Social Sciences

The Social Studies Department offers courses that enable students to meet or exceed the Pennsylvania Core Standards in the following disciplines: Civics and Government, Economics, Geography, and History (this includes the history of Pennsylvania, the United States, and the World). Instructional activities are firmly based on the Standards and are designed to assist all students in acquiring the knowledge, skills, and understandings necessary to be responsible citizens of the twenty-first century. After successfully completing the required courses, students may choose to study other areas of interest in Social Studies, which will further prepare them to understand themselves, their community, and their place in a larger world.