SOCIAL STUDIES United States History Options

SOCIAL STUDIES United States History Options
Independence students will have 3 choices for their US History credits in the coming school year. Each of these courses will run one single trimester and students will have to take 2 of the 3 options in order to gain their full US History credits for graduation. The following are simple descriptions for these course choices.

Modern US History

Difficulty Rating 3/5

If history often sounds like stuff that happened way too long ago, this may be a course for you! This course will look at major events in American history starting with the year 2000. America has changed a lot over the last 24 years and the goal of this course is helping you to understand how we got here. Starting with the Y2K fears of the new millennium, we will then move into the September 11th attacks, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the 2008 financial crisis, and of course many of the political changes we have made along the way. US

History Through Music
Difficulty Rating 2/5
- This class requires looking at both songs as well as historical events to understand different time periods in US History. Will require both listening to music as well as interpreting lyrics to determine how the time period influenced music. 3-4 projects which all require music analysis.

US History: Independence in World War II
Difficulty Rating 2/5
- This class looks at the European and Pacific Theaters of World War II using a specific text about Independence veterans who fought in each. This will require reading this text and analyzing the importance of our veterans stories within historical events. 2 main projects about specific veterans will be the focus of this class.

Credit: 0.5

Length: (1) Trimester

Grade Level: 9

Prerequisite: None