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Financial Literacy/Career Investigations
8 None |
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| Financial Literacy/Career Investigations is a two-part course that is required for eighth-grade students. The students will learn about budgeting money, and about money in general. They will also learn about financial terms, and the economy. | |||||||||||||||||||
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World Geography
2210 9 None 1 |
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| By studying geography, students are able to see, understand, and appreciate the web of relationships among people, places, and environments. World Geography is presented as a science in which the physical, cultural, political, economic, and historical components of the subject are studied. Characteristics of the world's regions and subregions, along with the interrelationship between environment and culture, are examined. Emphasis is placed on the development of map and globe skills, chart and graph interpretation, and critical thinking skills. Also, current events are used to study world problems. | |||||||||||||||||||
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World History to I
2341 9 World Geography 1 |
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| World History I will enable students to explore the historical development of people, places, and patterns of life from ancient times until 1000 A.D. Students study the origins of much of our heritage using texts, maps, pictures, stories, diagrams, charts, chronological skills, inquiry/research skills, and technology skills. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Virginia and United States History
2360 11 None 1 |
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| Virginia and United States History is a required course that includes the historical development of American ideas and institutions from the Age of Exploration to the present. The eleventh grade Virginia Standards of Learning will be covered during the course. Virginia and United States History will focus on political and economic history and provide students with a basic knowledge of American culture through a chronological survey of major issues, movements, people, and events in United States, Virginia, and local history. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Virginia and United States Government
2440 12 None 1 |
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| Virginia and United States Government, a required course, is a study of modern world political and economic systems. Western political thinking and the foundations of Virginia and American government are studied. Current events and local government are also emphasized through the utilization of field trips, resource persons, and active student participation. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Local History and Technology
2996 12 Virginia and United States History 1 |
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| Local History and Technology is an elective course which covers Bland County History, the management of the Bland County History Archives, and the integration of a wide range of computer skills in this process. A cross platform of the Wintel and MAC operating systems will be used during the course. Computer skills employed will include telecommunications, web site creation, multimedia, scanning and OCR software, graphics, word processing, databases, and desktop publishing. Real life issues will be dealt with in real time. The student, upon completion of Local History and Technology, will have a knowledge of Bland County History, a full range of computer skills, and organizational and information management experience. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sociology
2500 10, 11, 12 None 1 |
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| Sociology is the study of major social problems and their causes, effects, and possible solutions. Students will identify propaganda techniques and will study group dynamics. Criminal justice, social diversity, and personal values will also be examined. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Economics
2800 10, 11, 12 None 1 |
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| Economics is a course that offfers students that opportunity to study the basic principles of the American and world economy. Major topics include supply and demand, big business, procuctivity, money, credit, banking, and economic problems. | |||||||||||||||||||