Homework: 30%
Tests: 40%
Quizzes: 30%
Attendance and promptness are required
Participation is expected
Respect for all
This course provides students with a comprehensive, intensive study of major events and themes in U. S. History. Beginning with early European colonization, the course examines major events and themes throughout, concluding with significant developments in the early twenty-first century.
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Week 1: European settlement
Week 2: American Revolution
Week 3: U. S. Constitution
Week 4: Economic growth; sectionalism
Week 5: Civil War
Week 6: Civil War
Week 7: Reconstruction
Week 8: Progressive Era
Week 9: Origins and impact of World War I
Week 10: Aftermath of WW I
Week 11: The Great Depression and the New Deal
Week 12: World War II
Week 13: The Cold War; civil rights movement
Week 14: Political and social developments from 1945-1960
Week 15: Social change movements of the 1960s
Week 16: Political developments of the 1970s and 1980s
Week 17: Political developments from the 1990s and up
Week 18: Review and End-of-Course Test
The course provides students with a basic foundation in the field of Economics. There are five sections, including fundamental concepts, microeconomics, macroeconomics, international economics, and personal finance. In each area students are introduced to major concepts and themes concerning that aspect of economics.
Week 1: Introduction to Economics
Week 2: Economic systems
Week 3: Consumers and Consumerism
Week 4: Credit and going into debt
Week 5: Housing and making a choice
Week 6: Savings and investment
Week 7: Supply and Demand
Week 8: Business organizations
Week 9: Mid-term review
Week 10: Competition and monopolies
Week 11: Marketing and distribution
Week 12: Money and banking
Week 13: The Federal Reserve System
Week 14: Unemployment and inflation
Week 15: The American labor force
Week 16: The global economy
Week 17: End-of-Course test review
Week 18: End-of-Course Test
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