Social Studies Guidance Day

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Social Studies Guidance Day

• Elective Courses for
• 2009-2010

This presentation can be found at
www.whrhs.org/academics/history
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COURSE SEQUENCE

• Grade 10
• Modern European History
• OR
• Civics and Citizenship
• Grade 11
• United States History I
• Grade 12
• United States History II

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TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS

• In early February, your current teacher will
  indicate your level placement for next year.
• The criteria for the placement are available at
  www.whrhs.org/academics/history under Policies.
• Your current teacher will ask you for the
  elective courses you are interested in your
  teacher will recommend you for those courses.
• If you have questions, please see your teacher or
  Mr. Bartlett in room 112.

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THE WORLD IN THE 21st
CENTURY

• Mr. Apel
• Grades 10, 11 and 12
• All levels
• Semester course
• Prerequisite World Cultures

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

• THE WORLD IN THE 21st CENTURY

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How Did America Go from

• ISOLATIONIST TO SUPERPOWER?

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HOW DO WE SUCCEED WHERE OTHERS FAIL?

• GREAT POWERS SUCH AS
• EGYPT
• GREECE
• ROME
• BRITAIN
• SOVIET UNION
• ALL FAILED FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER
• HOW DO WE PREVENT THE UNITED STATES FROM BEING
  JUST ANOTHER FAILED GREAT POWER?

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HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED

• WHY WE ALWAYS SEEM TO BE IN OTHER COUNTRIES?
• WHAT AL QAEDA IS EXACTLY?
• HOW WE KNOW WHO THE POWERS ARE?
• WHY WE NEGOTIATE INSTEAD OF TAKING WHAT WE WANT?

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WHAT can we do about

• Darfur
• Global warming
• The middle east peace
• china
• The European union
• Aids in africa
• How do they affect us?

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HELPS YOU TO UNDERSTAND
THESE THINGS AS WELL AS

• TERRORISM
• CRAZY GAS PRICES
• TURBULENT ECONOMY
• THE MIDDLE EAST
• AND HOW THEY ARE RELATED

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20th CENTURY IN HISTORIC FILM

• Ms. Sok
• Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12
• All levels
• Semester course
• No prerequisites

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Birth of a Nation

• The Birth of a Nation examines race relations,
  the KKK and the effects of the Great Migration at
  the turn of the century

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City Lights

• City Lights, a Charlie Chaplin comedy, the film
  explores socio-economic issues during the roaring
  twenties.

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Wizard of OZ

• The Wizard of OZ was released in 1939
• The movie was based on a popular book that
  examined the political and economic beliefs of
  the populists.

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Best Years of Our Lives

• The Best Years of Our Lives examines the lives of
  three soldiers adjusting
• to civilian life after
• fighting in WWII.

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Manchurian Candidate

• The Manchurian Candidate highlights the paranoia
  and fear of Communism during the 1950s.
• Could individuals
• be brainwashed
• to kill?

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Dr. Strangelove

• Dr. Strangelove is a satire that mocks the fear
  generated during the Cuban Missile Crisis and
  Cold War.

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The Graduate

• The Graduate is a coming of age story about a
  young college student questioning the values of
  his parents generation during the 1960s.

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All the Presidents Men

• All the Presidents Men is about the Watergate
  Scandal and the fall of President Nixon. The
  movie highlights the investigation of two
  Washington Post news reporters Bob Woodward and
  Carl Bernstein.

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Wall Street

• Wall Street depicts the greed and corruption of
  corporate businessmen during the economic boom of
  the late 1980s. Greed is good.

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Do the Right Thing

• Spike Lees, Do the Right Thing explores
  relationships between different races and
  ethnicities on a hot New York City day in Bedford
  Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Did Mookie do the right
  thing?

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20th Century Film

• The class begins the 20th century with a
  discussion of race and socio-economic issues and
  ends in the 1990s with a close examination of
  these two important issues.
• How far have we come?
• How far do we have to go?

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CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP

• Ms. Zeek
• Grades 10, 11 and 12
• All levels
• Year-long course
• Prerequisite World Cultures

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Civics Citizenship

• THE BOTTOM LINE
• This class is what YOU make of it.

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• What rights do individuals have in the United
  States?  How andwhy do they change?
• What affects us as citizens, and what is going on
  around us that we are not even aware of?
• By what means can individuals effect change?

Examples of themes
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Homicide
Criminal Justice
Gun Control
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Sharpe James
Cory Booker

• State Local Government

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Juvenile Justice
Bill of Rights
Civil Liberties
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Family Law

• Child Abuse
• Alimony
• Common Law Marriages
• Annulments/Divorce

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Gangs
Discrimination
Crime
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Branches of the Govt
Electing the President
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HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE STUDIES

• Mrs. Koppel
• Grades 10, 11 and 12
• All levels
• Semester course
• Prerequisite World Cultures

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A History of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies

• Mrs. Koppel

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A History of the Holocaust

• In-depth study of the systematic persecution and
  annihilation of European Jewry between 1933 and
  1945 by the Nazi state. Jews were the primary
  victims- 6 million were murdered- Gypsies, the
  handicapped, Jehovahs Witnesses, and others were
  also targeted for destruction.
• Students will study the victims, the
  perpetrators, resisters, and rescuers. We will
  explore the role of the bystanders- individuals
  and governments that failed to take a stand.

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Class

• Reading and analyzing a variety of sources-
  primary source material, such as documents and
  photographs the Holocaust is the most documented
  historical event of the 20th century many of the
  documents are on-line
• Visual testimony- Holocaust survivor testimonies
  from the Shoah Foundation
• DISCUSSION- students are expected to participate
  and discuss the many difficult issues raised in
  this class

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Genocide in the 20th Century

• Armenia- 1915 over 1 million Armenians were
  murdered during WWI by the Ottoman Turks
• Cambodia- 1970s- murder of 2 million people by
  the Khmer Rouge regime
• Former Yugoslavia- ethnic cleansing of Bosnian
  Muslims during the 1990s
• Africa- Rwanda- 1994 Darfur- NOW
• Kenya- will it be next?

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Questions???

• How do we confront crimes against humanity?
• Is it possible for the survivors to get justice?
• What is the role of the United States as a
  democratic nation and world leader in preventing
  and stopping genocide?
• What is the role of the United Nations and other
  organizations in preventing and stopping
  genocide? What is the role of the individual?

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FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES

• Mrs. Lott-Jones
• Grades 10, 11 and 12
• All levels
• Semester course
• Prerequisite World Cultures

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Mrs. Lott-Jones
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• Semester course
• Based on the internationally recognized Facing
  History Ourselves program
• This class examines prejudice, stereotyping,
  racism, hate crimes, human rights, intolerance,
  and social inequities.
• Students examine instances in US history, World
  history, and their own personal histories and
  work toward building respect, civic
  responsibility, social action.

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• If one by one, hundreds of children learn the
  evils of hatred in history, then learn to face
  and change that hatred in their own worldthrough
  art, language, and serviceand to begin to build
  communities of educated, committed citizens, who
  is to say that Facing History cannot be the
  catalyst for an end to prejudice, violence, and
  injustice? A Facing History student

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• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v8896aJNmU-c

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• For 30 years, Facing History has been engaging
  students of diverse backgrounds in an examination
  of racism, prejudice, and anti-Semitism in order
  to promote the development of a more humane and
  informed citizenry.
• By studying the historical development and
  lessons of racism, discrimination, persecution
  and genocide, students make the essential
  connection between history and the choices they
  confront in their own lives.

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• This semester long elective class is offered to
  sophomores, juniors, seniors.
• The class is conducted like a seminar. Students
  are expected to share and reflect on their
  opinions and experiences.
• 40 of your grade is based on your daily
  discussion and class participation
• 60 of your grade is based on projects

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SOCIOLOGY

• Mr. Lubrecht
• Grades 10, 11 and 12
• All levels
• Semester course
• No prerequisites

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HUMAN RELATIONS

• Mr. Kostibos
• Grades 11 and 12
• All levels
• Year course
• Prerequisite World Cultures

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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW HONORS

• Mrs. Lettington
• Grades 11 and 12
• Semester course
• Prerequisite AP/J level criteria

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Did you ever wonder...
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...what rights you have as a student in a public
school?
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... why this is legal?...
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...if this is considered cruel and unusual?...
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...why this is not allowed in public schools?...
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...what are the limits of free speech?...
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...what are abortion rights and are they
changing?...
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...who these people are?
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Now is your chance to find out!!
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Take Constitutional Law
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ADVANCED PLACEMENTU.S. GOVERNMENT POLITICS

• Mrs. Falvo
• Grades 11 and 12
• AP criteria
• Year course

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Who governs?

• Voters?
• Politicians?
• Big business?
• Money?
• The bureaucracy?

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Are you liberal or conservative?

• Should government end Social Security?
• Do farms and small business deserve tax breaks?
• Do you agree with the proposed tax rebate?
• Does our security depend upon secure borders? A
  more restrictive immigration policy?

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Why dont people vote?

• Does one vote really make a difference?
• What influence does the media have on election
  results?
• Do third parties matter in an election?
• Why are 90 of Congressional incumbents reelected
  every two yearseven though half the country
  thinks Congress doesnt do a good job?

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Are you a Democrat or a Republican?

• Are all Republicans conservative? All Democrats
  liberal?
• Why do 35 say they dont support either party?

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Do lobbyists control Washington?

• How many interest groups does the average
  American belong to?
• Does campaign money buy votes on legislation in
  Congress?
• Is it bad that lobbyists influence your
  Congressmen?

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What does the Constitution mean?

• Do we have rights? Do we have more or fewer
  rights than we did before 9/11?
• Is the Supreme Court the most important branch of
  our federal government?
• Are the laws applied equally to all citizens?
• Does the federal government actually control the
  state governments?

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Who has the power in Washington?

• Congress?
• The White House?
• The Courts?

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Who decides

• if we will go to war?
• if we will lower taxes?
• if we will provide health insurance to poor
  Americans?
• if we will investigate steroid users in MLB?
• if we will preserve the environment?

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In AP Government, you will

• read media sources daily
• interpret data and make predictions
• learn to write a powerful, short response to a
  controversial question
• debunk the myths and misconceptions about our
  government
• learn how you can play a role in the
  policy-making process
• become an authority on politics and American
  society

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ADVANCED PLACEMENTHUMAN GEOGRAPHY

• Dr. DiGiovanna
• Grades 11 and 12
• AP criteria
• Year course

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AP Human Geography

• Course Requirements
• Full Year Course
• AP Level
• 11th and 12th Grades
• AP Exam in May (encouraged)

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AP Human Geography

• What is Human Geography?
• Geo Earth
• Graph Writing
• In Human Geography we study the interaction of
  people and the Earth

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We study

• Why people live where they do

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We study

• How culture, language, and religion are diffused
  across the Earth

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We study

• How political and economic issues between
  countries are created and resolved

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We study

• Cartography
• Demographics
• Culture
• Political Conflict
• Economic Development
• Agriculture
• Urbanization

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AP Human Geography

• Course Work
• Discussion
• Independent Work
• Group Projects
• Field Work
• Research Reports
• AP Review

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ECONOMICS

• Dr. DiGiovanna
• Grades 11 and 12
• All levels
• Semester course
• Prerequisite World Cultures

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Economics

• Course Requirements
• Semester Course
• 10th - 12th Grade
• All levels
• Basic math and graphing skills helpful

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What is Economics?

• Theres No Such Thing as a Free Lunch!
• Life is full of trade-offs
• Economists study how and why people choose to
  make these trade-offs
• Economics is the study of scarcity

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What is Economics?

• Microeconomics
• Supply Demand
• Prices Competition
• Macroeconomics
• Business Labor
• Money Banking
• Economic Performance

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Economics

• Course Work
• Homework Assignments
• Discussions
• Simulations
• Group Projects
• Research Projects

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ASIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE

• Mr. Baehr
• Grades 10, 11 and 12
• All levels
• Semester course
• Prerequisite World Cultures

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A CRUISE THROUGH ASIAN HISTORY

• from Confucius
• to Mao
• to Hu Jintao
• Singh along in India
• and other exotic
• places in Asia

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FIND OUT
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why CONFUCIUS is old (news)

• but still matters!

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that Queen Victoria has gone out to sea

• but has left a lasting impression

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that no one had fun

• at Tienanmen (Square)

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that this old bag was

• made in China

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that you might be glad youre watching

• instead of running (in the Summer Olympics)

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that you might not feel (so welcome)

• in North Korea

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and be worried

• in Taiwanand in Japan

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that Japan has to make sure

• its economy remains vital

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about fixing

• Kashmir (if at all possible)

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or resolving nuclear issues

• between India and Pakistan

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or Indias

• growing economy

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or why this man (his name is Manhinda Rajapaskse)

• is releasing a dove

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what went wrong between Mushareff

• and Bhutto

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or, where in the Hindu Kush

• we might find some terrorists

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or natural disasters in places like

• Indonesia

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or the secret of Singapores

• BOOMING ECONOMY

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Or ethnic tensions

• in Malaysia

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Or, human rights

• which should be everyones inalienable right

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but are often abused

• in Myanmar

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and demonstrated for

• by beautiful (Tibetan) expatriots

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or pled for

• by the Dalits in India

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Whatever we study, theres room for ALL in Room
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• as we celebrate

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The Asian Century

• with Time-Warner, China and Walmart

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LOGIC

• Online course
• Grades 11 and 12
• Semester course
• Prerequisite Geometry
• For questions, speak with Mr. DAlessio or Mr.
  Bartlett

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SOCIAL INQUIRY

• Online course
• Grades 11 and 12
• Semester course
• Prerequisite Minimum of 75 in last mathematics
  class
• Corequisite Any social science elective class
• For questions, speak with Mr. Bartlett or Mr.
  DAlessio