KENMORE WEST SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT ELECTIVE COURSES

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KENMORE WEST SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENTELECTIVE
COURSES

• A.P. European History
• PSYCHOLOGY
• SOCIOLOGY
• THE 60S AND 70S
• THE HOLOCAUST
• WORLD WAR II
• COPS, COURTS, AND THE CONSTITUTION LAW
• IN AMERICA

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A.P. European Historydare to know Emanuel Kant

• Prerequisites For juniors and seniors a 90 in
  Global 10, teacher recommendation, and an
  advanced ability to read and write.
• Sophomores A 90 average in Global 9 Honors,
  teacher recommendation, and advanced ability to
  read and write.
• Summer assignment? There is no summer reading
  assignment

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A.P. European HistoryIf I have seen farther
than others, it is because I have stood on the
shoulders of giants -Sir Isaac Newton

• ---cool things about the course
• This class is worth 2 college classes if you pass
  the exam with a 3 or better Thats 6 credit
  hours
• You will be taught how to take college level
  notes, analyze primary source material and to
  think critically
• All the dirt, scandals and stories your global
  teachers were not able to tell you
• Mr. Knight teaches it hes nuts

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A.P. European History

• Teacher Mr. Knight
• Future Applications
• This course touches many cross curricular themes
  English, science, politics, economics and math.
  We study the historical causation for the
  development of all these areas of study.
• The skills and knowledge you learn in this class
  will be used in all areas in you life, SIGN UP
  TODAY, IF YOU DARE TO KNOW

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PSYCHOLOGY
Possible Teacher Mr. Harned, Ms. Nichols, Ms.
Widman ½ Credit Course (20 Weeks)
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PSYCHOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR

• This course covers the models and theories of why
  people behave as they do.
• TOPICS AND ISSUES INCLUDE
• What do your dreams mean?
• When do you need hypnosis?
• How important is IQ?
• Why is anorexia a growing national problem?
• How do you remember what you do?
• Does nature or nurture determine who you are?

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PSYCHOLOGY EXPECTATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

• In this course you will be expected to complete
• the following requirements on a topic of
• your choice
• 1) Research Paper
• 2) Oral Presentation
• 3) Creative Display
• Overall, this course is designed to promote
  health and wholeness by adding to our storehouse
  of knowledge about who and why we are.

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Psychology

• Future Applications Psychology helps you
  understand people's personalities and their
  behavior. This course helps you learn how to work
  with others and how to be part of a group as
  well as understanding your own behavior and that
  of family members.
• Future Careers Psychology can be a foundation to
  many careers in government, sports, schools,
  hospitals, as well as counseling and clinical
  situations.

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SOCIOLOGYTHE STUDY OF SOCIETYS INSTITUTIONS
Possible Teacher Mr. Beale, Mr. Strach, Mr.
Stuhlmiller ½ Credit Course (20 Weeks)
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WELCOME TO AN EYE OPENING COURSE ON WHY
GROUPS ACT AS THEY DO!

• TOPICS/ ISSUES
• GENDER ISSUES
• NATURE VS. NURTURE
• CULTURE AND SOCIALIZATION
• DEVIANT BEHAVIOR
• GANGS
• COUNTER CULTURE
• CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

• EXPECTATIONS
• INTERPRET AND FORMULATE YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS!
• ORAL REPORT
• GROUP PROJECT
• CLASS DISCUSSION
• HOMEWORK/TESTS
• FINAL EXAM

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QUESTIONS FOR SOCIOLOGISTS

• WHAT FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO SUICIDE?
• HOW DO SOME GROUPS PROMOTE DEVIANT BEHAVIOR AMONG
  THEIR MEMBERS?
• WHAT EFFECT DOES MUSIC HAVE ON THE YOUTH?
• WHAT DO TWINS SHOW US ABOUT THE NATURE VS.
  NURTURE DEBATE? (Engage in a twin study in this
  course)
• Emile Durkheim
• Sociologist

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Sociology

• Future Applications develop a strong
  understanding of social factors that influence,
  family, community and society. Awareness of
  factors that cause deviance.
• This course provides students with the skills
  required to understand group dynamics and how
  group behavior can effect individuals. Develop
  contrasts in multicultural studies.
• Future Careers Education, social work,
  counseling, advertising and marketing.

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THE 1960S AND 1970S
Possible Teachers Mr. Conrad, Mrs.
Reidell-Mazcka, ½ Credit Course (20 Weeks)
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EXCITING, TURBULENT TIMES AMERICAN HISTORY
DURING THE DECADE OF THE 1960S AND 1970S

• TOPICS INCLUDE
• SIXTIES COUNTER CULTURE
• WOODSTOCK AND HIPPIES
• KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION
• CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
• WOMENS MOVEMENT

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TOPICS 60s AND 70s

• VIETNAM WAR
• CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
• WATERGATE
• 70S CULTURE

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60s and 70s EXPECTATIONSREQUIREMENTS

• ACTIVITIES
• View and discuss the film JFK
• View and discuss the film
• Mississippi Burning
• See clips from films that
• depict the Vietnam War
• What was the fighting like?
• Listen to the music of the times
• Read Poetry of the era
• Listen to the important speeches of great
  American historical figures

• REQUIREMENTS
• Class Discussion
• Written response
• Group project
• Tests and Final Exam

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60s 70s

• Future Applications
• Future Careers

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Rise of Dictators The History of World War II
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Possible Teachers Include General Meetze

• 20 Week (1/2 Credit) College Style Social
  Studies Elective Course Designed to Prepare You
  for the Next Level

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• Did You Know ??????
• - Hitler Survived over 42 Assassination Attempts!
• - In 1943 American Soldiers in the Pacific were
  Ordered to Stop Wearing Human Body Parts by
  F.D.R.!!
• The People of Leningrad only survived by eating
  Everything and we mean absolutely
• EVERYTHING!!!!
  (and Everyone!)

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• Introducing the WWII Cast of Characters
• (in no particular order)

-The Russian Man of Steel J. Stalin
-Everyones Favorite Uncle D.
Eisenhower -Americas Best the Band of Brothers
-The Worlds Greatest Failed Artist A.
Hitler -Tortiselike General B. Montgomery
-The Reincarnated General George S.
Patton -Tiger Wrestling Benito Mussolini
-Admiral William No Bull Halsey -The Man
with the Plan Yammamoto -The Man Who
Never Was??? -Desert Fox Field Marshall Rommel
-Im So Crazy Marshall Georgie Zhukov
Dont Forget Winston I Never met a Quote I
didnt like Churchill
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WWII Course Topics

• The Hopelessness of Trench Warfare NYCs own
  Lost Battalion
• Implementation of Lightning War the Fall of
  Fortress Europe
• Fun Sounding Operations including Barbarossa,
  Market Garden, Sea Lion
• Living Under Rule of the Nazis Horrors of the
  Pacific Theater of War
• Non Accuracy of the Air War the 3 Greatest
  Secrets of WWII
• D-Day the True Story (Doomsday? Demolition
  Day?? Doorknob Day???)
• The Battles for El Alamein, Iwo Jima,
  Gudalcanal, Monte Cassino, Stalingrad,
  Everyones favorite Battle of the Bulge!
• Boot Camp, Spy School, How to Pack, and Much
  Much More!!

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Activities for the Course
-Be an Armchair General You Control Solve
realistic Battle Plans Simulations
-What every Soldier needs, A Personal Wartime
Journal as a member of the O.S.S.
-Conspiracy Web Quests including The Truth of
Pearl Harbor, Japanese Atrocities, the Secret
War, Nazism in the Classroom
-Independent Reading Project You pick the book
you create your Final Project for the exam
-Command Decisions Interactive Classroom Video
Competition
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Future Applications -A New Found Respect for our
Greatest Generation of Citizens and the
Opportunity to take a Comprehensive look at the
most Honored World Wide Conflict in
History! -Access to Potential Final Jeopardy
Answers as well as 50 Cash Cab Questions -The
Ability to Fully
Understand the Many, Many Video Games
that you
so Frequently Play!
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COPS, COURTS AND THE CONSTITUTION LAW IN AMERICA

• Possible Teacher Mr. Strach, Mr. Harned,
• ½ Credit Course (20 Weeks)

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COPS, COURTS, AND THE CONSTITUTION LAW IN AMERICA

• TOPICS OF THE COURSE
• CRIMINOLOGY
• POLICE WORK
• COURTS AND PRISONS
• SUPREME COURT CASES

Rodney King
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COPS, COURTS, AND LAWEXPERIENCES AND EXPECTATIONS

• Written assignments
• Research on legal issues (Projects)
• Recent developments in Constitutional law
• Class discussion
• Mock Trial of a Murder Case
• Field Trip to Erie County Holding Center/Court

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.CRIMINAL LAW FROM THE INSIDE OUT AND THE
OUTSIDE IN

• MIRANDA WARNINGS!
• SEARCH AND SEIZURE!
• CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR!
• POLICE WORK!

THE DEATH PENALTY Cruel and unusual punishment?
The Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.
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Law in America

• Future Applications
• Allows citizens understand when their rights are
  violated, or when legal action is required
• Life after school and college
• All citizens will be faced with a legal situation
  that involves criminal/civil law at some point in
  your life.
• Future careers Police officer, lawyer, judge,
  criminology, politics, education, business, self
  employed