Middle School Social Studies Teacher at San Diego Hebrew Day School

About the Employer

San Diego Hebrew Day is an independent, community based preschool and K-8 program engaging students in a comprehensive, dual curriculum of Jewish and general studies consistent with Orthodox teaching. Its excellent course of study fosters love of wisdom, Torah, and Israel, creating lifelong connection to the Jewish people, while promoting social-emotional maturation to sustain life-long wellness. San Diego Hebrew Day students enter a welcoming and diverse learning community in which rigorous academic challenge in combination with social emotional guidance gives each child the ability to collaborate with others and grow the resilience necessary for success. Graduates enter the next phase of their lives prepared, secure in their identity as Jewish young adults, and distinguished by their respect for others and their readiness to show ethical community leadership.

Job Summary

Job Summary

The Social Studies teacher is responsible for teaching 5 - 45 minutes (approx.) Social Studies classes five days a week to 6th - 8th grades. Our goal for the middle school Social Studies teacher is to provide explicit instruction in the exploration of history and how societies have shaped the present-day. The Social Studies teacher will foster a rich and rigorous curriculum. The goal in each grade is to teach students how to regard history thoughtfully and reflectively by interacting with a variety of perspectives within each class. They are asked to contemplate how history has changed over time and reflect on the relationship between past and present events through the lens of ancient societies, modern world culture, United States history, social and cultural systems in geography, philosophy and the arts. Students will learn how to read, write, analyze and formulate a basis of opinion in both written and oral mediums.

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