Social Studies

The AMS social studies program emphasizes students examining their own lives in the context of history and today's world. Students gain a deeper understanding of themselves, U.S society and politics, and current events through learning about other people, places, and time periods. Lessons include hands-on activities and projects, role-playing games, lively discussions, and guest speakers in order to make history and foreign cultures come alive and feel real to students.

Students complete several projects each unit that require them to develop skills in research (print and Internet sources), reading for main ideas and key points, critical thinking, and accurate use of information from class and research in written work and oral presentations.

Our goal is for students to leave AMS feeling empowered to make informed changes to themselves and the world around them.