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Social Studies

Students of the Social Sciences must be able to understand how cultural, political, and economic forces of the past have shaped and continue to influence our contemporary world. To meet this mission of Payton's Social Studies Department, our students will be able to: identify, describe and contextualize key events in world, U.S., and local history; effectively employ various methods of social science and historical analysis; and critically evaluate different interpretations of historical and contemporary events. At Payton students achieve a global perspective in the Social Sciences through their studies of history, anthropology, geography, and politics.

AP INFO

AP Recommendation Form
AP World History sample assignment
AP U.S. History sample assignment

SOCIAL STUDIES DEPT NEWS

02.04.08 - Members of the Payton Model U.N. team participated in the University of Chicago Model U.N. Conference this past weekend. The students engaged in lively discussions about pressing global issues and passed many resolutions within their respective committees.

The following students won awards at the conference:

Laura Mueller-Soppart and Cristina Luna: Honorable Mention for the Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean
Joel Sircus and J.A. Alonzo: Honorable Mention for the UN Development Program
Stefan Djordjevic and Sean Maher: Honorable Mention for the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
Zach Fogelson and Huston Harris: Verbal Commendation for the International Space Agency Summit
Marisa Carroll and Jennifer Linker: Verbal Commendation for the Office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees

12.20.07 - Last weekend, the Payton Model UN team participated in the Chicago International Model UN Conference. All students did a fantastic job representing their assigned countries in the simulation.
Students were given the following awards at the conference:

Amy Banaszek and Chideraa Ukeje – Honorable Mention for ECOSOC
Elizabeth Sabol-Jones and Kyra Woods – Research Award for ECOSOC
Clayton Weimers – Honorable Mention for NATO
Laura Mueller-Soppart – Outstanding delegate for SAARC and Delegate’s Choice Award
Logan Cotton – Outstanding delegate for OPEC and the African Union
Zach Fogelson – Best Delegate for the European Union and Delegate’s Choice Award
The delegation from Luxembourg won an Honorable Mention award for their performance

TEACHER BIOS

Kristen Benson
Char Ashley
Sam Borde
Katherine Chuu
Jeff Fleming
Valerie Gemskie
Adria Mitchell
Luis Menacho
Kyle Westbrook

COURSES

Honors World Studies
Honors Modern World History
Advanced Placement World History
Honors U.S. History
Advanced Placement U.S. History
Advanced Placement Government and Politics
Advanced Placement European History
Honors Afro American History
Honors Twentieth Century Global Conflicts
Honors History of Europe