This course comprises a study of the history and cultures of Europe, from ancient times to the unification of Germany and Italy in 1870. The Latin American segment considers the pre-Columbian era.

This course will examine the development of civilization in the Middle East, China, Russia, and the former Soviet Union. Topics include the impact of geography, culture, politics, and religion on each region and current world affairs.

This full year course will investigate the cultures of the Middle East, China and the Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly the Soviet Union). Topics will include a summary of the development of each civilization with a concentration on the current political realities of each country. Emphasis will be placed on independent research and reading. Students are encouraged to take the final exam.

PREREQUISITE:At least a 93% average in Western Civilization/Music and English I CP (90% in English 1H). Class standing, cumulative grade point average (GPA) and student’s score on a writing sample based on reaction to a historical reading will be considered. Department approval is required.

This course is designed to provide students with the analytic skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with the events in United States history. The program prepares students for intermediate and advanced college courses by making demands upon them equivalent to those made by full-year introductory college courses. Students should learn to assess historical materials, their relevance to a given interpretive problem, their reliability, and their importance, and to weight the evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship. An AP Unites States History course should thus develop the skills necessary to arrive at conclusions based on informed judgments and to present reasons and evidence clearly and persuasively in essay format.

PREREQUISITE:Selection criteria include the consideration of the cumulative GPA (with an emphasis on Social Studies and English), as well as a student’s score on the qualifying test. Department approval is required.

This course covers the growth of the United States from early colonization to the end of the nineteenth century. Emphasis is placed on the origins of the United States in world affairs and the development of our present political and economic systems. The reading and writing of interpretive historical essays is course procedure. At least one major research paper is required. Students are encouraged to take the final exam.

PREREQUISITE: Selection criteria include the consideration of the cumulative GPA (with an emphasis on Social Studies and English), as well as a student’s score on the qualifying test. Department approval is required

This course covers the political, social, and econonmic growth of the United States from early colonization to the end of the nineteenth century, including the contributions of people of various racial and ethnic backgrounds. Technology is used and encouraged in research and classroom activities. At least one major research paper is required.

This is the second part of the two-year sequence of U. S. History 1 - AP. Students are encouraged to take the final exam. (See above for the description and requirements)

PREREQUISITE: U. S. History 1 -AP and department approval.

This course is a study of the domestic and foreign policy of the United States from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. Included in this study is the changing role of the United States in world affairs as well as the problems and opportunities stemming from economic change. The use of technological reasearch and primary and secondary sources allow students the oppotunity to critique and analize American policy decisions. The students create and maintain a webpage and newspaper entitled Child Slave Labor News. A research paper is required in the first and second semesters. Students are encouraged to take the final examination.

PREREQUISITE: U.S. History 1 H and department approval.

The second year course begins with the twentieth century and continues to the present. Emphasis is placed on the major modern wars: World War I, World War II, Korean and Vietnam, Persian Gulf War, and the Iraqui war. Concurrent with the study of past history is a current events program aimed at acquainting the students with major national and international affairs. The use of technological research and primary and secondary dources allow students the opportunity to critique and analyze American policy decisions. At least one major research paper is required.

This course is a study of the world by topic and region. Students will learn geography terms and phrases. They will use a scientific approach to study landforms, climates, population, raw materials, and other course topics. Their study of the regions will incorporate cultural, political, and historical aspects of the regions of the earth and how they interact. An understanding of countries of the world in regard to their location and features will be stressed. Technologically based research is used for studying current affairs as well as topics related to the Model United Nations Program.

This semester elective examines the rise of European liberalism and nationalism beginning with the Age of Enlightenment as it relates to the French Revolution, the Age of Napoleon and the European revolutions of 1848. The student will concentrate in particular on the major powers in Europe from the Congress of Vienna to the present: Great Britain, France, Austria, Germany, Italy and Russia.

This course examines the current relationship of the United States with foreign nations as well as significant domestic issues. The text furnishes the basis for the previous year's events and newspapers and weekly news magazines provide current events. Some time will be spent in the new technology center to enable students to access up to date information on the Internet. The importance of good citizenship in a rapidly changing world and how to practice it will be discussed and illustrated.

This semester course will survey through the medium of film, a number of selected themes covering various events, personalities, and periods of history, primarily in the Twentieth Century. Films will be analyzed according to the period from which they were made, their historical accuracy, and how they reprsent specific periods of history.

This first semester course will study the history of the Catholic Church primarily from a social, political, economic, and cultural perspective. The study begins with a look at the early Spanish and French missionaries of the 16th and 17th centuries, and moves forward to the present. The story of the American Catholic Church parallels many of the major events of U.S. history such as the early colonial settlements, the Revolutionary War, Industrial revolution, Civil War, the various tides of immigration, the Great Depression, and the two World Wars. The contributions of certain prominent American Catholics including Lord Baltimore, Bishop Carroll, Cardinal Gibbons will be highlighted.

This course surveys New Jersey history from its proprietorial beginnings to the present. Emphasis will be placed on such factors as the functions of state government, society, culture and geography, and changing demographics that have been influential in determining the character of the state today. Offered second semester only.