World History I (9) (1C, R)

This course explores the origin and development of human culture.  The student studies the characteristics of civilizations including systems of government, development of writing, the evolution of social strata, customs, the importance of cities, the development of economic systems, and specialization of labor. Using creative, critical, and historical thinking, the student investigates the similarities and differences of the various cultures and civilizations found throughout the history world.

U. S. History (10) (1C, R, P = World History 9)

A thematic study of the 5 major interrelated themes found in 20th century American History beginning with the history of the U.S. from the Civil War to the present. The five themes are Technology, Economics, Political Systems, Social Reform, and Conflict.

Civics/Government (11) (1C, R, P = U.S. History 10)

This course examines the government (or political system) and how it protects, facilitates, and regulates society through processes and institutions (i.e. rules) that help control both public and private behavior. The class also provides an understanding of basic economic principles, including the law of supply and demand, scarcity, the role of the marketplace, competition, and consumer choice. The course also includes personal economic decision-making: investments, budget process, job choice, savings, and checking accounts.

World History II (12) (1C, R, P = Civics/Government 11)

A survey course with emphasis on policies as they pertain to the aftermath of the Second World War, which includes: the atomic bomb, containment, the Cold War, Korea, and Vietnam. The course also considers major social and intellectual trends, including the Civil Rights movement, the counterculture, feminism, Watergate, and the recession of the 1970s as well as the energy crisis, Iran hostage scandal, deindustrialization, the Reagan Revolution and the birth of the new Right, the end of the Cold War, war and diplomacy in the Middle East, and the age of terrorism.

AP US History - (11-12) (1C, E, P = 2.5 G.P.A.) ALL STUDENTS MUST TAKE AP US HISTORY EXAM          
This course is designed to provide a college-level experience and a firm foundation for the AP. The topics include colonial America, the causes and impact of the American Revolution, and the origin and development of the American Constitution and the concept of federalism. The student will study issues of pre-civil war America leading up to the Civil War, and the Reconstruction.  The student will study the industrial revolution, Populism and Progressivism of the second half of the 19th century.  Next, the student will investigate the causes of World War I and the causes of the eventual entry of the United States into the war. The student will explore Wilson’s 14 Point, the impact of the Treaty of Versailles, the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age, the origins, causes and impact of the Great Depression and the impact of the New Deal, origins and impact of World War II, the development of the Cold War and its impact on the world, the post-Cold War era, including the impact of 9-11 on American domestic and foreign policy, and the War on Terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan. Themes will include discussions of American diversity, the development of the American identity, the evolution of American culture.

Greene County History Semester Course (9-12)

This semester course will cover early settlers of South-Western Pennsylvania, the formation of Greene County in 179, and many of the topics up into the present day.  We will be focussing on Greene County’s geography, some of the people that have impacted our history, tragedies, and long standing establishments.  Some of the Individuals that will be discussed: Frank Ross (Wind Ridge Businessman), Birdie Cree (Khedive New York Yankee), Edward Martin (Pennsylvania Governor from Waynesburg), Company K during WWI, and Albert Cummins (Presidential Candidate and Iowa Governor from Carmichaels).  Some of the events: The Spicer Massacre (1774), Establishment of Greene County (February 9, 1796), The first Jacktown Fair (October 3-4, 1866), The large loss of life in France during WWI, (July 29, 1017), Downey House Fire (December 23 1925), and the Mather Mine Disaster (May 19, 1928).  

Pennsylvania History Semester Course (9-12)

This semester course will start with the early inhabitants of what will be Pennsylvania and will finish with topics that lead into the 21st Century.  We will be covering the geography of Pennsylvania and how it influenced European settlement, the establishment of Pennsylvania borders, Native Americans and their interactions with Europeans, major battles within the state's borders, past and present industries, and notable events/individuals that Pennsylvania claims.