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All students must complete four years of Social Studies, including two years of Global Studies, one year of United States History, one term of Government, and one term of Economics. The Global Studies Regents is taken at the end of the sophomore year, and the United States History and Government Regents examination is taken in January of the senior year.
Course Offerings
Grade 9
Global Studies 1 and Global Studies 1 Honors - The Ancient World - reconstructing the past; establishment of first human societies; early civilizations (Mesopotamia, Nile, Indus, Yellow River); Classical Civilizations (China, Greece, Rome, Mauryan, Gupta); the Tang and Song Dynasties; growth of overland and maritime trade routes linking Eurasia and Africa; spread of belief systems (Animism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese Philosophies, Judaism, Christianity); rise and fall of the great empires (Han and Rome); the Byzantine Empire; the spread of Islam; Europe in the Middle Ages; and the Crusades.
Global Studies 2 and Global Studies 2 Honors - Global Interactions - Japan (early history and feudalism); impact of Mongols; trade and global interactions; end of the Middle Ages; the rise of Meso-American Empires (Olmec, Mayan, Aztec, Incan); the rise and fall of the African Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai; the Ming Dynasty; the rise of the Nation State; the rise of the Ottoman Empire; expansion of Europe to Asia, Africa and America; and global absolutism.
Grade 10
Global Studies 3 and Global Studies 3 Honors - The First Global Age and Age of Revolutions and Crises; The Scientific Revolution; the Enlightenment in Europe; the American and French Revolutions; the Age of Napoleon; imperialism (European colonies in Latin America, Asia and Africa); Japanese modernization and imperialism; independence movements in Latin America; political revolutions; the Industrial Revolution and the “isms” (capitalism, liberalism, nationalism, socialism, Marxism); causes and results of World War I; and the causes and impact of World War II.
Global Studies 4 and Global Studies 4 Honors - The Contemporary World; The start of the Cold War; the end of European colonialism in Asia, Africa and the Middle East; economic development in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America since 1945; the role of women; the United Nations; sources of world conflict since 1945; the collapse of Communism and the breakup of the Soviet Union; the environment and sustainability; and achievements in science and technology.
Grade 11
United States History and Government 1 and 2 - Term 1 covers the role of geography in United States history; constitutional foundations of American society through the closing of the frontier. Term 2 covers America from the Progressive Era to the present.
United States History, Advanced Placement - A program for honors students in American History, Government and Economics. This course is taught on the college level, and its standards are rigorous and demanding. At the end of the course, students are expected to take the Advanced Placement examination in United States History.
Grade 12
Participation in Government 1 and Participation in Government 1 Honors - The principles of government, politics and law; roles and rights of citizenship; political party system; legal obligations; public policy; and political participation.
Economics 1 and Economics 1 Honors - Fundamentals of the free-market system, banking, finance and taxation; comparative economic systems; and the United States in the world economy.
Daniel Dorogusker, Assistant Principal I.A.
Benson, Michael
Berger, Danielle
Effler, Stephen
Falkove, Sara
Fallon, Patricia
Gilston, Roberta
Gubitosa, Anella
Hartnett, Sharon
Kingham, Michelle
LaSalle, Theresa
Petek, Steve
Regnier, Natalie
Snow, Victor
Sperber, Marc
Sudduth, Eric
Turner, Robert
Weiler, Matthew
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