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Jr. High Social Studies Curriculum Highlights
For Full Grade-Level Brochures, please click grade level below: 6th Grade Brochure 7th Grade Brochure 8th Grade Brochure 6th GradeSOCIAL STUDIESLearn about geography through the study of the relationships among people, places, and environments
Learn about the history of the world and explain historical relationships
Analyze issues that affect the present and the future; examine change and continuity over time in order to develop historical perspective
Understand the foundations of our political systems
Learn about production, distribution, exchange and consumption of resources
Explore concepts from the discipline of sociology and study the interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions
Explore the concept of anthropology and study cultures in various times and settings
Identify major scientific discoveries and technological innovations and describe their social and economic effects on society
Understand the development and the concepts of the major religions of the world
Describe how buildings and their decoration reflect cultural values and ideas, using cave paintings, pyramids, sacred cities, castles, and cathedrals as examples.
7th GradeCIVICSExplain how laws are developed and how the purposes of government are established
Summarize the sources of American democracy
Describe the principles in the Constitution
Understand the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights
Identify the duties and responsibilities of citizens
Describe the organization and work of Congress
Summarize the duties and responsibilities of the president and other workers in the executive branch
Explain the organization and work of the judicial branch
GEOGRAPHYDiscuss how geographers look at the world in order to draw conclusions and make inferences
Identify different landforms
Outline the factors that influence climate
Identify each major climate zone
Explain and identify key elements in a people’s culture
Describe how people have an impact on the environment
Outline the relative size and major physical features of the United States and Canada
Identify the different climates found in the United States and Canada
Summarize the main features of the economy of the United States and Canada
Describe the relative size, location, and population density of Europe
Name the major physical features of Europe
Identify the countries and major physical features of Europe
Understand and interpret the (5) themes of geography: Place, Location, Region, Movement, and Human-Environmental Interaction
8th GradeAMERICAN HISTORYExplain the difference between the North and the South that led to the secession of most slave states from the U.S. during the pre-Civil War era
Detail the strategies of the Civil War
Describe reconstruction policies and their effects on the former U. S. Confederacy
Examine educational and social reforms and the early women’s movement
Discuss the development of the West
Explain the role of railroad barons, inventions, corporations and labor in America in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s
Discuss the need for and attempts at governmental and social reforms during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s
Explain how and why the U.S. expanded its economic and political influence in the Pacific and in Latin America
Describe the causes, course, and outcome of World War I
Evaluate the effects the events of the 1920’s had on American culture and the causes of the Great Depression
Study how the New Deal changed the American economy
Investigate the causes of WWII and the role of the US in WWII
Analyze causes and results of the increased tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after WW II
Relate the economic, social and cultural distinctions of the U.S. during the 1950’s
Discuss the civil rights movement in the U.S.
Describe the causes, course, and effects of the Vietnam War