List of 11 items.

• World History 1

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

  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. You will apply critical reasoning and analysis, develop research methodology, and hone your writing skills to construct historical ideas that are attentive to context, nuance, and complexity.

• World History 2

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

  Explore the foundations of contemporary Western Civilization through a detailed study of Early Modern and Modern European History. You will investigate the connections between culture, politics, and socio-economic development in early modern and modern European history. You will refine your reasoning skills and develop an understanding of significant aspects of European history.

• 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

  Survey U.S. history with the English settlement of Jamestown and follow the development of the United States until the onset of the Cold War. You will interrogate a variety of historical texts and refine your historical and critical thinking skills as you use a historical lens to understand the past and present of the United States.

• 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 one-semester academic electives offered in Social Studies

  Examine the cultural history of the United States from the end of World War II until the present day using mass culture as a lens. You will identify, interrogate, and analyze power structures throughout history, applying historical methods and a comprehensive understanding of diverse narratives of the past to better understand the world and your place in it.

• American Political History Since 1945 Honors

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

  Utilize politics as a lens as you 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

  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

  Explore the basic principles of traditional economics, gain familiarity with the vocabulary of the discipline, and build an understanding of simple supply and demand graphing and topics directly related to understanding modern society, such as unemployment and 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

  Examine successful governance around the world through a survey of basic political theory that includes 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

  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

  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

  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.