Social Studies Department

Photo of the Lincoln Memorial courtesy of  AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive online database

People, both collectively and individually, are the focus of the social sciences.  The dimensions of this focus are historical, political, geographic, economic, sociological, and psychological.  The social sciences may include the study of historical events, government functions, natural resources, business cycles, group behavior and individual personality to understand better the past, the present, and the possible future of human society.  An additional goal of the social studies is education for citizenship.  A democracy demands citizens who are knowledgeable concerning human affairs and who can apply this knowledge effectively in the critical task of self-government.

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John Beasley - Department Chair
AP U.S. Government/Politics, Economics, Western Civilization
 

Voice Mail:  2243
E-Mail:  beasleyj

Voice Mail:  2324
E-mail:  bernsteinr
 

Voice Mail: 2273
E-mail:  bontragerw
 

John Fields
AP U.S. History, U.S. Government, Global Area Studies A and B
 

Voice Mail:  2244
E-Mail:  fieldsj

Voice Mail:  2292
E-mail:  gallagherc

Adam Gibbons
AP European History,  AP U.S. History, Western Civilization
 

Voice Mail:  2351
E-Mail:  gibbonsa

Janice Goldberg
Sociology, U.S. History,  U.S. Government, AP U.S. Government, Urban Studies
 

Voice Mail:  2245
E-Mail:  goldbergj

Mark Gouwens
U.S. History, Western Civilization, AP U.S. History

 

Voice Mail:  2260
E-Mail:  gouwensm

Dan Monahan
U.S. History
 

Voice Mail:  2231
E-Mail:  monahand

Laura Nickelson
Global Area Studies A and B, Western Civilization

Voice Mail:  2248
E-Mail:  nickelsonl

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Angela Ziola
Psychology, AP Psychology
 

Voice Mail:  2247
E-Mail:  ziolaa