AP Government/Economic Honors

Advanced Placement (AP) curriculum is designed to give students an academic perspective on government and politics in the United States at the college level. One semester of Economic Honors curriculum is incorporated into the study of U.S. government  and earns the student required credits.

Students are required to master historical content in a political and economic context. Students will develop college level critical-thinking and analytic skills, including chronological and spatial thinking, historical/social science research and interpretation. Evaluation of multiple viewpoints including (but not limited to) major print and electronic media, statistical data and trends related to significant political events.

Students will study both general concepts used to interpret U.S. politics (with a focus on economics) and examine specific examples. The AP Government/Economic Honors course requires students to learn facts and concepts and understand typical political processes. The curriculum will emphasize analysis and interpretation of data and relationships in economics and U.S. government/politics.