Advocate for the Social Studies program in a wide range of arenas, both public and private.Serve as an advisory group for the adoption of new Social Studies textbooks and curricula.Serve as a community sounding board for issues related to Social Studies education in Howard County.The mission of the Social Studies Advisory Board is to: Critical attitudes and analytical perspectives of the human condition.An understanding of other peoples and the unity and diversity found in the world’s history, geography, institutions, traditions, and values.A critical understanding of the history, geography, economic, political, and social institutions, traditions, values, unity, and diversity of the United States.Perspectives on their own life experiences as they see themselves as part of the larger human adventure in time and space.A sense of civic responsibility and place value on active civic participation.As students progress through the social studies program in Howard County, they will develop: Good social studies instruction is meaningful, active, challenging, value-based, and cross-curricular. Learn more the Secondary Social Studies curriculum → Philosophyīeyond the goals and objectives of the curriculum, lies the real stuff of social studies, those experiences which develop in students a sense of civic efficacy. The Howard County Public School System has a comprehensive social studies program which takes students from the familiar to the new, from local environments to places far away, and from the concrete to the abstract.

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