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http://www.trentonmillhill.org/history.html
Social Studies Department
Steve Olshalsky, Supervisor K-12
Social Studies Department Steve Olshalsky , Supervisor K-12 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Social Studies Department Steve Olshalsky , Supervisor K-12 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Social Studies Department Steve Olshalsky , Supervisor K-12 http://www.trentonmillhill.org/history.html Social Studies Education The primary purpose of social studies is to help young people make informed and reasoned decisions for the public
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Social Studies Education
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All Social Studies Courses...
- Engage students in Historical Thinking Skills.
➢ Skill 1: Crafting Historical Arguments from Historical Evidence ➢ Skill 2: Chronological Reasoning ➢ Skill 3: Comparison and Contextualization ➢ Skill 4: Historical Interpretation and Synthesis
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All Social Studies Courses...
- Maximize student interaction and critical thinking skills.
- Ensure that the history of ALL Americans is incorporated into daily
instruction.
- Utilize technology as a tool of engagement for student learning
- Help improve student performance across the content areas
(specifically ELA)
- Promote Common Core literacy skills through examination of
informational text and evidence-based writing.
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Social Studies Course Sequence
9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade
Modern World History Honors Modern World History United States History I Honors United States History I United States History II Honors United States History II AP United States History
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Modern World History
- 1. Age of Revolutions
- 2. The World at War
- 3. Contemporary Regional Studies:
1945- Present ○ Europe ○ Africa ○ Asia ○ Middle East ○ Latin America
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United States History I
1. European Expansion and Colonization 2. The American Revolution 3. The Constitutional Era 1787-1791 4. The New Nation 5. Nationalism, Sectionalism, & Economic Development 6. The Era of Jackson 1828-1840 7. Age of Reform 8. Westward Expansion 9. The Rise of Conflict 1848-1860 10. Civil War and Reconstruction 11. Industrial America during the Gilded Age 12. The American West during the Gilded Age
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United States History II
- 1. The Emergence of Modern America
- 2. America in the Age of Imperialism
- 3. America and the War to End All Wars
- 4. From Boom to Bust: America in the 1920’s
- 5. The Great Depression and New Deal
- 6. America in World War II
- 7. The Cold War: Truman, Eisenhower, JFK 1945-1963
- 8. The Era of Conflict, Compromise and Change 1945-1975
- 9. Post-Vietnam America 1975-2000
- 10. The New Millennium 2000- Present
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Available electives in Social Studies by grade level...
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
The Law: Rights and Responsibilities The Law: Rights and Responsibilities
- Europe in the Modern
Age
- The Individual in Society
- History of Race, Class
Gender and Ethnicity
- Cultural Anthropology
- Money, Markets and the
Economy
- Modern American
Through the Media
- Power and Politics in
America
- AP Government &
Politics
- AP Psychology
- Europe in the Modern Age
- The Individual in Society
- History of Race, Class,
Gender and Ethnicity
- Cultural Anthropology
- Money, Markets and the
Economy
- Modern America Through
the Media
- Power and Politics in
America
- AP Government & Politics
- AP Psychology
- AP World History
- Honors Shaping Western
Thought
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INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITIES (IH)
❖ A true interdisciplinary experience that connects between the different branches
- f humanities.
❖ Ability to analyze challenging informational and fictional texts. ❖ Continue to develop writing skills using the writing process in BOTH English and History classes. ❖ Continue to develop skills that will prepare students for Advanced Placement courses in English and History as 11th and 12th graders. Interdisciplinary Projects ❖ Joint Summer Project ➢ Analysis of Anthem by Ayn Rand ❖ Writing an original Short Story ❖ Analysis of Contemporary Music ➢ SS: as it relates to the war experience of WWI soldiers ➢ ELA: utilizing poetry explication skills ❖ Digital Poster on Animal Farm’s connections to totalitarianism ❖ Research Paper on contemporary Europe
Field Trips ❖ Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC ❖ Meet the Artist at Lincoln Center, NYC ❖ New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater in the evening ❖ In-school experiences – i.e., Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey ❖ National Constitution Center, Philadelphia
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INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITIES (IH)
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INSTITUTE FOR CITIZEN EMPOWERMENT (ICE)
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