Integrated Global Studies +
Integrated Global Studies + (1 of 2) explores important historical events and geographic ideas that have shaped the world today. The course shows how historians and geographers study the past using maps, sources, and other tools to find patterns and connections. Aside from this, it looks at the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment, a time of new discoveries that changed science, education, and government. The course also covers major revolutions, including the American, French, Latin American, Russian, and Chinese, to see how they changed societies. It then explores industrialization and new inventions that transformed daily life. Finally, the course examines historical events and their effects to show how the past has shaped the modern world.
MS Civics and Economics
MS Civics and Economics (2 of 2) explores the economic structures for individuals, businesses, and government; the examination of how institutions influence the market economy; and how government interacts and influences the private sector. Topics include: personal finance, preparing a personal budget, national budget, analysis of interest rates, investing, debt, influence of natural resources on economies, trade, market systems, taxes, labor, and regulatory agencies.
MS Civics and Economics
MS Civics and Economics (1 of 2) examines the general structure and functions of the US systems of government, the roles and responsibilities of citizens to participate in the political process, and the relationship of the individual to the law and legal system. Topics include: The Declaration of Independence, analysis of the principles US Constitution and the debates surrounding its ratification, examining validity of sources, landmark Supreme Court cases, and the voting process.
MS World History: Ancient Times to 1770s
MS World History: Ancient Times to 1770s (2 of 2) explores the growing economic interaction among civilizations during the Renaissance, Reformation, the Age of Exploration, and how the Enlightenment gave rise to democratic ideas that still resonate today. Topics include: the exchange of ideas, beliefs, technologies, and commodities inspire the Enlightenment philosophy and the interest in reason and authority, natural rights of human beings, the divine right of kings, experimentalism in science, and the dogma of belief.
MS World History: Ancient Times to 1770s
MS World History: Ancient Times to 1770s (1 of 2) explores the social, cultural, and technological developments occurring concurrently in Europe, Africa, and Asia in the years AD 500–1789. It also examines how archaeologists and historians uncover the past.