历史

历史I是一门以技能为基础的课程，为学生准备所有高级和AP历史课程. 分为三个阶段, the course emphasizes historical thinking skills, 空间思维能力, 和美国的基础.S. 政府与政治. Students spend the first trimester analyzing primary and secondary sources, creating narrative representations of important events, and exploring the multiple forces that produce change over time. 快到年中了, 他们在三个月的时间里学习空间思维技能，学习地理的五个主题, become experts at reading and creating maps, and contemplate the significant role that 空间 plays in shaping human identity. 学生将在第三学期学习政治参与的要素，并考察地方政府的职能, 状态, 以及各国政府.

An interest in Western New York underlies the three trimesters of 历史 I. Even as they acquire skills in history, 地理位置, 和公民, students will become more familiar with 水牛 and its surrounding communities, 通过他们完成的活动和任务以及他们在城市和地区的短途旅行. 到今年年底, they will be prepared for future coursework and, 同样重要的是, well-equipped to become active and informed citizens.

这是一门调查课程，从第一批美国人开始，一直延伸到20世纪后期, 尽管学生们被要求在整个课程中与当今的美国建立联系. 学生通过阅读教科书对美国历史有了基本的了解, 在线补充文本, 以及简短的讲座, 但重点放在主要来源文件和文本的使用，要求学生批判性地思考历史背景, 目的, 观点. Writing is an integral part of the course; students learn to develop an argument and analyze relevant evidence in order to communicate their own ideas about history as clearly and convincingly as possible.

在前三个月，课程侧重于19世纪初的美国. Students trace the development of both Native American and colonial civilizations, and special attention is paid to questions of identity and political power. As students study America’s path toward independent nationhood, 他们被要求考虑18世纪末和19世纪初不同群体的美国人对“自由”和“平等”等术语的含义.

In the second trimester, students turn their focus to the growing nation. As students examine America’s early national identity, 他们利用一些关键事件和现象，如向西扩张和南北战争，来帮助他们分析美国是如何保持对其最初理想的忠诚的，以及美国理想是如何随着时间而改变的.

在第三学期，学生们学习美国的工业化和作为世界强国的崛起. 学生分析“美国梦”的概念，并找出这个概念对我们今天生活的世界的贡献, 同时也在寻找梦想与现实不一致的地方. Beginning with American imperialism and extending through both world wars, 韩国, 和越南, students examine America’s expanding role in world events.

在大一表现优异的学生将被推荐到AP大学.S. 历史.

这个具有挑战性和快节奏的课程为极具动力的大二学生提供了一个在大学水平上学习美国历史的机会. AP美国历史将广泛的美国历史知识与对历史事件如何以及为什么展开的深入理解相结合. 在本课程中，学生将练习在美国AP历史考试中取得成功所必需的历史思维技能. 同时, 他们研究从前哥伦布时代到现在的美国历史, and seek out the common strands that connect each period to the next. This class requires a great deal of reading, including a college-level textbook and many diverse primary sources, 同时也很专注, structured analytical writing and high-level discussion.

初中世界史课程旨在继续培养学生在十大彩票平台以前的历史课中练习过的历史思维技能，同时让他们接触更具挑战性的阅读材料，并为他们准备大学水平的人文课程. 全年, as students examine global historical developments, 他们密切关注模式 and 大规模的变化, 以及连续性.

This course introduces students to ancient, 经典, 中世纪的, and modern civilizations from across the globe, with an emphasis on the ways that societies interact and develop over time. 学生将学习评估和分析世界不同文化思考重大问题的不同方式, 包括政治结构, 社会规范, 技术, 经济学, 环境, 和身份.

World 历史 students continue to strengthen their writing skills, with a focus on developing an argument, 分析证据, 支持他们的要点, and addressing relevant counter-arguments. We also expect students to read and annotate complex texts, make substantive contributions to class discussions, and demonstrate their knowledge and understanding through tests, 小测验, 和项目.

十大彩票平台为高度积极和合格的大三学生提供进阶世界历史课程. 这一目标取得了进展, 快节奏的, 大学水平的课程是为学生在国家AP世界历史考试中取得成功做准备. Reaching this objective includes understanding the broad themes and important events of world historical development from roughly 8000 BCE to the present; learning how to construct a historical argument based on primary and secondary sources; understanding long-term and large-scale historical change; and being able to make valid comparisons between diverse civilizations.

在更广泛的学术层面上, students in AP世界历史 practice and improve their formal writing skills, learn how to take effective and accurate class notes; and hone their critical and analytical thinking skills. 全年, as students examine world historical developments, 他们密切关注模式, 大规模的变化, 以及连续性. They analyze how particular historical developments have impacted gender roles, 宗教传统, 政治传统, 技术, 社会规范, 经济学, 还有环境. AP世界史既强调对地区发展的清晰理解，也强调对世界不同文明如何构成全球历史的理解.