Shenendehowa   High   School 

 Social  Studies  Department

Welcome to the High School Social Studies Main Page!

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The Social Studies Department at Shenendehowa High School is committed to our role in the development of  Shenendehowa graduates that are:

  • Responsible individuals

  • Critical thinkers

  • Culturally appreciative persons

  • Effective communicators

  • Involved citizens

  • Cooperative participants

Social Studies teachers help prepare students to be active participants in a democratic society.  To learn more about the Profile of a Shenendehowa Graduate, visit Profile of a Shenendehowa Graduate. 

To learn more about how Social Studies can be integrated with 21st century skills to prepare students to become effective and productive citizens in the 21st century, visit National Council for the Social Studies & 21st Century Learning Foundation's Social Studies Map. 


Shenendehowa High School Social Studies

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

All students graduating from Shenendehowa High School are required to complete a minimum of 4 Units in Social Studies and pass the Regents Examinations in Global History & geography AND U.S. History & Government. Some students may choose to earn additional units by completing one or more Social Studies electives.

Typical Sequence:

Grade Course
9 Global History & Geography - 9
10 Global History & Geography - 10
11 U.S. History & Government
12 National Issues Forum & Economics

We offer Honors level courses in Grade 10, 11 and 12.  They are:

  • Grade 10: World Culture/World Literature
  • Grade 11: American Studies Honors Option or Advanced Placement U.S. History
  • Grade 12: Syracuse University Project Advance Public Affairs
  • Grade 12: Advanced Economics Honors

We offer two electives: Syracuse University Project Advance Sociology and Syracuse University Project Advance Psychology.

Students may be accelerated in middle school Social Studies, and enter the high school program by completing Global History & Geography-9 in grade 8.  They will take the Syracuse University Project Advance courses in their senior year. For more information about acceleration in middle school Social Studies, contact Mike Gutchell, the Middle School Social Studies Academic Administrator at gutcmich@shenet.org.

 Teachers' Web Pages Course Descriptions New York State Education Department Social Studies Information Academic Integrity Policy

Useful Links

 2008-9 Textbook Fines Social Studies Supplies Link to Shen Library

“Broadening our humanity and extending our sensibilities by recognizing sameness and difference throughout the recorded past is therefore an important reason for studying history, and especially the history of peoples far away and long ago. For we can only know ourselves by knowing how we resemble and how we differ from others. Acquaintance with the human past is the only way to such self knowledge.”

From “Why Study History,” written by William H. McNeill, 1985

http://www.historians.org/pubs/archives/WHMcNeillWhyStudyHistory.htm

 

Lisa Kissinger

Academic Administrator, Social Studies 9-12

Phone: (518) 881-0310 extension 61706
Email: kisslisa@shenet.org

 

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