Epidemics in Society: The Impact of Disease on Patterns in World History (HIS416)
Advanced U.S. Government & Politics (HIS403)
4 CU, open to students in grades 11-12, with permission of Mrs. Fletcher
2 CU, open to students in grades 11-12, 1st semester
This course introduces students to the political culture of the United States. Topics include the three branches of government, political ideology, key legislation, and the creation and implementation of policy. The course investigates the underpinnings of the government and its impact on voter behavior and policy-making. Contemporary themes, utilizing the latest primary and secondary sources, will be used throughout the course.
This course will explore the impact of deadly illnesses in history as well as their far-reaching implications. Studying disease allows us to look at humans through the lens of a fight for survival while having vast political, demographic, ecological, and psychological ramifications. Religion, gender, socioeconomic status, migratory patterns as well as philanthropic gestures will factor into our study of various diseases, including the bubonic plague, cholera, malaria, and HIV/ AIDS. We will end the course highlighting the deadly germs making their mark in the world of public health today. Much focus will be placed on forming independent and critical thinking skills.
SEMESTER ELECTIVES The Civil War (HIS426)
2 CU, open to students in grades 11-12, 1st semester
History of Feminism (HIS450)
2 CU, open to students in grades 11-12, 1st semester
This course seeks to examine America’s most divisive war in considerable depth. In particular, we will try to answer key questions about the nature of the war, such as: Why did compromise between North and South fail in the 1850s? Was secession legal? Why did it take Abraham Lincoln until late 1862 to make emancipation a war goal? Why did the North win? Why did the South lose? To what degree was it a “total war”? Was it a just war? Various sources shall be employed in seeking a more comprehensive understanding of the conflict, such as primary documents, historical essays, documentary and commercial films, music, literature, and art. We will also devote time to Reconstruction and seek to understand its most significant successes and failures. Finally, we will consider why the conflict remains, in the words of historian James M. McPherson, “the war that never goes away.”
What is feminism? How has feminism been understood over time, and what does it mean to people today? This course will explore the history of the feminist movement in the United States as well as its limitations. We will talk at length about feminism and the abolition and suffrage movements, feminist efforts toward bodily autonomy, and intersectionality and online feminist movements in our current moment. Students will explore these ideas through a variety of primary and secondary sources, including current articles, essays, and podcasts.
Modern Black America (HIS423)
2 CU, open to students in grades 11-12, 1st semester This semester-long course explores African American history from Emancipation through to the present, including, but not limited to: Reconstruction, Jim Crow Segregation, the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, the modern Civil Rights Movement and Black Power Movement, the Obama Administration, and Black Lives Matter.
Current World Issues (HIS445)
2 CU, open to students in grades 11-12, 1st semester This course focuses primarily on 21st century international studies, including international relations’ theory, global conflict and international security, US foreign policy, macroeconomics and globalization, environmental issues, and humanitarian concerns and human rights.
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