HIGH SCHOOL Freshman Options for Social Studies

Must have 3 Units of S.S. to graduate Specifically: ■Freshman: World Geography or AP Human Geography (both are academic electives) ■Sophmore: ½ unit of economics and ½ unit of civics (Honors and AP levels also) ■Junior: American History (Honors and AP levels also) ■Senior: World History (Honors and AP levels also)

World Geography-full year course -provides 1 elective unit ■World Geography provides an overview of physical and cultural geography. An awareness of similarities and differences in human needs and behaviors is developed. Geographic education focuses on the themes of location on earth’s surface, place characteristics, relationships within places (human environments), movement, and regions that lead to an understanding of social, economic, historic, geographical, and physical features of the planet on which we live. This course is an academic elective credit only and does not fulfill the Social Studies requirements for graduation.

World Geography- Summer Assignment ■Reading: I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai ■Assessment: Multiple Choice Test

AP Human Geography-full year course -provides 1 elective unit -up to college to accept the AP credit ■Thematic Course; this is a link to a trailer for the classthis is a link to a trailer for the class ■The purpose of the AP course in Human Geography is to provide the students with an in-depth understanding of the earth’s regions, religions, languages, recent regional histories, and governments, economic sys-tems, and physical features. By the end of the semester, each student will be able to watch the news on television and understand the issues that define our world. Students employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to analyze human social organization and its environmental consequences. They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their science and practice. The course will cover 7 general topics: demography, resources and human settlement, cultural patterns and processes, political geography, economic geography, and environmental and development issues. This course is an academic elective credit only and does not fulfill the Social Studies requirements for graduation.

AP Human Geography- Summer Assignment ■Reading: They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky by B. Ajak, B. Deng, and A. Deng. ■2 other assignments that can be found by visiting Mrs. Cohen’s blog on the Walton webpage; this is a link to last year’s assignmentsthis is a link to last year’s assignments ■Assessment: 3 Separate Assignments: ■1. Multiple Choice & Short Answer Test over reading ■2. Quiz over the location of the world’s countries and regions ■3. Quiz over the location of the world’s physical features

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