US History & Government
Course Number CHU1100
1 credit
Description: Grade 11. This course is designed to assist the learner in understanding America’s present based on its past. Students will examine and analyze key ideas, events and people that have shaped our nation as well as formulate their own ideas and understandings of the country that they live in through discussions, writing essays and historical inquiry.
Course Number CHU1100H (Honors)
1 credit
Prerequisite: It is recommended that the student be reading at grade level or beyond.
Description: Grade 11. This accelerated course is designed to assist the learner in understanding America’s present based on it’s past. Students will examine and analyze key ideas, events and people that have shaped our nation as well as formulate their own ideas and understandings of the country that they live in through discussions, writing essays and historical inquiry.
Course Number CHA6100 (Advanced Placement)
1 credit
Prerequisite: It is recommended that the student be reading at grade level or beyond.
Special Notation: This course can be taken in place of CHU1100, US History and Govt.
Advanced Placement is intended for qualified students who wish to complete studies in high school equivalent to a college introductory course in U.S. History. Summer homework is mandatory and will be assigned in the spring of the school year prior to the start of the course.
Description: Grades 10-12. Students will analyze and interpret primary sources, documentary material, maps, statistical tables and pictures to write analytical papers. Topics include exploration and settlement of the New World, colonial society and the Revolution, the establishment of the Constitution and New Republic, nationalism and economic expansion, sectionalism, the Civil War and Reconstruction and industrialization; and 19th-20th Century intellectual and cultural movements, national politics, foreign policy and the post-World War II period. Students must take the Advanced Placement Examination in May for an approximate fee of $92.00. If students pass the exam, they may earn college credit.