The History Department offers a diverse curriculum that challenges students to engage the past critically in order better to understand and affect the world we live in today. Through a sequenced program of integrated skill building, students are encouraged to formulate their own questions about the past, analyze primary and secondary sources, design research plans and write papers from a variety of perspectives. The goal is to deepen students’ understanding of how the world has come to be what it is and to sharpen their sense of responsibility as global citizens. The History Department believes that the study of the past fosters the compassion, humility and moral vision that Branson strives to impart.
Students at Branson must fulfill a three-year history requirement. In grade 9, all students take Roots of Civilizations, a yearlong introduction to world civilizations that develops basic historical skills and knowledge. This course is followed by Modern World History or Modern World History AP, in grade 10. Students complete the third year requirement by taking U.S. History or U.S. History AP.
Students enrolled in 10th grade Modern World History or 11th grade U.S. History may receive AP credit by completing the additional requirements as stipulated by the particular course teachers. In all cases, students must take the AP exam in May to receive AP credit.
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