St. Mary's County
Public Schools
Social Studies
Elementary
Secondary
About SMCPS Social Studies
Social studies instruction in SMCPS is aligned to the adopted K-12 Maryland state standards and frameworks for each grade level. Students begin to develop disciplinary literacy skills and processes in order to critically evaluate content through a variety of source materials across disciplines and use reading, writing, and other forms of communication to develop, defend, and critique arguments in order to take informed action. Students will engage in the inquiry model in order to answer compelling questions that deepen their knowledge in the following areas:
- Civics
- People and Nations of the World
- Geography
- Economics
- History
More information on the adopted standards and frameworks can be found here.