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Social Studies eSchool Courses
For more about the Social Studies Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), visit Texas Education Agency.
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eSchool Course Information
Not all courses have a required prerequisite.
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Social Studies Courses
Course: 3320100 YR
World Geography (eSchool)
Credit: .5 –1
Grade: 9, 10, 11, 12
Course ID: 3320100
YR
Course Name: World Geography (eSchool)
Credit: .5 –1
Grade Placement: 9, 10, 11, 12
Required Prerequisite(s): Successful Completion of 8th Grade Social Studies
What's Next: World History, World History Honors, AP World History
This course examines people, places, and environments at different scales from a spatial perspective. Students describe the influence of geography on events of the past and present with emphasis on contemporary issues. A significant portion of the course centers on social, historical, environmental, and economic and political geography. Students analyze the world through the exercise of map, reading, and critical thinking skills.
Course: 3340400 YR
World History (eSchool)
Credit: .5 – 1
Grade: 9, 10, 11, 12
Course ID: 3340400
YR
Course Name: World History (eSchool)
Credit: .5 – 1
Grade Placement: 9, 10, 11, 12
Required Prerequisite(s): NONE
What's Next: US History, AP US History, or US History Dual Credit
This course is a survey of world history and focuses on concepts and skills that apply to various eras, events, and people. The major emphasis is on the study of significant people, events, and issues from the earliest times to the present. Students evaluate the causes and effects of political, economic, geographic, and cultural interactions over time. Students will discover connections between the past and contemporary society.
Course: 3340100 YR
United States History (eSchool)
Credit: .5 –1
Grade: 11
Course ID: 3340100
YR
Course Name: United States History (eSchool)
Credit: .5 –1
Grade Placement: 11
Required Prerequisite(s): Cannot be taken until after 10th grade
What's Next: Government, Economics, AP Government, AP Economics, Dual Credit Economics, or Dual Credit Government
Historical content in this course focuses on the political, economic, and social events and issues related to industrialization and urbanization, major wars, domestic agendas, foreign policies, and reform movements, including civil rights. Additional themes include geography, diplomacy and cultural reactions to major events from 1877 to modern times.Students use critical–thinking skills with a variety of primary and secondary source material to explain and apply different methods that historians use to understand and interpret the past, including multiple points of view and historical context.
Course: 3330100 SM
United States Government (eSchool)
Credit: .5
Grade: 11, 12
Course ID: 3330100
SM
Course Name: United States Government (eSchool)
Credit: .5
Grade Placement: 11, 12
Required Prerequisite(s): US History or concurrent enrollment in US History
What's Next: NONE
United States Government will assist students in acquiring knowledge of the structure, functions, and development of our system of government. The course will analyze the political institutions, processes, and civic values inherent in our political system and provide students the opportunity to develop and apply the participatory skills needed to carry out civic responsibilities and exercise their rights as citizens.It will also provide students the opportunity to analyze and compare political institutions, processes, and civic values of the United States with those of other political systems as well as opportunities to develop appropriate democratic values and support for the American free enterprise system.
Course: 3380082 SM
Personal Financial Literacy and Economics (eSchool)
Credit: .5
Grade: 11, 12
Course ID: 3380082
SM
Course Name: Personal Financial Literacy and Economics (eSchool)
Credit: .5
Grade Placement: 11, 12
Required Prerequisite(s): US History or concurrent enrollment in US History
What's Next: NONE
The Personal Financial Literacy and Economics Course emphasizes the economic way of thinking, which serves as a framework for the personal financial decision–making opportunities introduced in the course. Students will demonstrate the ability to anticipate and address financial challenges as these challenges occur over their lifetime. In addition, students are introduced to common economic and personal financial planning terms and concepts.Through their studies in this combined Personal Financial Literacy and Economics course, students will gain the ability to lead productive and financially self–sufficient lives. (This course fulfills the State of Texas graduation requirement for Economics, but is not currently approved by the N.C.A.A.)
Course: 3310300 SM
Economics, with Emphasis on the Free Enterprise System and its Benefits (eSchool)
Credit: .5
Grade: 11, 12
Course ID: 3310300
SM
Course Name: Economics, with Emphasis on the Free Enterprise System and its Benefits (eSchool)
Credit: .5
Grade Placement: 11, 12
Required Prerequisite(s): US History or concurrent enrollment in US History
What's Next: NONE
Economics is the study of how people and countries deal with the problem of scarcity–not enough goods and services to satisfy everyone's wants and needs. To understand this problem, students will study the market system, American business organizations, supply and demand, money and banking system, the national economy, international trade, and other economic systems.In a blended class, students access some/most course content online and independently. This class will meet face–to–face on a schedule specified by the teacher. During times the student is not required to attend the face–to–face class, he/she may or may not be on campus during that class period. However, if the student is on campus, he/she must be in one of the areas specified by the campus administration.
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