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Department Chair:  Sharon Barry

Teacher Names and Subjects taught: 

Grade 8:  Michael Drayne, Michael Drayne, John Keller
Grade 7:  Sharon Barry, Thomas Brown, Linda Newman, Amalia Mylonas
Grade 6:  Linda Newman, Brian Ostry, Yvonneke Weitz, Sharon Barry

Goals: 

The goal of the social studies curriculum is to help create historically literate and well informed citizens who actively participate in a democratic society. 


MCPS Social Studies Curriculum 

Curriculum Overview 

 

 Unit Introduction Letters for Parents 

 

Unit 1 

Unit 2 

Unit 3 

Unit 4 

6th Grade 

Settlement Patterns 

Citizenship/
Governance
 

Economics-China 

Cultural Systems 

7th Grade 

Political Systems  African Culture  Geography- Latin America  Economics-World 

8th Grade 

Democracy  Political System/Culture  Geographic/Economic Change - Nation  Nation Divided/Rebuilt 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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