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Advanced Placement United States History II
Grade 11
5 Credits
PREREQUISITE: Must achieve an 85 in US History I Honors.
This United States history class is open to those students who wish to pursue college-level studies while still in high school. The course is designed to provide students with both a chronological study of United States history and major interpretive questions that derive from the study of selected themes. Students will examine a series of problems through specialized writing by historians and through supplementary readings, including documentary material. The course content will cover from Reconstruction through the Modern Era. Students who take this course will be prepared for, and are expected to take, the Advanced Placement U.S. History Examination.
Advanced Placement United States History II
Grade 11
5 Credits
PREREQUISITE: Must achieve an 85 in US History I Honors.
This United States history class is open to those students who wish to pursue college-level studies while still in high school. The course is designed to provide students with both a chronological study of United States history and major interpretive questions that derive from the study of selected themes. Students will examine a series of problems through specialized writing by historians and through supplementary readings, including documentary material. The course content will cover from Reconstruction through the Modern Era. Students who take this course will be prepared for, and are expected to take, the Advanced Placement U.S. History Examination.
Advanced Placement United States History II
Grade 11
5 Credits
PREREQUISITE: Must achieve an 85 in US History I Honors.
This United States history class is open to those students who wish to pursue college-level studies while still in high school. The course is designed to provide students with both a chronological study of United States history and major interpretive questions that derive from the study of selected themes. Students will examine a series of problems through specialized writing by historians and through supplementary readings, including documentary material. The course content will cover from Reconstruction through the Modern Era. Students who take this course will be prepared for, and are expected to take, the Advanced Placement U.S. History Examination.
Advanced Placement United States History II
Grade 11
5 Credits
PREREQUISITE: Must achieve an 85 in US History I Honors.
This United States history class is open to those students who wish to pursue college-level studies while still in high school. The course is designed to provide students with both a chronological study of United States history and major interpretive questions that derive from the study of selected themes. Students will examine a series of problems through specialized writing by historians and through supplementary readings, including documentary material. The course content will cover from Reconstruction through the Modern Era. Students who take this course will be prepared for, and are expected to take, the Advanced Placement U.S. History Examination.
Advanced Placement United States History II
Grade 11
5 Credits
PREREQUISITE: Must achieve an 85 in US History I Honors.
This United States history class is open to those students who wish to pursue college-level studies while still in high school. The course is designed to provide students with both a chronological study of United States history and major interpretive questions that derive from the study of selected themes. Students will examine a series of problems through specialized writing by historians and through supplementary readings, including documentary material. The course content will cover from Reconstruction through the Modern Era. Students who take this course will be prepared for, and are expected to take, the Advanced Placement U.S. History Examination.
Advanced Placement United States History II
Grade 11
5 Credits
PREREQUISITE: Must achieve an 85 in US History I Honors.
This United States history class is open to those students who wish to pursue college-level studies while still in high school. The course is designed to provide students with both a chronological study of United States history and major interpretive questions that derive from the study of selected themes. Students will examine a series of problems through specialized writing by historians and through supplementary readings, including documentary material. The course content will cover from Reconstruction through the Modern Era. Students who take this course will be prepared for, and are expected to take, the Advanced Placement U.S. History Examination.
Social Studies
The High School Curriculum
The courses in the Social Studies Department are carefully designed to meet the needs of our students as they prepare for further education or a career of choice. The New Jersey State Department of Education requires three years of Social Studies instruction. In order to meet these requirements, Roxbury High School offers World History in the ninth grade, and United States History I and II in the sophomore and junior years. Students must take the required Social Studies courses each year for graduation. Course assignment will be determined by the student’s scores on the ninth grade placement rubric.
United States History I Honors
Grade 10 5 Credits
PREREQUISITE: Must achieve a grade of at least an 85 in World History I Honors or a 93 in World History I A.
This course is designed for the highly motivated student and is required for those wishing to progress to Advanced Placement U.S. History II. Content includes the European discovery of the New World through Reconstruction. Students are expected to evaluate a variety of challenging readings. Classroom activities focus on learning and applying the historical method through a series of interpretive problems. Students will be expected to actively participate in a variety of debates, discussions, presentations, and research projects. Students selecting this course must possess the motivation and self-discipline to engage in serious study.
United States History I
US I is the freshman history requirement
World History
World History is the freshmen history requirement.
United States History II
USII is the sophomore year history requirement
2019 -2020
THE CORE: YEAR 1
THE CORE: YEAR 2
THE CORE: YEAR 3
World History
World History is the junior year history requirement
(A New World History Curriculum Will Be Unvailed 2020-2021)
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