At PJH, our Social Studies curriculum is broken into four units: Economics, History, Geography, and Civics. Our goals for our students are to promote critical thinking and skill application to prepare them as future leaders of our community, country, and world.

 

Economics:

• Personal finance

• Microeconomics- supply & demand, types of businesses, marketing

• Macroeconomics - national and global economy

 

History:

• Sources

• Bias & Perspective

• Writing in history

• Influential Americans

 

Civics:

• Rights and responsibilities of citizens

• Roles of government

• Federal and state constitutions

 

Geography:

• Basic map skills

• Human/Environment interactions

• Global citizenship