To meet graduation requirements, students must have 3 credits of Social Studies including World History, U.S. History and Goverment.

Faculty Accomplishments

• All Social Studies department members have Masters Degrees or higher.

• Mr. Clark and Mr. Wroblewski have both worked at the Western Reserve Historical Society and Library.

• Mr. Clark is a gulf war veteran and has traveled the Middle East.

• Mr. Clark has also worked at the Perry Monument at Put-In-Bay.

• Mr. Wroblewski is a medieval re-enactor and deals with living history groups.

• Mr. Mark Anderson is the head basketball coach at Tri-C and a national championship coach.
  

Classes Offered

Geography
Grade Level: 9 - Required

Geography class is about space on our earth; its composition, formations, and use by people as they interact with their surroundings. Students will learn the physical geography of planet earth and also the human geography which has historical, political and economic implications. Map interpretation, space relations, the charting of geographic patterns and interactions become important skills for mastery.

Geography DL
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 - Elective

This course is modified to meet the needs of students with Individual Services Plan. Geography class is about space on earth; its composition, formations, and uses by people as they interact with their surroundings. Students will learn the physical geography of planet earth and also the human geography which has historical, political and economic implications. Map interpretation, space relations, the charting of geographic patterns and interactions become important for mastery.

World History
Grade Level: 10 - Required

World History class will examine the major historical developments of world civilizations. Besides surveying ancient and modern history in various world cultures, the course will examine current events within a historical perspective. Social studies skills will be further developed.

World History DL
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 - Required

This course is modified to meet the needs of students with Individual Services Plans. In this class the major historical developments of civilization will be examined. Besides surveying ancient and modern history in various world cultures, this course will examine current event within a historical perspective. Social Studies skills will be further developed.

Honors World History
Grade Level: 10 - Required

The Honors World History course covers the entire spectrum of man's history beginning with primitive man and progressing through the Age of the Enlightenment. During the first half of the course, an emphasis will be placed on the origin of western civilization, which includes Ancient Greece and Rome as well as the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The second part will include non-western civilizations including the Far East, Africa, and Mesoamerica. The course will stress research skills, writing exercises and the extensive use of primary source literature. Furthermore, higher level cognitive processes will be emphasized especially analysis, synthesis and critical thinking.

United States History
Grade Level: 11 - Required

This course is designed to introduce students to basic themes in American History as well as to basic social studies skills. A chronological approach to history will be used with emphasis placed on social, political, economic, and cultural concepts, which have become part of the American way of life. The course will also examine current events and issues from a past, present, and future point of views.

United States History DL
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 - Required

This course is modified to meet the needs of students with Individual Services Plans. It is designed to introduce students to basic themes in American History as well as basic Social Study skills. A chronological approach to history will be used with emphasis placed on social, political, economic, and cultural concepts, which have become part of the American life. This course will also examine current events and issues from a past, present, and future point of views

Government
Grade Level: 12 - Required

The success of democracy lies in the intelligent and effective participation of the people in the political process. It is the aim of this course to help the students become responsible citizens capable of analyzing objectively and intelligently the issues, which affect them and their society. The course deals with the structure of the federal, state, and local government, and the principles on which the American political system is founded. Principles of a market economy as well as economic/political relationships in our society are also studied. Current domestic and international issues are examined and evaluated. The students will be introduced to capitalism and the parameters in which it works. Students will study market trends and simulate investing in the stock market.

Government/Citizenship DL
Grade Level-l: 9, 10, 11, 12 - Required

This course is modified to meet the needs of students with Individual Services Plans. It is the goal of this course to help the students become responsible citizens capable of analyzing objectively and intelligently the issues, which affect them and their society. This course deals with the structure of the federal, state, and local government, and the principles on which the American political system is founded. Current domestic and international issues are examined and evaluated. The students will be introduced to capitalism and the parameters in which it works.

African American History
Grade Level: 11,12 - Elective

This course will be a topical survey of the African American Experience beginning in Africa and continuing through the present day. Topics that will be included: coming to the Americas, involvement in the Revolutionary War, Civil War, Post-Civil War, World War I, the Jazz Age, Migration from the southern United States to the north, World War II, origin of the Civil Rights movement (1950s) through the 1960s. This course will then summarize with contemporary socioeconomic and political demographics

Psychology
Grade Level: 11, 12 - Elective

This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to the field of psychology. Students will become familiar with the terms and conceptions used by psychologists. Topics such as memory and thought, sleep and dreams, learning, development of personality, history of psychology, stress and conflict, and abnormal behaviors will be covered. Lectures, discussion, debates, movies, and questionnaires will be used to reinforce the content of the course.

Cleveland Central Catholic High School provides a comprehensive curricular program, offering a variety of course sequences which exceed state requirements. These offerings proved intellectual and cultural experiences for the college-bound and the career-oriented.

A program of studies is a sequence of classes that a student will usually take while at Cleveland Central Catholic High School. These programs consist of many required classes with some elective options. Programs or studies are designed to assist students in meeting their potential and in receiving more direction to course selection.