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Social Studies 6
The sixth grade social studies
curriculum is designed to provide students with a firm foundation in the
structures and concepts of the systems of geography, economics,
politics, and culture that exist in today's world as well as the
historical basis of those systems. Included in this foundation are the
requisite skills necessary for students to independently acquire,
interpret, evaluate, and communicate information. There are four units
in sixth grade: Patterns of Settlement in the Ancient and Modern
Worlds, Citizenship and Governance in Classical and Modern Times, The
Impact of Economics- Change and Continuity in China, and Cultural
Systems Past and Present. There are two major strands that run through
each unit. The first strand is specific present - day content in
geography, economics, government, or culture. The second strand is
always history. The history strand progresses chronologically, by unit,
with ancient history to approximately 1000 AD.
World Studies 7
- Foundations of modern history in Europe, Africa, and Latin America.
Students will learn about the foundations of modern world history by
studying the political, cultural, and economic systems of the Middle
Ages in Europe, Africa, and Latin America. There are four units in the
seventh grade curriculum: Political Systems: Europe in the Middle Ages;
The Influence of Culture in Africa; Geography and Identity in Latin
America; and The Impact of Economics - One World. Unit Four brings the
world together into the modern era with the impact of European
colonization. Included in the curriculum content are the skills students
need to independently acquire, interpret, evaluate, and communicate
information.
World Studies 8
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The eighth grade social studies
curriculum is designed to provide students with a foundation of
principles, ideas, and concepts of American History. Students will
relate those principles, ideas, and concepts to current events.
Included in this foundation are the requisite skills necessary for
students to independently acquire, interpret, evaluate, and communicate
information. There are four units in the eighth grade: Democracy:
Political System of the People; Creating a National Political System and
Culture; Expanding Geography Challenges Sectional Economies; A Nation
Divided and Rebuilt. There are two major strands that run through each
unit. The first strand includes geography, economics, government, or
culture. The second strand is history.
Field Trips:
7th grade:
Medieval Times
8th grade: Philadelphia Constitution
Center
Battlefield of
Gettysburg
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