Lakeside History Department

Members of the history and social studies department at Lakeside School are commitment to nurturing in their students an excitement about the past, and an ability not only to comment but to act as an informed citizen of our world. Ultimately, we teach history and social science because these areas of knowledge are fundamental to an understanding of oneself and the human species, and we wish to send students away from Lakeside with some response, rooted in a study of the past, to questions of human nature and our relationship to the world. Along the way, we develop skills required of any student of history: critical and creative thinking, the ability to read carefully and evaluate source material, the ability to listen and develop ideas collaboratively, and the ability to write succinctly and with insight. .