Social Studies


Resource Teacher: Fotini Economides
Phone: 240-740-2633

Mission Statement

The mission of the Social Studies department is to encourage and promote effective thinking, writing,and reasoning. It is important that all students learn to conceptualize and connect ideas and knowledge with beliefs and civic participation. Our goal is to increase student to student discourse and critical thinking and writing skills.

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.

 

Staff List

NOTE: Staff e-mail addresses can be found in the Staff Directory.

Department Resource Teacher

Ms. Fotini T. Economides 

 

  • US History
     

Staff

   
Mr. James Andrews
  • Honors MWH
  • AP Government
     
Mr. Patrick Belott
  • IB Geography
  • IB History 1
  • Honors MWH
     
Mr. Paul Bolstad
  • AP US
  • Honors US
  • IB Psychology
     
Mr. Scott Camillo
  • AP US
  • Honors US History
  • IB Psychology
     
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  • IB History
  • Honors NSL
     
Mr. Max Donohue STA_STA_DONOHUE_CHRISTOPHER.jpg
  • Honors NSL
  • Honors MWH
  • US History
     
Mr. Andreas Gelner
  • Honors NSL
  • Honors MWH
  • IB Global Politics
     
Ms. Samantha Hecox
  • Psychology
  • NSL Government
     
Mr. Jared Kavlock
  • Journalism
  • Sociology
  • Honors US History
     
Ms. Katelyn Klenk
  • US History
  • Law
  • AP World History
     
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  • Honors NSL
  • African American History
  • US Hostiry
     
Mr. Sean Loftus
  • AP Government,
  • Leadership
  • Hon MWH
     
Mr. Anthony Nappo
  • AP Government
  • NSL
  • IB Economics
     
Mr. Patrick Roberts
  • NSL
     
Mr. Robert Western
  • AP World
  • Honors US History