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SOCIAL STUDIES

Is High Performance or Advanced Placement right for you? See chart below and talk to your current Social Studies teacher.

Program Explanation Advantages Considerations
AP  College-level curriculum  May receive college credit  Must take the AP exam to receive potential college
 Recognized nationally  Develop higher level thinking skills credit
Advanced Placement  Students must have above average ability in
 Rigorous  Additional honor points earned with a C or reading, writing and math
 Available to all grade levels above, for weighted GPA  Expect considerable homework in most classes
 Students self-select  This level of coursework is expected from highly
selective colleges
HP  Accelerated curriculum  More challenge than regular-level course  No college credit
 Rigorous  Develop higher level thinking skills  Expect more homework in most classes
High Performance
 Available to all grade levels  Prepares students for college-level curriculum  This level of coursework is expected from highly
selective colleges

REQUIRED FOR 9TH GRADE - CHOOSE ONE

Human Geography 9 A, B AP Human Geography Flex A, B, C *
Course Number: 072401 + 072402 Course Number: 072571,+ 072572 + 072573
2 trimester course; must register for both trimesters Must register for all 3 trimesters
Prerequisite: None Note: Advanced Placement Course, designed for students
Fulfills graduation requirement for: Human Geography academically talented and gifted in social studies
Grade Level: 9
Course Description: In this required course, students will be Note: Flex courses are offered outside of the normal parameters
introduced to the systematic study of human geography. of a school schedule. Some days during the week, the student will
learn online instead of physically attending class.
Topics covered in this course include population, movement,
culture, language, religion, industrialization, and land use.
Students will learn and employ the methods of geographers Prerequisite: None
and will develop a geographic perspective with which they view Fulfills graduation requirement for: Human Geography
the landscape and understand current events. Grade Level: 9-12
Course Description: See AP Human Geography
AP Human Geography A, B, C *
Course Number: 072471 + 072472 + 072473
Must register for all 3 trimesters
Note: Advanced Placement Course, designed for students
academically talented and gifted in social studies
Prerequisite: None
Fulfills graduation requirement for: Human Geography
Grade Level: 9-12
Course Description: This course introduces students to the
systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped
human understanding, use, and alternation of Earth’s surface. *weighted grade course (see pg. 6)
Students employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to
examine socioeconomic organization and its environmental
consequences. They also learn about the methods and tools
geographers use in their research and applications.

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