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| 6th Grade: History and Geography of Early Eastern Hemisphere Civilizations
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Confucius | Major Topic Areas:
Basic Geography Skills (e.g., continents, oceans, hemispheres, and latitude/longitude)
Five Themes of Geography
Tools of the Historian (e.g., measuring/organizing time, and primary/secondary sources)
Early Humans-Old and New Stone Ages
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
5 Major Belief Systems of the World -Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism
6th Grade Understandings:
All civilizations experience similar patterns of rise, peak, and decline.
The values of groups are reflected in their traditions, ceremonies, rituals, and belief systems.
Across time, technological innovations impact people, places, and regions. Through interdependence and interaction, civilizations experience cultural diffusion. |
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| 7th Grade: History of the United States and New York I, Regents
American Indian Studies – Civil War
"A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins."
- Benjamin Franklin | Social Studies 7R Curriculum Units of Study
First Semester:
I. Geography and the First Americans
II. The Age of European Exploration: An American Perspective
III. The “Revolution Evolution”
IV. The Constitution: A Democratic Resolution
Second Semester:
V. Manifest Destiny: From Exploration to Expansion
VI. A Nation Torn Apart:
From Civil War to Reconstruction | 13 Colonies:
Road to Revolution:
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| 7th Grade: History of the United States and New York I, Honors
American Indian Studies – Civil War
"Do you want to know who you are? Act! Actions will delineate and define you."
Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States | Social Studies 7H Curriculum Units of Study
Social Studies 7R Curriculum Units of Study
First Semester:
I. Geography and the First Americans
II. The Age of European Exploration: An American Perspective
III. The “Revolution Evolution”
IV. The Constitution: A Democratic Resolution
Second Semester:
V. Manifest Destiny: From Exploration to Expansion
VI. A Nation Torn Apart:
From Civil War to Reconstruction
The honors course is enhanced with challenging reading and writing assignments characteristic of high school Social Studies and college history courses. |
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| 8th Grade: History of the United States and New York II, Regents
Civil War - The Contemporary Era
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." -FDR | Social Studies 8R Curriculum Units of Study:
First Semester:
I. The Civil War and Reconstruction
II. The Late 19th Century American West
III. Early 20th Century Industrialization
IV. The Progressive Era
V. United States Imperialism
VI. The United States and WWI
VII. The 1920s
Second Semester:
VIII. The Great Depression
IX. The United States and WWII
X. The Cold War
XI. The Civil Rights Era
XII. The Reagan Years XIII. The United States Contemporary Era | The New York Times Upfront:
CNN Student News:
History Channel Resources:
National Geographic: |
| 8th Grade: History of the United States and New York II, Honors
Civil War -Contemporary Era
"Ask not what your country can do for you...ask what you can do for your country." -JFK | Social Studies 8H Curriculum
First Semester:
I. The Civil War and Reconstruction
II. The Late 19th Century American West
III. Early 20th Century Industrialization
IV. The Progressive Era
V. United States Imperialism
VI. The United States and WWI
VII. The 1920s
Second Semester:
VIII. The Great Depression
IX. The United States and WWII
X. The Cold War
XI. The Civil Rights Era
XII. The Reagan Years
XIII. The United States Contemporary Era
The honors course is enhanced with challenging reading and writing assignments characteristic of high school Social Studies and college history courses. | The New York Times Upfront:
CNN Student News:
History Channel Resources:
National Geographic: |