Social Science Department

The Social Science Department offers a robust curriculum aligned with the Garden Grove Unified School District’s Strategic Plan.

Goal 1: Academic Skills

Goal 2: Personal Skills

Goal 3: Lifelong Success.

Our courses meet California’s A-G requirements, ensuring eligibility for UC and CSU admissions while fostering critical thinking, civic engagement, and global awareness to prepare students for college, careers, and lifelong achievement.

Grade 9: Elective courses, such as Ethnic Studies, Vietnamese American History, and Mexican American History
Grade 10: Modern World History
Grade 11: U.S. History and Geography
Grade 12: Civics (one semester) and Economics (one semester)

We also offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses, matched to their appropriate grade levels to challenge students with college-level rigor and provide opportunities for college credit:

Grade 9: AP Human Geography

Grade 10: AP World History
Grade 11: AP U.S. History

Grades 11 or 12: AP Psychology
Grade 12: AP U.S. Government and Politics (one semester) AP Macroeconomics (one semester)