ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDINGS  SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 1 AND 2
Psychology 1 Schedule

• Students will show understanding of the Psychology Schools of Thought
• Students will have a working knowledge of the Social Psychology Theories of human interaction
• Students will differentiate between the guiding elements of Classical and Operant Conditioning
• Students will understand the Motivation paradigms
• Students will learn the response reaction connections in emotional expressions
• Students will demonstrate an ability to evaluate test materials using test criteria guidelines and explain the outcomes of using tests for evaluations
• Students will be able to recognize the nature and nurture elements of human behavior in areas related to Competition, Cooperation, Gender, and Criminal behavior
• Students will understand the evolution of moral and ethical reasoning
• Students will understand the premises, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses
• Students will demonstrate an ability to develop a research question, gather data and create a written evaluation of their data
  

   

  ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDINGS FOR UNITED STATES STUDIES
  US History Schedule - Term 1

Semester 1

* Gain a basic knowledge of the Constitution, including the Amendments
* Learn the basic rights and responsibilities of citizenship
* Learn to relate current events with the past
* Understand how the electoral process works
* Understand the evolution of industrialization
* Learn the basic events associated with westward expansion

Semester 2

* Compare and contrast economic systems, focusing on Capitalism
* Know the workings of the US Supreme Court, including important rulings
* Understand the major concepts and ideas associated with the social and cultural
revolutions of the 20th Century
* Learn the states and their capitals
* Compare and contrast major US military conflicts
* Understand and recognize the changing role of women in US History
* Describe the nature of the Cold War