1. Social Studies Department Norwell High School Requirement for graduation from NHS: All students are required to complete four years of social studies.

2. GRADE 9-WORLD HISTORY II 2 OPTIONS: COLLEGE PREP & HONORS Age of Absolutism to present Skills –Making connections between past and present events –Primary Source Analysis –Research Project

3. A.Queen Elizabeth B.Louis XIV C.Frederick the Great D.Napoleon Who took 14,000 royal decrees and simplified them into a unified set of 7 laws? This was the first time in modern history that a nation’s laws applied equally to all citizens. These laws were so impressive that by 1960 more than 70 governments had patterned their own laws after them or used them verbatim.

4. Grade 10 – United States History I US HISTORY I: Exploration to Immigration and Urbanization 2 OPTIONS: College Prep & Honors Skills –Primary Source Analysis –Research Paper (3-5pp) –Evaluate evidence for bias –Interpret historical scholarship

5. GRADE 11-US HISTORY II US HISTORY: Industrial Revolution to Present 3 OPTIONS: College Prep, Honors, & Advanced Placement Skills –Primary Source Analysis –Research Paper (5-7pp) –Testing the reliability of historical information –Recognizing propaganda and opinion as distinct from historical evidence

6. GRADE 12-ELECTIVES ELECTIVES MAY BE COLLEGE PREP, HONORS OR ADVANCED PLACEMENT –Economics –Geography –Sociology –Political Science: American Government and Law –Psychology –European History –Senior Internship