Social Studies

Social Studies Staff

• Vassiliki Key - Social Studies Content Specialist

• Historical Inquiry 6 - Michael Mals, Robert Ferrante, Ioannis Sarantopoulos

• Global Humanities 6 - Michael Mals

• Historical Inquiry 7 - Robert Ferrante, Ioannis Sarantopoulos

• Global Humanities 7 - Vassiliki Key

• US History 8 - Christopher Hull, 

• American Studies - Christopher Hull

• Global Humanities Cohort - Nicholas Chupka, Vassiliki Key

Cultural Awareness Months 

Dates / Month

Month of Recognition

• Sept. 15 – Oct. 15 - Latino American Heritage Month 

• Filipino Heritage Month / October

• Native American Alaska Native Heritage Month / November

• Black History Month / February 

• Women’s History Month / March

• Jewish Heritage Month / May

General Links

• 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/