| The Northview Social Studies Department's mission statement is: "Relevance, Rigor, and Respect in the Classroom."
The Social Studies Department is an important part of every student’s
educational experience at Northview High School. Through Social Sciences,
students will be introduced to culture, politics, history, and economics.
Students will learn the facts of history, how to analyze past events and how to
apply them to current situations. Every student is required to take American
Government, World History, United States History and Economics for
graduation. As a department, we provide guidance and knowledge that will
help students define citizenship, government, and what they would like to
achieve from both entities.
Our faculty is organized into Professional Learning Communities based on
subject areas and works diligently to provide each student with meaningful
educational experiences. Of the 32 Advanced Placement courses taught at
Northview, our department offers 25% of those AP courses. Our participation
in the Close-Up Foundation has enabled students to have the Washington,
D.C. experience first-hand. Northview U.S. History teachers also participate
in the Fulton County March program, a coveted multi-million dollar Federal
Grant opportunity that provides enrichment to the U.S. History curriculum.
The Department consists of 12 teachers with Mrs. Ashley Agans as both
chair and contact person. Her email address is agans@fultonschools.org.
Suggested Online Resources:
Geography:
CIA
World Fact Book Country facts, maps, and flags
Flags & Maps
of the World Large, printable flags and maps for most countries
50 States and Capitals Facts & flags
for all 50 states
North Georgia Resources
History, travel & adventure in the North Georgia
U.S. Cities Index
of city web sites in the US and some other countries
American History:
American
Memory Collections Multimedia museum of US culture and history
American
West Gunslingers, outlaws, pioneers, facts, trails, and music
Civil War Timeline,
battles, places, music, documents
Civil
War Homepage Index of civil War websites
Colonial
Hall Biographies of America's Founding Fathers
U.S.
Presidents Information & links about all the U.S. Presidents
U.S. White
House Official web site of the White House
World History:
Ancient World
Web Ancient civilizations: Aztec, Greek, Roman & Egyptian
Hyper
History Online World History timeline with hyperlinks
to detailed information
Mr. Jenkins'
History Resources Ancient, modern, US, Asian, African
Mythology
of Ancient Societies Encyclopedia of mythology & legend
Roman Civilization Ancient
Roman culture and life
World
War I History of "The Great War"
Government:
Constitution
of the United States of America Ammendment updates
GovSpot Information
on federal, state, and local governments
Supreme
Court Current decisions & 600 historically significant
decisions
Supreme
Court Opinions Collection of Supreme Court opinions
U.S. Congress House
of Representatives, Senate, pending bills, & past legislation
U.S. Department of Education Official
site
White House Info on
current administration & biographies of past presidents
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