SOCIAL STUDIES
FACULTY
Rochelle Bohm
Shana Goodall
Dave Hamel
Mathy Terrill
COURSE OFFERINGS
Students are required to complete three credits of Social Studies in the following recommended sequence:
- World Civilization and Geography or AP Human Geography (9th grade year)
- United States Government and Civics or AP Seminar: United States Government & Civics (10th grade year)
- United States History or AP United States History (11th grade year)
Electives may be taken during any year, except the first semester of ninth grade. Students with advanced interest in social studies are encouraged to take advantage of social studies offerings not offered at OHS at the University of Maine.
WORLD CIVILIZATIONS AND GEOGRAPHY: 1 credit
AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: 1 credit
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND CIVICS: 1 credit
AP SEMINAR: UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND CIVICS: 1 credit
UNITED STATES HISTORY: 1 credit
AP UNITED STATES HISTORY: 1 credit
SOCIAL STUDIES ELECTIVES
AP UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS (not offered 2024-25): 1 credit
AP WORLD HISTORY: MODERN: 1 credit
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: ½ credit or 1 credit
CONTEMPORARY WORLD ISSUES (not offered 2024-2025): ½ credit
CURRENT EVENTS: ½ credit
HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE STUDIES: ½ credit or 1 credit
POLITICS AND THE ELECTION PROCESS: ½ credit
PRACTICAL LAW: ½ credit
PSYCHOLOGY: ½ credit
SOCIOLOGY (not offered 2024-2025): ½ credit
INDIGENOUS STUDIES: ½ credit
AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH SPORTS: ½ credit