SLRHS - History and Social Sciences | History and Social Sciences

The Silver Lake Regional High School Social Studies program develops critical reading, writing, and research skills that are transferable to other disciplines. Our courses offer specific content to better help students understand United States and World History, as well to be able to examine their world through the study of economics, government, psychology, and sociology. The teachers of Social Studies incorporate the core values of our school community identified in the Silver Lake Regional High School Vision of the Graduate. All courses in the Social Studies department encourage students to reach proficiency toward the following SLRHS Academic expectations: Students will write effectively for a variety of purposes and students will read with understanding and use reading as a learning tool.

All students must successfully complete the following three years of history, including World History and United States History, to fulfill the requirements for graduation.

In these courses, students will be expected to:

identify and explain the chronological order of historical events and recognize the complexity of cause and effect
conduct historical research
write essays that analyze the concepts and content studied
analyze primary source materials
identify and explain the contributions of the past to the present
read and interpret various historical sources
explain and analyze divergent points-of-view
use technology, art, and literature to enhance historical understanding

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