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)

About The Teacher

Susan Bapty a native Californian, teaches eighth grade social studies. This 
will be her third 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 continues to teach upper and 
lower division political science for the University of Maryland University 
College. Susan lives in Albuquerque with her husband, two children and a pup 
named Frisco. Family, traveling and politics are her passions.

Class Objectives

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