History/Social Science

Athenian’s history curriculum begins with required and foundational year-long courses in World History (ninth grade) and US History (10th grade). As students progress into 11th and 12th they have a wide-range of history and social science seminars to select from. These are generally semester long courses and are all Honors classes due to their rigor and often intensive writing requirements.

Course offerings vary from year to year (see course offerings for a recent sampling) and explore major historical movements. Areas of focus include Africa, East & South Asia, The Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. Along the way, students master skills essential to the craft of history: interpreting primary and secondary sources, finding salient information through skilled research, forming an argument from multiple sources, and expressing ideas clearly in writing and class discussions and presentations. By exploring many perspectives from the past, students are also encouraged to examine their own perspectives, biases and beliefs.

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