Crescent Valley High School

HONORS GOVERNMENT.5 credit Prerequisite grade 12 CVHS Credit: government OUS Credit social studies Extended App: Extended Application opportunity availableThis will be a more demanding and intense look into American Government. Students will examine and analyze the political processand its attempt to resolve social, political, and economic conflicts in the United States. Students will take an active participation role inour local, state, or federal government. Emphasis will be placed on primary source documents and students will have an opportunity towrite and speak at the honors level. Students will discuss and evaluate current events and their connection to our lives as citizens.ADVANCED PLACEMENT US GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS1 credit Prerequisite: grade 12 or teacher approval .5 government / .5 SS12 CVHS Credit: .5 government, .5 social studies 12 OUS Credit: social studies (LBCC College Now credit in Political Science 201 available) Extended App: Extended Application opportunity availableThis course satisfies both the government and senior social studies requirements. This is a yearlong course. AP US Government andPolitics is a challenging college-level class designed to give students an analytical perspective on government and politics in the UnitedStates. Topics include constitutional principles, political institutions, parties and interest groups, political behavior, civil liberties andpublic policy. Through debates, essays, simulations, and other activities, students will practice and refine skills in writing, criticalthinking, and oral presentation. This course will prepare students to take the Advanced Placement exam in US Government andPolitics.PSYCHOLOGY.5 credit Prerequisite: grade 12 CVHS Credit social studies 12 OUS Credit: social studiesThis course is an introduction to psychology, the study of behavior. This is a college preparatory course that reviews the history ofman's study of human behavior and personality. It surveys areas of psychological study and experimentation, various theories ofbehavior, psychological testing and psychological disorders. The course presents the terms and research methods specific topsychology and explores the opportunity for careers in psychology. The class is activity and discussion oriented with majorassignments being written abstracts, a term paper, and an oral presentation.SOCIOLOGY.5 credit Prerequisite: grade 12 CVHS Credit: social studies 12 OUS Credit: social studiesThe discipline of sociology deals with aspects of human interactions. Students study group behavior from a sociological point of viewand develop the tools for making this analysis. The class is structured around the following areas: introduction to sociology, family,gender roles, race and ethnicity, socioeconomics, and socialization.WE THE PEOPLE: PROJECT CITIZEN Prerequisite: grades 11 – 12 CVHS Credit: social studies 12 OUS Credit: none Extended App: Extended Application opportunity available- 53 -.5 credit Democracy is self-government and self-government requires effective citizen participation. The ultimate goal ofcitizenship education is to enable students to become competent and responsible participants in our constitutionaldemocracy.Students will participate in the Project Citizen civics education program. Project Citizen is an interdisciplinary curriculum designed toteach responsible participation in local and state government. The program helps participants learn how to monitor and influencepublic policy. In the process, they develop support for democratic values and principles, tolerance, and feelings of political efficacy.Students work cooperatively to identify a public policy problem in their community, evaluate possible solutions, and develop an actionplan for local government leaders to use in addressing the problem. The work culminates with a class portfolio and mock hearing.