Social Studies

NHS Social Studies

Providing students the skills, knowledge and opportunity to become engaged and informed citizens. 

 

Meet Your Social Studies Educators

Dave Cannon
 Kristin Hayes-Leite
Mathew Joubert
Ariana Grande
Carolyn Mellors



Core Content Courses

World History*

Government

AP US Government and Politics

US History

AP US History

●Civics and the Senior Project


* Honors Option Available


Electives

Contemporary Issues/Digital World

Criminal Justice

Psychology, Socialization, Sociology

●Social and Abnormal Psychology

AP Psychology

War and Politics

Law and Society

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 Award Winning Student Work

2019 Ethics Bowl State Champions

2011-2019- C-SPAN StudentCam Documentary Competition National Winners

2017 & 2018 First and Second Place Law Day Essay Winners

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NHS Senior Projects

Every student at Narragansett High School creates their own individualized learning experience that includes:

Fieldwork and Mentoring

Research Paper

Product

Presentation

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Additional Projects and Curriculum Focus Areas

9th Grade: World History

●State of the World: Building Global Citizenship

●Never Again: A History of Genocide

●Letter to a Senator on Foreign Policy

 

10th Grade: Government and Politics

●Landmark Supreme Court Cases

●C-SPAN StudentCam Documentary Project

EVERFI Financial Literacy

 

11th Grade: United States History

●Immigration Debate

Conducting Oral Histories with Veterans

●Race in U.S. Society


12th Grade: Civics and the Senior Project

●Elections and Policy Research

●Civil Rights Heroes

Letter to the School Committee