6th Grade Curriculum:

In 6th grade Social Studies, we study what history is, history's relationship to archaeology and geography, human prehistory, the cradles of civilization, major empires of the ancient Middle East, Greek civilizations, Roman civilization, the rise of Christianity, Byzantine civilization, the rise of Islam, the early Middle Ages, and the High Middle Ages, including the concept of feudalism, the crusades, and the rise of West European monarchies. Throughout the course, the historical importance of developments in Judaism, Christianity, and the Church is emphasized.

“It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long.”

Geography of Europe

Minoan Civilization

Mycenaean Civilization

New Unit: Classical Greek Civilization

Greek City-States

See Showbie and Homework Calendar.

Smithsonian: Human Evolution Evidence

Life in Mesopotamia [sample RS outline for "First Farmers"]

Ancient Mesopotamia

BBC: Development of Pyramids Gallery

Ancient Egypt

Time Maps: Syria 1500 BC -- 1000 BC

Time Maps: Phoenicians

Jewish Virtual Library

Time Maps: Assyria

Time Maps: Minoan Civilization

Ancient Greece

The Gracchi Brothers

The Bible's Table of Contents

Biography: St. Boniface

BBC History: Anglo-Saxons

BBC History: King Alfred the Great

BBC History: King Henry II (Henry Plantagenet)

BBC History: King John

7th Grade Curriculum:

In 7th grade Social Studies, we study the beginning of the Modern Era, the Age of Exploration, the British Colonies, the American Revolution and its causes and purposes, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the economic and territorial growth of the United States from coast to coast, the institution of slavery and the causes of the Civil War, and the Civil War itself.

“Neglected by Congress below, distressed with the small-pox; want of Generals and discipline in our Army, which may rather be called a great rabble, our credit and reputation lost, and great part of the country; and a powerful foreign enemy advancing upon us, are so many difficulties we cannot surmount them.”

MT. VERNON FIELD TRIP PERMISSION SLIP (sent home 11/30)

Revolution (Introduction & Northern Phase)

Independence

Revolution (Middle States Phase)

Revolution (Frontier & Southern Phases)

See Showbie and Homework Calendar.

Digital History [Two sample RS outlines]

U.S. Constitution

8th Grade Curriculum:

In 8th grade Social Studies, we study Reconstruction, the settlement of the Great West, the corporate revolution and amazing economic growth of the Gilded Age, the Progressive Age, World War I and its causes and results, economics, the 1920s, the Great Depression, World War II and its causes and results, the civil rights movement, and the Cold War.

“Politics makes me sick.”

See Showbie and Homework Calendar.

America Overseas

Progressivism at the National Level

Digital History

U.S. Constitution

U.S. Adult Literacy Statistics (1870-1979)