Social Studies

Economics

Students will study the American economic system and the fundamental economic principles that help individuals make good decisions about purchases, taxes, savings, credit, and retirement within the context of a global economy.

 

Geography

Students will learn the themes used in geography. Students will become familiar with landforms, climates, environments, and how to read different types of maps. Students will become acquitted with five technological culture regions of earth; Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the United States and Canada, Japan, and Australia and New Zealand in the Pacific Rim.

U.S. Government

This U. S. government class will identify and analyze the principals and ideas that underlie the Declaration of Independence, the U. S. Constitution, and the New Mexico Constitution. Students will examine the philosophical foundations of various forms of government, investigate the philosophy of separation of powers and learn how our three separate branches of government work together to ensure our constitutional republic continues. Students will examine the changing roles government has played in our lives. Students will learn the importance of good citizenship and participation in the political process.

U.S. History A

This U. S. History class will trace the chronological development from a new world beginning to the ordeal of reconstruction as America pulls itself back together after the Civil War. Students will learn what forces shaped the political, economical, and social systems of the United States during this chronological time period in the development of the United States.  

U.S. History B

This U. S. History class will trace the chronological development from the ordeal of reconstruction as America pulls itself back together after the Civil War to modern times. Students will learn what forces shaped the political, economical, and social systems of the United States during this chronological time period in the development of the United States.  

World History A

This World History class will follow the development of the world from pre-history to the advent of classical history. Students will learn what forces shaped the political, economical, religious, and military power of the world’s oldest and greatest known civilizations. Students will follow the route of classical history through the Age of Discovery.

World History B

The second half of world history will follow civilizations from the Scientific Revolution through the Globalization in the 21st Century. Students will understand how the four powers; political, economical, religious, and military influenced world civilizations into the 21st Century.