History / Social Science
With the History-Social Science Framework for California Public Schools as a guide to the eras and civilizations to study, these standards require students not only to acquire core knowledge in history and social science, but also to develop the critical thinking skills that historians and social scientists employ to study the past and its relationship to the present. It is possible to spend a lifetime studying history and not learn about every significant historical event; no one can know everything. However, the State Board hopes that during their years of formal schooling, students will learn to distinguish the important from the unimportant, to recognize vital connections between the present and the past, and to appreciate universal historical themes and dilemmas.
The Social Science Courses that Hilltop High offers:
| Ethnic Studies | World History | US History | Government |
| Ethnic Studies SEI | World History SEI | US History SEI | Economics |
| Ethnic Studies Inclusion | World History Fund | US History Fund | AP Government |
| AP Human Geography | AP Psychology | Psychology/Sociology | Government SEI |
| Social Issues in Film | AP Economics | ||
| Criminal Law | Econ/Gov Fund | ||
| Health | Economics SEI |