recommend: 90 average in previous regular social studies course or 80 average in previous
Pre-AP social studies course
(Pre-AP) World Geography is an integrative study of the earth’s physical and human features and
their relationship to human societies. Students will study the earth’s surface and the processes
that shape it, the relationships between people and environments, and the connections between
people and places. The course is intended to help students understand the nature of their world
and their place in it. See Page 66 for summer reading requirement.
Note: This course is open to all students but is primarily for 9th grade students who intend to take
AP United States History their junior year.
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