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  SOCIAL STUDIES
                              DEPARTMENT
 
Ms. Ann Hogg, ITL

Biography
Ms. Hogg has the distinction of
being raised in the pre-Columbia
community of Guilford. Her
father was publisher of the
Howard County Times and
mother was the editor. Together they started the Columbia Times that was published twice a week. Their community participation
was Ms. Hogg's model of civic virtue; this led to her eventually choosing a career in secondary education. Ms. Hogg has a B.A.
in Social Studies/Sec. Ed. from
St. Joseph College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, an M.A. in Instruction/ Reading from Loyola and an M.S. in Administration/ Supervision from Johns Hopkins University.
A long career in the teaching field
has resulted in Ms. Hogg's having the privelege of being one of the initial teachers at the opening of Glenwood MS, Hammond MS
and Hammond HS. She has also
taught at Oakland Mills HS.

Throughout her career, she has participated in HCPSS curriculum workshops and attended a variety of seminars and credit courses including those sponsored by the Md. Bar Association, Foundation for Teaching Economics, Robert A. Taft Institute, Constitutional
Rights Foundation and College Board for European History AP, Government and Politics AP.
 
 
Social Studies Department Faculty

Social Studies Department Overview
The high school social studies program
is designed to integrate knowledge and
skills from history and the social sciences into a comprehensive instructional
sequence.

The overall goal is to prepare students for
the responsibilities of citizenship. The content includes knowledge of democratic
government, the dignity and self worth
of the individual, and equality of
opportunity.

The curriculum reinforces specific social
studies skills introduced at the elementary
and middle school years. Among these are
geographic skills, social science research
skills, critical thinking skills, and both
individual and group problem solving
skills.

Social Studies Department Faculty
Ms. Ann Hogg, ITL
Mr. Pedro Barbosa
Ms. Debbie Barlow
Mr. Jack Burke
Mr. Ben Grabenstein
Mr. David Helms
Mr. Michael Lerner
Mr. Alec Livieratos
Ms. Kathleen Nawrocki
Mr. Matthew Sillers
Mr. Joseph Tinker
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Who Decides? To What End?  
~ Ms. Ann Hogg
                                                        Social Studies ITL
Ms. Hogg
 
        SPECIAL EDUCATION    
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