HS2 Contemporary American History

Contemporary American History 238102H Honors Other Social Science, Career Ed, Elective This course will focus on political, economic, and social issues facing the United States throughout the 20th Century. Students will analyze, synthesize, and connect important events within and outside the boundaries of the United States, connecting our successes and failures to events of today. The themes will be accessed through a variety of rich text and disciplinary literacy strategies that will provide multiple perspectives on the transformation of America throughout the 20th Century and develop connections that span between events – allowing the students to understand the interrelatedness of the events and decisions.

In an honors course, students will make thematicconnections in a reading and writing intensive setting. Students will be expected to meet the standards with less scaffolding and more independent and collaborative practice. Increased complexity of texts, tasks, and responses will prepare honors students for advanced placement and college level coursework. Additionally, it will incorporate an extensive research project allowing students to interweave the content and skill sets they have work on throughout the year. Honors courses are weighted.