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Fremd High
School
Social Studies
Department
Freshman
Electives
2010-11
Class
of 2014
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All freshman are
encouraged to
schedule World
Geography or
World History.
AP World History
is the course
equivalent of a
freshman college
course and
therefore
offered to
students who
meet the
criteria of
above average
test scores and
a teacher
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G143 World
Geography
 World
Geography is
designed to
combine a survey
of geographic
principles
pertaining to
the physical,
economic, and
political
aspects of the
world with an
application of
these principles
to the major
continents.
Approximately
one-third of the
year will be
devoted to
geographical
concepts.
The
remainder of the
year will
include area
studies of North
America, South
America, Europe,
Asia and Africa.
One year
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G146 World
History
 World
History is a
survey of
western and
non-western
civilizations.
Students
will trace the
development of
nations and
learn of the
political,
economic,
intellectual,
and social
advances of
humanity.
The
course
emphasizes the
learning of
skills that will
be helpful in
all areas of
study.
One year
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G339 A.P. World
History
*new
for freshman
2010-2011
 This
course is the
equivalent to an
introductory
college course
in world
history.
Students passing
the AP
Collegeboard
exam in May can
earn college
credit.
The
purpose of the
AP World History
course is to
develop greater
understanding of
the evolution of
global processes
and contacts in
different types
of human
societies.
This
understanding is
advanced
through a
combination of
selective
factual
knowledge
and appropriate
analytical
skills.
The
course
highlights the
nature of
changes in
global
frameworks and
their cause s
and
consequences, as
well as
comparisons
among major
societies.
It
emphasizes
relevant factual
knowledge,
leading
interpretive
issues, and
skills in
analyzing types
of historical
evidence.
Periodization,
explicitly
discussed, forms
an organizing
principle to
address change
and continuity
throughout the
course.
Specific
themes provide
further
organization to
the course,
along with
consistent
attention to
contacts among
societies that
form the core of
world history as
a field of
study.
(Course
description
taken from
Advanced
Placement
College board)
Students
are encouraged
to take the
summer school
writing-skills
class to prepare
them for the AP
World History
course.
One year
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