SOCIAL STUDIES

NCHS Social Studies Pathway

WORLD HISTORY

Get ready to go global! Welcome to World History! This course begins at year 1200 history to examine how the world became what it is today. This course will challenge students to explore as historians practicing historical thinking skills. Students will continue to build upon the investigation and analyzing skills they developed as freshmen historians, so that they may construct their own arguments and support their claims with evidence using historical documents. In World History, we move beyond memorization and encourage students to think critically and to reason for themselves. History students will be challenged to consider different perspectives on our global society because we explore the world as a whole with many small parts. World History Modern topics include: Earliest Civilizations across the Global Tapestry, Major World Religions, Reformation and Revolutions, Imperialism and Colonialism, World Wars, & Globalization.

*Graduation Requirement
Grade 9-10
Credit 1

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT & CIVICS

This course focuses on the development of historical thinking skills (chronological reasoning, comparing and contextualizing, crafting historical arguments using historical evidence, and interpreting and synthesizing historical narrative) and the development of students’ abilities to think conceptually about U.S. history from approximately 1787-1940.

PREREQUISITE: World History
*Graduation Requirement
Grade 10 (Only if not previously taken)
Credit 1

US HISTORY

PREREQUISITE: World History & American Government & Civics
*Graduation Requirement
Grade 11
Credit 1

AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

This course is equivalent to an introductory college-level course in human geography. The course introduces students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth’s surface. Students employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine socio-economic organization and its environmental consequences. They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their research and applications. College credit is earned with a qualifying score on an AP exam.

*This course may be taken as a one graduation requirement for social studies
Grade 9-12
2 weighted credits (1 Social Studies credit, 1 elective credit)

HISTORY 102

A comparative historical survey of the major political, religious, and cultural developments in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas from 1500 to present.

PREREQUISITE: Admission to dual credit at WKU.
*This course may be taken as a graduation requirement for social studies
*Course is taught by a NCHS teacher
Grade 11-12
1 weighted credit

HISTORY 109

This course is an overview of the history from Reconstruction through current events; American and world affairs.

PREREQUISITE: Admission to dual credit at WKU.
*This course may be taken as a one graduation requirement for social studies
*Course is taught by a NCHS teacher
Grade 11-12
1 weighted credit

HISTORY OF SPORTS

In this course students will examine the development of sports through various historical perspectives. There will be an emphasis on helping students gain a better understanding of the inner relationship that sport has on social, economic, cultural, and political forces that are at work in the United States as well as the world. Students will examine the historical context as well as the significance of gender, race, ethnicity and social class through readings, primary sources, audio and visual materials as well as class discussions.

PREREQUISITE: Grades 10-12.
Elective credit only
Credit 1

AMERICAN POP: A JOURNEY THROUGH 20TH CENTURY POP CULTURE

This course explores the vast world of popular culture in the United States throughout the 20th century. This course delves into the evolution of American society, reflecting its values, struggles, triumphs, and transformations through the lens of popular culture.

PREREQUISITE: Grades 10-12.
Elective credit only
Credit 1

SOCIOLOGY

Sociology is the scientific study of human society. It is concerned with the behavior of human beings in group situations. The study of sociology, therefore, consists of trying to understand: The basic units and institutions of social life, such as the family, schools, neighborhoods, rural and urban communities, and the many other kinds of groups with which humans identify. This group can include occupational, political, religious, ethnic, family, economic status, or ideology

PREREQUISITE: Grades 10-12.
Elective credit only
Credit 1

PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology is an introduction to the basic scientific theoretical principles of individual human behavior. Students will be exposed to various topics in the field of psychological research.

PREREQUISITE: Grades 10-12.
Elective credit only
Credit 1