High School History & Humanities

HST101 - American Government
Prerequisites: None
Periods per week: 5 (1 Semester)Credit: .50Grade(s): 9
Government is the institution by which man establishes, organizes, and operates the rules and regulations necessary to live together. God establishes governments as stated in Romans 13, which is an important concept to learn. (Text: Magruder's American Government by William A. McClenaghan)
HST102 - Economics
Prerequisites: None
Periods per week: 5 (1 Semester)Credit: .50Grade(s): 9
Economics is the study of how individuals and nations make choices about how to use scarce resources wisely. God has promised to meet all our needs but not all our wants, and it is important for the students to understand this and to learn how to make sound economic choices. (Text: Economics Today and Tomorrow by Roger LeRoy Miller)
HST201 - World History
Prerequisites: None
Periods per week: 5Credit: 1.0Grade(s): 10
World History is a survey course study of the history of the world, mainly Western civilizations, from the creation of the world through the great wars of the 20th Century. History is seen as "His" story, God's creation and God's plan for mankind. Psalm 135:6 says "The Lord does whatever pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth." God's hand can clearly be seen in history and we study it from that point of view.(Text: World History for Christian Schools by David A. Fisher)
HST301 - American History
Prerequisites: None
Periods per week: 5Credit: 1.0Grade(s): 11
This is a survey study course in American history starting with the founding of the country, moving into a war for independence from Great Britain, and concluding with the present day. Students need to learn their cultural and political background as Americans. They need to see the big picture of our nation so that they can try to avoid the same mistakes we have made in the past. (Text: The American Tradition by Robert P. Green, Jr., Laura L. Becker, Robert E. Coviello)
HST401 - Sociology
Prerequisites: None
Periods per week: 5Credit: 1.0Grade(s): 12
Sociology takes a philosophical look at the decline and fall of Western Thought and Culture, as well as a look at the humanistic effects of modern psychology on our society and how secularization, pluralization, and privatization foster the growth of evil in an amoral world. (Text: How Should We Then Live by Francis A. Schaeffer, Psychological Seduction: The Failure of Modern Psychology by William K. Kilpatrick, Deliver Us From Evil by Ravi Zacharias).
HST402 - AP Microeconomics
Prerequisites:
Periods per week: 5Credit: 1Grade(s): 11-12