BPS High School Course Catalog 24-25 - Flipbook - Page 79
221920 Court Cases: Constitutional History - Founding through Civil War (Groves)
In this course, students will explore the development of the Constitution and its impact on future
generations. Students will connect the origins of the United States to foundations of law, and
investigate the social, economic, political, and legal developments affecting the interpretation of the
Constitution from its formative years through the Civil War. Students will develop an understanding of
both the Supreme Court and the Constitution, and how its decisions impact their world. An interactive,
participatory approach to learning is emphasized, including debate, mock court simulations, and
Socratic discussions.
Prerequisites: None
Grades Taught: 11, 12
Credit: .25
NCAA Approved
221930 Court Cases: Constitutional History - Reconstruction through the Modern Court (Groves)
In this course, students will explore the development of the Constitution and its impact on future
gener-ations. Students will connect the origins of the United States to foundations of law, and
investigate the social, economic, political, and legal developments affecting the interpretation of the
Constitution from a period of rapid industrialization through the modern day. Students will develop an
understanding of both the Supreme Court and the Constitution, and how its decisions impact their
world. An interactive, participatory approach to learning is emphasized, including debate, mock court
simulations, and Socratic discussions.
Prerequisites: None
Grades Taught: 11, 12
Credit: .25
NCAA Approved
24052 Global Issues (Groves)
This course examines the development and future implications of major global problems resulting from
the social, political, economic, military, and technological interdependence of the peoples of the world.
Students consider major issues such as human rights, war and peace in the post-Cold War age,
terrorism, international migration, global environmental challenges, and nuclear proliferation. A case
study approach is emphasized, with teacher generated supplemental materials which are continually
updated. Students who have taken or are simultaneously enrolled in Excel Global Studies are not
permitted to take this course.
Prerequisites: None
Grades Taught: 11, 12
Credit: .25
NCAA Approved
221320 Roots of Western Philosophy - Honors (Groves)
The first 9 weeks of this class will focus on the early roots of Western philosophy by analyzing the major
concepts of Greek philosophers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Then we will examine the medieval
and Renaissance philosophers like St. Augustine and Aquinas. It will conclude by examining the major
disagreement between Rationalists like Descartes and Spinoza vs. the Empiricists like Locke, Hume, and
Berkeley. The big topics we will tackle will include an emphasis on ethics, an examination of Plato’s
Allegory of the Cave, fate vs. free will, and philosophers’ arguments for and against the existence of a
higher power, and an analysis of how we know what we know (epistemology).
Prerequisites: None
Grades Taught: 10, 11, 12
Credit: .25
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