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.

“You are my companion and must walk with me. For if we hold together no earthly power can withstand us.”

Geography of Europe

The Church in the Middle Ages

The First Crusade

Later Crusades

See Showbie and Homework Calendar.

Medieval Day Permission Slip

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: Alfred the Great 
BBC History: King Henry II (Henry Plantagenet) 
BBC History: King John

Readworks web site 
--Home Room 11 class code: FLY4V5
--Home Room 12 class code: 5RKNC5

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.

"He is a lover of his country who rebukes and does not excuse its sins."

Developments in Slavery

Abolitionism

Road to Civil War: 1850-56

See Showbie and Homework Calendar.

Digital History [Two sample RS outlines]

U.S. Constitution

1790 U.S. Census

Readworks web site
--Home Room 13 class code: MWCGY7
--Home Room 14 class code: WLVB5R

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.

“How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think.”

See Showbie and Homework Calendar.

Prelude to World War II

The Holocaust

World War II before U.S. Entry

World War II after U.S. Entry

World War II & War on Civilians

Hitler & the Catholic Church

 

(New Unit (not on 4/17 test)

Post-WWII Civil Rights Movement

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