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MHS Social Studies Department

 

The Social Studies department is committed to fostering a learning environment that helps all our students succeed and prepares them for a successful future. Our department believes that each student deserves a learning experience that is culturally responsive, welcoming and affirming. We prioritize building strong relationships with each student, ensuring they feel seen, heard and valued. We place emphasis on the teaching of historical thinking skills: evaluating authenticity, credibility and bias of primary source documents, analyzing factual information and drawing conclusions, integrating concepts from a variety of disciplines and designing and carrying out research. Our approach to writing focuses on the process of analytic writing which empowers students to go beyond mere description of events, encouraging them to evaluate and interpret sources, analyze turning points, explore cause-and-effect relationships, and engage with essential questions about history. Our classrooms are places where all student voices are respected and elevated. Students engage in conversations with one another, listen to each other, become problem-solvers, ask questions, seek answers, respect the world in which they live and make others around them better. Social Studies is required for all four years of high school.