Social Studies

Ms. Heather Allenback, Department Leader
hallenback@southingtonschools.org
860-628-3229 ext. 11360

Candace Patten, Assistant Department Leader
cpatten@southingtonschools.org

Changes for 2017 and beyond.

Beginning in the 2017-2018 school year the Social Studies Department will open the following electives to ALL interested students.

• America at War
• American Culture
• Current Issues
• Human Rights
• International Relations
• Introduction of Psychology
• Introduction of Sociology
• Middle East
• Modern China & Japan
• Politics & Government
• World Religions

Although the grades for these courses will be given a CCP weight, these courses are appropriate for ANY interested student.

We will continue to offer the following AP Courses:

• Human Geography
• Politics and Government
• Psychology
• U.S. History

As part of a curriculum realignment the course sequence will be changed beginning in the 2018-2019 school year.

In the fall of 2018 we will begin offering US History in 9th grade. When these students reach 11th grade in they will take a redesigned Civics course.