SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT SOCIAL SCIENCE IS THE STUDY

SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT SOCIAL SCIENCE IS THE STUDY OF SOCIETY AND THE MANNER IN WHICH PEOPLE BEHAVE AND INFLUENCE THE WORLD AROUND US. IT TELLS US ABOUT THE WORLD BEYOND OUR IMMEDIATE EXPERIENCE, AND CAN HELP EXPLAIN HOW OUR OWN SOCIETY WORKS - FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS OR WHAT HELPS ECONOMIC GROWTH, TO HOW AND WHY PEOPLE VOTE, OR WHAT MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY.

SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSES 10 th Grade 12 th Grade World History AP World History American Government AP American Government 11 th Grade Electives US History AP US History Economics AP Micro Economics AP Macro Economics Anthropology Civil and Criminal Law Geography Psychology AP Psychology

RIO AMERICANO SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

RIO AMERICANO SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT THE DEPARTMENT DEDICATES ITSELF TO THE PROMOTION OF INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY, CAREFUL OBSERVATION AND CRITICAL EVALUATION AS WELL AS SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND CULTURAL AWARENESS FOR ALL STUDENTS. THE GOAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT IS TO HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES, SOCIETY, AND THE WORLD. STUDENTS WILL DISCOVER WHY PEOPLE BEHAVE THE WAY THEY DO; WHY SOCIETY IS THE WAY IT IS; WHO HAS THE POWER, AND HOW POWER WAS AND IS OBTAINED. WE ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO APPRECIATE THEIR OWN HERITAGE AND THE HERITAGE OF OTHERS, AND TO REALIZE THEIR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES LIVING IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.

SOCIAL SCIENCE CONTACTS DEPARTMENT CHAIR: JUSTIN MASON JUMASON@SANJUAN. EDU