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 is not living that matters, but living rightly.”

See Showbie and Homework Calendar.

Greek City-States

Greek Cultural Contributions to Western Civilization

Alexander & Hellenistic Civilization

Smithsonian: Human Evolution Evidence 
Life in Mesopotamia
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 
BBC History: Anglo-Saxons 
BBC History: Alfred the Great 
BBC History: King Henry II (Henry Plantagenet) 
BBC History: King John

Readworks web site 
--Home Room 11 class code:
--Home Room 12 class code:

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."

See Showbie and Homework Calendar.

American Revolution: Introduction & Fighting in the North

American Revolution: Independence

American Revolution: Fighting in the Middle States

American Revolution: Fighting on the Frontier & in the South

New Unit:

Articles of Confederation

Digital History 
U.S. Constitution
1790 Census

Readworks web site
--Home Room 13 class code:
--Home Room 14 class code:

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.

"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."

See Showbie and Homework Calendar.

Economic Theories (Capitalism & Marxism)

Money & the Federal Reserve System

Digital History  
U.S. Constitution 
U.S. Adult Literacy Statistics (1870-1979)