Our students learn to view contemporary issues through a historical lens, becoming well-informed, engaged citizens along the way.
Finding Global Connections
Our curriculum gives students the opportunity to develop the skills to analyze sources, do basic research, and understand the physical world around them and the cultures that inhabit it. We want to provide students with an understanding of American and modern world history, while also enabling them to understand the historical context that shapes the world in which they live. Every course in our Middle School Social Studies curriculum works to emphasize the link between historical events and current events, designed to help students become informed and engaged citizens as they become increasingly aware of the world. Students engage in deep research and source analysis, learning how to separate fact from fiction and identify bias.
Accordion
The goal of this sixth grade course is to broaden students’ knowledge and understanding of other parts of the world, as well as to introduce them to social studies in the Middle School. It begins with a study of basic geographic terms and map skills and then focuses on such parts of the globe as Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The seventh grade program is a theme-based study of American history centering on our nation’s dedication to individual and civil rights. The course focuses on the development of these ideas from the writing of the Constitution up to the 20thcentury as well as the continuing importance of these themes in our modern world.
Eighth grade history introduces students to the complexities of global civilizations. The course analyzes the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution as underpinnings of the modern world by tracing changes in political and economic thought, social philosophies and cultural mores. Major emphasis is given to developments and events of the 20th and 21st century and the choices involved in bringing them about. Students also develop the ability to use and assess evidence and present conclusions in a coherent and cohesive manner.