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History

We learn about ourselves much more clearly when we learn about others. The greatest insights we will ever gain are when we travel to another place. My classes help students travel through their learning. They come away with a greater sense of the world and a curiosity about what is happening in it." –Pat Grant, History Teacher

Upper School history students master a wide variety of skills, such as recognizing, analyzing, and critiquing trends, patterns, and causal relationships in history.

By reading both primary and secondary sources, students begin to recognize both bias and disparity. Students are taught skills necessary to produce term or position papers. Techniques of debate, oral reporting and group discussions are also emphasized.

The course sequence includes world history in ninth and tenth grades, United States History (through either a Survey or Topics approach) in eleventh grade, and a semester of Civics in either eleventh or twelfth grade. The department also offers a wide range of elective courses for students to pursue their interests beyond required topics.

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World History

Semester Courses

Semester + Intensive Courses
Learn more about our intensives program.



United States History


 

Civics

One term required, eleventh or twelfth grade



Electives

Electives offer opportunities for students to pursue their interests beyond the core program. Each elective requires students to study a specific field of history containing a rich diversity of issues. This way, students work toward the department's goals regardless of the course taken.

Semester Courses

Intensive Courses