Collin Fields 6th - 8th Social Studies Curriculum

Description: Sixth-grade content standards focus on the history of the United States from the Industrial Revolution to the present. Historical events studied by sixth graders include the rise of the United States as an industrial nation, World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War Era. Furthermore, the economic, political, social, and technological issues and developments from post-World War II to the present are explored. Emphasis is placed on economic, geographic, historic, and civic and governmental changes that have influenced every aspect of life during these events, including communication and technological advances, reorganization of national boundaries, and the movement of the United States into the role of world leader. In seventh grade, geography and civics are each taught as a one-semester course. In the one-semester seventh-grade geography course, students study world geography using a thematic approach. They focus on Earth as the subject matter that involves people, places, and environments and learn that geography seeks meaning in spatial patterns and processes that involve asking questions regarding where and why. Teachers select particular continents, countries, and regions to provide the geographic framework for classroom instruction and investigation. The one-semester seventh-grade civics course addresses content regarding democracy; liberty; law; personal economics; and local, state, and national civic responsibility. This course provides students with information about how society works, including the role students play in the community and in the world. The study of world history in Grade 8 addresses the time period from prehistoric man to the 1500s. Content standards for this grade incorporate the strands of economics, geography, history, and political science, with an emphasis on the history and geography strands. Course content focuses on the migrations of early peoples, the rise of civilizations, the establishment of governments and religions, the growth of economic systems, and ways in which these events shaped Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Unique to this course are experiences that provide for the study of the how human beings view themselves over time.

Resources: 2010-Alabama-Social-Studies-Course-of-Study.pdf (alabamaachieves.org)

6th Grade U.S. History
Discovering Our Past (A History of the United States)
Copyright 2015
ISBN: 978-0-07-659924-0

7th Grade Civics and Geography Curriculum:
Building Citizenship (Civics and Economics)
Copyright 2015
ISBN: 978-07-660149-8
Discovering World Geography
Copyright 2015
ISBN: 978-0-07-665156-8

8th Grade World History Curriculum:
Discovering Our Past (A History of the World Ages)
Copyright 2015
ISBN: 978-0-07-659540-2

Enrichment: Vocab.com