List of 11 items.

• World History 1

  • 9th-grade full-year course
  • This course is required for graduation

  You’ll investigate the histories of China and the Islamic World, beginning with the origins of the earliest Chinese kingdoms and ending with examinations of contemporary China and the Middle East.

• World History 2

  • 10th-grade full-year course
  • This course is required for graduation

  You’ll explore the foundations of contemporary Western Civilization through a detailed study of Early Modern and Modern European History, investigating the connections between material culture and economic development, the emergence of industrial society, the rise of the modern political ideologies and “modern” identities, cultures, and subcultures.

• U.S. History

  • 11th-grade full-year course
  • An honors version of this course is available
  • This course, or its honors equivalent, is required for graduation

  You’ll begin this year-long survey of American history with the English settlement of Jamestown and follow the development of the United States until the onset of the Cold War while developing an understanding of the ongoing issues that animate American discourse.

• American Cultural History Since 1945

  • 12th-grade one-semester course
  • This course, or American Political History Since 1945 Honors, is required for graduation
  • 12th-graders must also take one of six one-semester academic electives offered in Social Studies

  Using mass culture as a lens, you’ll examine the cultural history of the United States from the end of World War II until the present day. You’ll analyze how mediums such as newspapers, music, art, television, theater, and literature both communicated and created history.

• American Political History Since 1945 Honors

  • 12th-grade one-semester course
  • 12th-graders must also take American Cultural History Since 1945

  Using politics as a lens, you’ll examine the history of the United States through a case-study-based tour of the U.S. between 1946 and 2001, with a specific focus on the role of government in society.

• Art & The State

  • 12th-grade one-semester course
  • 12th-graders must also take American Cultural History Since 1945 or American Political History Since 1945 Honors

  You will investigate the role that art, architecture, and visual culture play in the development of nations. You will explore how art and ritual help to shape the thinking and behavior of citizens, and how artists subvert power structures through artistic acts of protest.

• Economics

  • 12th-grade one-semester course
  • 12th-graders must also take U.S. Cultural History Since 1945 or U.S. Political History Since 1945 Honors

  You’ll explore the basic principles of traditional economics, gain familiarity with the basic vocabulary of the discipline, and build familiarity with simple supply and demand graphing and topics directly related to understanding modern society, such as unemployment & labor markets, currency values, money supply, and fiscal policies.

• Good Governance

  • 12th-grade one-semester course
  • 12th-graders must also take U.S. Cultural History Since 1945 or U.S. Political History Since 1945 Honors

  You’ll begin with a survey of basic political theory and move on to case studies of successful governance around the world, including diverse approaches to education, public health, public policy, and family law in this comparative government course.

• History of the Bay Area

  • 12th-grade one-semester course
  • 12th-graders must also take American Cultural History Since 1945 or American Political History Since 1945 Honors

  You will engage deeply with the history of your home by examining the history of the Bay Area from pre-colonization to the present, covering selected representative events rather than generally surveying the entire history of the area.

• Race and Gender Studies

  • 12th-grade one-semester course
  • 12th-graders must also take American Cultural History Since 1945 or American Political History Since 1945 Honors

  You’ll delve into the major questions and theories of race, gender, sexuality, and class as social categories and examine the processes through which people are categorized and how these processes shape individual experiences of the world.

• 20th Century Global History

  • 12th-grade one-semester course
  • 12th-graders must also take American Cultural History Since 1945 or American Political History Since 1945 Honors

  You’ll examine 20th century global history with an emphasis on political, economic and cultural trends across human civilizations and the ascent of “modernity.” You will turn with a critical eye to the continued development of imperial relationships, their decline and collapse, and the cultural and economic relationships between developed and lesser-developed countries.