Course Description:  This course will introduce students to social studies at the Middle School level.  Geography skills will be expanded and world physical and political geography explored throughout the course.  Early civilizations through the fall of the Roman Empire will be time period studied while simultaneously shaping social studies skills.  6th Grade also returns to JA BizTown.

Course Objective: Students will express an understanding of events of and influences on issues in World History from the development of civilization through the European Middle Ages.  Students will expand their knowledge of World Geography.  Students will demonstrate growth in the skills associated with the study of civics, economics, geography, and history.  Students will be able to formulate a chronological expression of events in Early World History.

Students can access a more detailed course description along with class materials and teacher notes on my WORLD HISTORY website along with Google Classroom.  They have access to the ONLINE TEXTBOOK from any computer - the user name is their school email address and the password is their school password.