SYLLABUS

Course Description

Social Studies is integrated with Language Arts, while addressing various Common Core standards. Students will learn major events that shaped our nation’s history, while employing the 5 step writing process (prewriting, rough draft, revising, editing, publishing), to effectively write informative, narrative, and persuasive essays related to the Social Studies topic being taught. Grammar, mechanics, and spelling skills are embedded within this process. Students will demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the concepts as defined by National and State Common Core Standards.

UNIT 1 - ELA SKILLS

UNIT 2 - GEOGRAPHY

UNIT 3 - NATIVE AMERICANS

UNIT 4 - EXPLORATION

UNIT 5 - LIFE IN THE COLONIES PART 1

UNIT 6 - LIFE IN THE COLONIES PART 2

UNIT 7 - THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

UNIT 8 - THE NEW GOVERNMENT

UNIT 9 - THE WAR OF 1812

UNIT 10 - WESTWARD EXPANSION

UNIT 11 - THE CIVIL WAR PART 1

UNIT 12 - THE CIVIL WAR PART 2

UNIT 13 - AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

UNIT 14 - WORLD WARS

Grades at the end of each nine weeks are based on the following: test scores, quizzes, classwork,

participation, and homework.

Chapter Tests - 50%

Quizzes - 25%

Classwork and Homework - 15%

Participation 10%