United States History Honors is designed to provide the student with an understanding of United Stateshistory with primary focus on events occurring after the Civil War. Content covers early 19th centurygovernment and politics, the period of Reconstruction following the Civil War, the Industrial Age, World WarI, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, and more recent events in history. Students areencouraged to analyze the events of our history in an effort to better comprehend the motivations, causes,and effects of important events and people. Honors history places special focus on Supreme Court legislationand presidential history. The honors designation has more writing and primary source assignments. Prerequisite: grade of B+ or higher in prior social science Honors class; teacher recommendation Full summer session; 1 credit
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