The history department's core curriculum requires two years of world history and a year of U.S. history. With departmental approval, students may take AP U.S. History. A number of electives are also offered, with preference in these courses given to seniors. This course for 9th graders studies the effect of environment on the technological, cultural and religious advances in, and social organization of, civilizations separated by distance and time over 4000 years prior to the European Renaissance. It is also designed to build on skills developed in earlier courses and to give students an interdisciplinary background and strong foundation for later studies across the curriculum.
Students develop geographical knowledge and analytical, organizational and research skills.
This course examines social, political, economic and cultural trends in Europe and its relation with the rest of the world, especially since 1500 to the present day. Additional topics focus on socialism, communism, capitalism, liberalism, conservatism and international diplomacy. This survey course examines political, economic, social and cultural forces from the Age of Discovery to modern America. It is an 11th grade course taught in conjunction with 11th grade English, with both courses emphasizing the same themes and often operating together with students reading period literature reflecting those forces at work within a particular era. Students who wish to delay U.S. History until their senior year must receive special permission from the department and are then limited to regular Senior Projects.