Junior High Curriculum: Social Studies
7th Grade Medieval History
Teacher: Maureen Zane
Core textbook: History Alive! The Medieval World and Beyond (ISBN: 978-1-58373-916-9)
Course Overview: Following the California State Standards, students will study the fall of the Roman Empire’s expansion and disintegration. Additionally, the Seventh Grade Medieval History curriculum introduces students to the causes and effects of the growth and demise of the key civilizations of the Middle Ages. Throughout the school year students will compare and contrast the political, geographic, economic, religious, and social structure of the civilizations of the Medieval Ages.
Course Goals:
Teacher: Maureen Zane
Core textbook: History Alive! The Medieval World and Beyond (ISBN: 978-1-58373-916-9)
Course Overview: Following the California State Standards, students will study the fall of the Roman Empire’s expansion and disintegration. Additionally, the Seventh Grade Medieval History curriculum introduces students to the causes and effects of the growth and demise of the key civilizations of the Middle Ages. Throughout the school year students will compare and contrast the political, geographic, economic, religious, and social structure of the civilizations of the Medieval Ages.
Course Goals:
- Differentiate among geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of a medieval civilization.
- Analyze the causes and effects of the growth of civilization.
- Identify the significant men and women who had an influence on the growth of a civilization.
- Accurately identify the geographic locations of medieval civilizations.
- Explain the differences in religions and their practices during this time in history.
- Define historical terms.
8th Grade U.S. History
Teacher: Maureen Zane
Core textbook: History Alive! The United States through Industrialism (ISBN: 978-1-58371-931-2)
Course Overview: Students will understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy. Additionally, students will analyze the political principles underlying the U.S. Constitution and compare the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government. Students will also examine the early and steady attempts to abolish slavery and to realize the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. Studying the multiple causes, key events and complex consequences of the Civil War, students reach a deeper understanding of the history of our once divided nation. Finally, students study the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in the United States in response to the Industrial Revolution.
Course Goals:
Teacher: Maureen Zane
Core textbook: History Alive! The United States through Industrialism (ISBN: 978-1-58371-931-2)
Course Overview: Students will understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy. Additionally, students will analyze the political principles underlying the U.S. Constitution and compare the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government. Students will also examine the early and steady attempts to abolish slavery and to realize the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. Studying the multiple causes, key events and complex consequences of the Civil War, students reach a deeper understanding of the history of our once divided nation. Finally, students study the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in the United States in response to the Industrial Revolution.
Course Goals:
- Describe the relationship between the social and political ideas of the colonists and the development of revolutionary fervor.
- Enumerate the powers of government set forth in the Constitution and the fundamental liberties ensured by the bill of Rights.
- Describe the basic law-making process.
- Describe the country’s physical landscapes, political divisions, and territorial expansion during the terms of the first four presidents.
- Analyze the causes and consequences of the Civil War.
- Identify the original aims of Reconstruction versus what the reality was.
- Explain what led to the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
