"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things."  

Leonardo da Vinci

123days until
school is out


"Happiness is secured through virtue: It is a good attained by man's own will." 

Thomas Aquinas

"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."

Confucius


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7th Grade Medieval History

John Adams Middle School

(310) 452-2326 Ext. 72192

pzrinzo@smmusd.org



Dear Parents and Guardians,

This year will be an exciting one for the students in my social studies classes. They will be learning key historical concepts in a highly engaging way.

Our school is using History Alive, a program that truly engages students in learning. Your student will be an active participant, experiencing history through innovative teaching practices that include dramatic role playing, creative simulations, dynamic group projects, and writing from a historical perspective.

We will be covering the period between ancient and modern times, or the medieval world: life in medieval Europe and the Byzantine empire; the history of the Muslim empire; the cultures of West Africa; imperial China; medieval Japan; the Mayan, Inca, and Aztec civilizations; and Europe’s Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, and Enlightenment.

Sincerely,

Mr. Zrinzo