Historical Inquiry 6 - Robert Ferrante, Serrita Francois, Michael Mals
Global Humanities 6 - Michael Mals
Historical Inquiry 7 - Robert Ferrante, Vassiliki Key, Ioannis Sarantopoulos
Global Humanities 7 - Vassiliki Key
US History 8 - Christopher Hull, Ioannis Sarantopoulos
American Studies - Christopher Hull
Global Humanities Cohort - Nicholas Chupka, Vassiliki Key
The goal of social studies is to help create literate and well-informed citizens who actively participate in a democratic society. Students learn how to become effective citizens through:
active engagement in the learning processes and skills of the social sciences and history; development of a useful knowledge base in culture, economics, geography, history, and politics;
learning the fundamental structures of human systems of interaction and how these systems have developed over time;
application of concepts and knowledge of the past to problem-solving real-world issues of the present;application and evaluation of the role of an effective citizen, including putting citizen participation theory into practice;
effective use of multiple sources of investigation for research and learning, including technology, primary and secondary source materials, the arts, film, and oral history; and
development and communication of social studies concepts and knowledge using a variety of formats, with a special emphasis on analytic and argumentative writing.
Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) Social Studies 8 Website
MCAP Social Studies 8 Practice Sites
Dates / Month
Month of Recognition
Sept. 15 – Oct. 15 - Latino American Heritage Month
Filipino Heritage Month / October
Native American Alaska Native Heritage Month, Remembrance and Reconciliation Month / November
Black History Month / February
Women’s History Month / March
Arab American Heritage Month / April
Asian American Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Jewish Heritage Month / May
Pride / June
Constitution Day http://www.constitutionday.com/
GeoBee Challenge (National Geographic) http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/today.html#/start
On This Day (NY Times Website) http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/index.html
National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
History Channel http://www.history.com
Smithsonian Institute http://www.si.edu
Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov
MCPS Social Studies Website https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/socialstd/
Junior Achievement’s Finance Park: https://www.juniorachievement.org/web/ja-usa/ja-programs?p_p_id=56_INSTANCE_abcd&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=ja-maincontent&p_p_col_count=1&_56_INSTANCE_abcd_groupId=14516&_56_INSTANCE_abcd_articleId=19406
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: http://naturalhistory.si.edu/
Newseum: http://www.newseum.org/