Social Studies
Social Studies Staff
- Andra Flores - Social Studies Content Specialist
- Historical Inquiry 6 - Vassliki Eley, Michael Mals, Ioannis Sarantopoulos
- Global Humanities 6 - Vassliki Eley, Michael Mals
- Historical Inquiry 7 - Rob Ferrante, Chris Hull, Ioannis Sarantopoulos
- Global Humanities 7 - Andra Flores
- US History 8 - Vassliki Eley, Andra Flores, Chris Hull, Lynn Naing
Cultural Awareness Months
Dates / Month | Month of Recognition |
Sept. 15 – Oct. 15 | Latino American Heritage Month |
November | Native American Heritage Month |
February | African American Heritage Month |
March | Women’s History Month |
April | Arab American History Month *MCPS |
May | Asian Pacific American History Month |
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/