Course Description:

6058 - Current Events (S)
This is a one-semester course, focusing on daily national and international events. Taped TV news, programs, speakers, and lively discussions are used to gain perspective on the present and projected trends into the future.

6100 - Social Studies 9 (Y)
This is a required course dealing with cultural geography. Major areas of the world will be covered in depth. Political, social, historical and economic aspects of each area will be covered as well as geographic features.

6111 - United States History 1 (S)
This course covers the period of discovery and exploration, the Civil War and Reconstruction up to 1890 prior to the Spanish American War.

6112 - United States History 2 (S)
This course covers the period of the Spanish American War, the developments leading to the United States becoming a world power, World Wars I and II, the Vietnam War and the events leading the challenges of the present time.

6115 - AP United States History (S)
Prerequisite:  Written teacher approval.
This course places emphasis on outside reading and research that supplement in-class materials. The student learns to read material analytically and critically, to weigh historical evidence and interpretation, and arrive at informed conclusions. Outside research, reading, and a research paper are parts of the expectations.

6130 - United States Government (S)
United States Government is a one-semester course examining the basic principles of the U.S. Constitution. Emphasis is placed upon the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. Current political issues are discussed along with a review of state and local government.

6134 - Honors United States Government (S)
Prerequisite: Written teacher approval.
This class is an advanced class in U.S. Government. The class is an in-depth study of the U.S. Constitution with emphasis placed upon the three branches of government. Current issues are discussed thoroughly. A review of state and local government is included. Outside reading, research, and research papers are expected. 

6190 - Economics (S)
Economics is an elective semester course, which offers the minimum economic concepts essential for effective citizenship. The basic institutions of the market system and their relationship to a well-informed functioning individual in a free enterprise economy are examined. Emphasis is placed on supply and demand analysis, competition, international trade, current economic issues, and monetary and fiscal policies in promoting full employment within a stable price level. This class will fulfill either a Social Studies elective or the Consumer Education requirement.

6210 - Ethnic Studies (S)
Prerequisite:  Social Studies
The purpose of this class is to allow an opportunity to learn about the cultural economical, and historical contributions of the various ethnic groups to this country. Students will learn who these groups were, where they came from, what events and factors caused them to immigrate, and how these groups fared upon arrival and assimilation.

6240 - Kansas History (S)
This course provides a chronological survey of the social, economic, and political history of Kansas. Emphasis is placed on geography, exploration and settlement, stages of development in transportation, major issues in Kansas politics, and identification of nationally recognized Kansans. Emphasis is placed on the cultural diversity of the people and character of Kansas as well as the impact of the new immigrants coming to Kansas today.

6270 - Psychology (S)
Psychology is a one-semester elective social studies course designed to provide an introduction to the study of human behavior. Topics studies include sensation perception, statistics and analyses, the anatomy of the brain and its functions, child development, altered states of consciousness, and founding persons of psychology.

6278 - Issues in Psychology (S)
Prerequisite: Psychology
This course is designed to provide students with insights in understanding, coping and challenging the problems in everyday living with the environment. This class will provide the scientific and human aspects, as well as the role of social support in the causes, prevention, and treatment of abnormal disorders. Topics include social interaction, stress, adjustment to life stages (including disabilities, retirement, death), personality disorders (anti-social and criminal), psychological factors in health and disease, mental handicaps, motivation and emotion, and personality testing individual differences. Students may take the Advanced Placement Test.

6280 - Sociology (S)
Sociology is a one-semester elective, which explores people and their relationships with groups and with the environment. Topics include culture, socialization of the individual, the social organization of groups, social stratification, racial, ethnic and religious minorities, the role of women and men, social institutions (family, government, economics, education, belief systems and social problems).