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New Bedford High School

A Tradition of Excellence

History and Social Studies

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New Bedford High School 

History Department

Experience education like never before. Your journey starts here.

The History and Social Studies Department at New Bedford High School seeks to prepare students to make informed civic choices and assume their responsibility for strengthening equality, justice, and liberty in and beyond the United States. Our courses seek to challenge students to not only study significant periods and developments in history, but to work towards mastering the skills of analysis and inquiry through a careful study of historical documents and trends and what they mean for life in the 21st century.

Courses Offered

Modern World History

Grade 9

Honors Modern World History

Grade 9

United States History I

Grade 10

Honors United States History I

Grade 10

United States History II

Grade 11

AP European History

AP Human Geography

AP United States Government and Politics

AP United States History

Introduction to Criminal Justice

Law and the Legal System

Psychology

History of New Bedford

Geography

Current Events

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