NAME:
Susan Bapty
SCHOOL:
Bosque School
CLASS:
8th Grade Social Studies - Issues and Ideas in World History
SCHOOL PHONE:
School 898-6388, Home 822-0508 (no calls after 8:00 pm please)
Susan Bapty, a native Californian, teaches eighth grade social studies. This
will be her seventh year at Bosque after having taught fifth grade through
university-level students throughout the United States and Japan. Susan
received her B.A. in political science and international relations from the
University of California, Santa Barbara and an M.A. in public policy
administration from Mississippi State University. She spent a year studying
at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel and has experience working on
Capitol Hill on issues related to foreign affairs and defense conversion.
While living in Okinawa, Japan, Susan completed the University of Maryland's
secondary education certification program. She has extensive experience
teaching upper and lower division political science courses for the University
of Maryland, University College. Susan is married and has two children, a
daughter Samantha, who is a senior at the University of Miami and a son Sean,
who is a senior in high school. Family, travel and politics are her
passions.
After completing this course, the successful student will be able to:
¨ Recognize major trends and patterns throughout world history
¨ Debate key issues and ideas in world history
¨ Demonstrate critical thinking skills
¨ Analyze and interpret both primary and secondary sources
¨ Produce a well written and mechanically sound research paper
¨ Synthesize information to add relevancy (How does this relate to me?)
¨ Ask open ended questions and then search for viable answers