Lockport Township High School District 205 2021-2022 Course Catalog

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PERSONAL FINANCE – DUAL CREDIT – SS1652Length of Course:One SemesterCredit:.5 Credit (Dual Credit available through JJC, Fulfills requirement for Consumer Management)Grade Placement: 11, 12Perquisite:NoneState Code:22210A000Course Description: This course provides a study of the role of consumers in the marketplace of our increasingly complex modern society and their interactions with business andgovernmental organizations. The course offers theoretical and practical application sin economic/financial matters (earning/careers, taxes, investments); buying/spending matters(housing, autos, insurance); consumer/social services (legal environment, credit, banking); and the social impacts across demographic and cross-cultural lines.PSYCHOLOGY - GENERAL - SS1628Length of Course:One SemesterCredit:.5 CreditGrade Placement: 11, 12Prerequisite:Concurrent Enrollment at Joliet Junior CollegeState Code:04254A000Course Description: This course will introduce students to the scientific nature of human behavior and cognitive processes. Course includes an introductory study of human and animalbehavior, as well as the biological and mental processes that underlie behavior. This course is designed to acquaint the student with research methods and findings, basic theories andprinciples, as well as applications of psychological concepts and phenomena that have significant impact on our lives. This course will include the standards and objectives of our currentpsychology course while also incorporating the learning standards of the Joliet Junior College General Psychology (PSYC101) course. Students will be awarded both LTHS and Joliet JuniorCollege credit upon successful completion of this course.Beginning with the 2019-20 school year, the following dual credit courses through Joliet Junior College will include a $50 fee paid to Joliet Junior College: College Writing I,College Writing II, General Psychology, and Personal Finance. Students may enroll in the course without earning the optional dual credit. Students who choose to earn thedual credit, who pay this fee for dual credit courses with Joliet Junior College, and who attend Joliet Junior College after graduation will receive a $50 credit per course towardstheir tuition.PSYCHOLOGY - ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) - SS1631Length of Course:One YearCredit:1.0 CreditGrade Placement: 12Prerequisite:NoneState Code:04256A000Course Description: This is a yearlong course designed for serious students of Psychology. Students will be introduced to the scientific study of human behavior and cognitive process. Inaddition, students will also discover the concepts of motivation, emotion, and personality, as well as examining theories of human development and social behavior. Students enrolled in APPsychology are encouraged to take the Advanced Placement (AP) exam in May, which may result in college credit for some students. There is a fee associated with the AP exam.SOCIOLOGY - SS1634Length of Course:One SemesterCredit:.5 CreditGrade Placement: 11, 12Prerequisite:NoneState Code:04258A000Course Description: This is a one-semester course designed to introduce students to the scientific study of society and human behavior. Students will learn to think with a sociologicalperspective through discovery, questioning, and analysis of social issues. The course illustrates how the environment we live in has a profound influence on how we think, feel, andbehave. Topics to be discussed are culture, behavior norms, race, gender, social class, socialization, deviant behavior, crime, and the criminal justice system.TOPICS IN HISTORY: VIETNAM ERA – SS1637Length of Course:One SemesterCredit:.5 CreditGrade Placement: 11, 12Prerequisite:NoneState Code:04109A000Course Description: This course is designed to provide students with systematic and detailed knowledge about turning points in history through a seminar style course founded in fictionand nonfiction selections. This course will deal specifically with the Vietnam era.U.S. GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS - ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) - SS1640Length of Course:One SemesterCredit:.5 CreditGrade Placement: 10, 11, 12Prerequisite:NoneState Code:04157A000Course Description: This course is the equivalent of a college course. As such, coursework expectations are elevated and culminate with the nationwide Advanced Placement examination.The course includes both the study of general concepts used to interpret U.S. politics and the analysis of specific examples of practical politics. This course requires familiarity with theconstitutional underpinnings of the U.S. government, political beliefs and behaviors, political parties, interest groups and mass media, institutions of national government, public policy, andcivil rights and liberties. This course is designed to help young people acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and responsible citizens throughouttheir lives. Emphasis will be placed on government institutions; simulations of the democratic process and opportunities for service learning. This course fulfills the American governmentrequirement for graduation. Students enrolled in AP U.S. Government and Politics are encouraged to take the Advanced Placement (AP) exam in May, which may result in college credit forsome students. There is a fee associated with the AP exam.U.S. HISTORY 1 - SS1643153
Length of Course:One SemesterCredit:.5 CreditGrade Placement:11 (Required)Prerequisite:NoneState Code:04102A000Course Description: A study of the social, economic, and political development of the United States from the American Revolution to the rise of Big Business. Emphasis will be placed onthe developing historical themes, critical thinking, and reading and writing. Topics will include: the American Revolution, the rise of a Federalist/Republican government, the growth ofnationalism, the age of Jackson, Manifest Destiny, Sectional crisis, Reconstruction and concluding with Industrialization. This course is a required first semester course for junior students.U.S. HISTORY 2 - SS16432Length of Course:One SemesterCredit:.5 CreditGrade Placement:11 (Required)Prerequisite:NoneState Code:04103A000Course Description: A study of the social, economic, and political development of the United States from Imperialism to the present day. Emphasis will be placed on developing historicalthemes, critical thinking, and reading and writing. Topics will include Imperialism, the World at War, the Great Depression and New Deal, the Cold War, the struggle for Civil Rights,conflict in Vietnam, and present day tensions in Middle East. This course is a required second semester course for Junior students...U.S. HISTORY – ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) - SS1649Length of Course:One YearCredit:1.0 CreditGrade Placement: 11, 12Prerequisite:NoneState Code:04104A000Course Description: This course is an in-depth analysis of U.S. History and is comparable to a full year college level course. Students will gain a critical understanding of significant political,social, and economic events from European discovery to the present. Students will follow historical themes, weigh evidence, and provide written analysis. Students will complete significantamounts of reading and writing in order to prepare for the Advanced Placement (AP) exam in the spring. There is a fee associated with the AP exam. This course has a required summerreading assignment.54
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