History and Social Studies
Graduation requirement: World History, United States History, and either two additional semester electives or one additional year-long elective
Students at The Pennington School are engaged in a wide variety of learning activities within the History Department to gain competency in academic skills that are both discipline-specific and transferable to other areas of study. Effective research, critical reading, analytical writing, historical thinking, and presentation skills are emphasized throughout the course of study, and each is rooted in the process of inquiry, the practice of document analysis, and the thoughtful synthesis of content. By offering a wide variety of course offerings that range from core classes to AP to non-AP electives, the History Department provides students the opportunity to develop their unique individual excellence through intellectual challenge and to empathize and connect more broadly to the variety of human experience.
- World History; Grade 9
- World History–Honors; Grade 9
- United States History; Grade 10
- United States History–Honors; Grade 10
- AP Modern European History; Grades 11-12
- AP United States History; Grades 11-12
- Africa in Modern World History; Grade 11
- East Asian History; Grade 11
- Global Studies; Grade 11
- Middle Eastern History; Grade 11
- Latin American Colonial History; Grade 11
- The American Dream and African America; Grade 11
- Modern American History and Art: Context and Creation; Grade 11
- Radical Change in the Postwar Era; Grade 11
- Thesis Seminar–Honors; Grades 11-12
- AP United States Government and Politics; Grade 12
- Economics; Grade 12
- AP Economics; Grade 12
- Civil Rights and Liberties; Grade 12
- Contemporary Perspectives on Global Issues; Grade 12
- Geography–Honors: Grade 12
- International Politics; Grade 12
- Sociology of Sports; Grade 12
- Organizational Behavior; Grade 12