High School Online Program of Studies

Social Studies Department

PHILOSOPHY

 

 

The discipline of Social Studies involves students as active participants in the learning of historical, economical, political, cultural, and geographical concepts to develop perspectives into local and global issues. By recognizing and understanding the challenges of change, students learn social science skills through experiential, collaborative and research approaches. As students expand their awareness from personal to societal to global, they think critically about the human condition and become motivated to serve our local and global community. 

 

 

 

Social Studies Courses Offered 2023-2024

WORLD CULTURES AND SOCIETIES

MODERN WORLD HISTORY

UNITED STATES HISTORY/AP UNITED STATES HISTORY

GLOBAL POLITICS IB HL I

GLOBAL POLITICS IB SL I

GLOBAL POLITICS IB HL II

GLOBAL POLITICS IB SL II

HISTORY IB SL I: TOPICS IN WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY IB SL II: TOPICS IN WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY IB HL I: TOPICS IN WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY IB HL II: TOPICS IN WORLD HISTORY II

ECONOMICS IB SL I

ECONOMICS IB SL II

ECONOMICS IB HL I

ECONOMICS IB HL II

INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS AND ENTERPRENEURSHIP

 

 

 


HISTORY IB HL I: TOPICS IN WORLD HISTORY
 

Course Description:

This is the first year of a two-year program to study History, and it is open for 11th grade students who are IB diploma and certificate candidates. This class will serve as a preparatory course of study for those students who intend to take the IB History SL examination in May of their Grade 12 year. Throughout the year, students identify cause-effect relationships in history, improve their analytical skills in writing, and identify historical perspectives from primary and secondary sources.  The class activities follow discussion and seminar formats, which encourage students to formulate personal positions and to express themselves clearly. Students will also develop an internal assessment paper based on primary and secondary sources.

Students in this class study various topics and regional themes and events of the Nineteenth and the Twentieth Century, which have led to issues related to:

  • Peace and Conflict
  • Decline of Empires and Rise of Nationalism (The Ottoman Empire 1800-1923)
  • Wars and Change in the Middle East (1914-1945)

 

  
 

Prerequisites:

Successful completion of a 10th grade social studies course

  
 

Credit:

1.0 credit

  
 

Length of Course:

1 year

  
  Requirements: