6th Grade

Types of Writing

  • Narrative
  • Explanatory
  • Research
  • Persuasive
  • Compare and Contrast

Social Studies Content

  • World History and Geography of the Western Hemisphere
  • (Aztec, Maya, Inca, Inuit, Early Native American, major explorers and colonizers; Columbian Exchange)
  • Economics
  • Civics/Government
  • Historical Analysis

7th Grade

Types of Writing

  • Narrative
  • Descriptive
  • Compare and Contrast
  • Research
  • Persuasive

Social Studies Content

  • World History and Eastern Hemisphere(Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East; major trade routes, and cultural exchanges)
  • Economics
  • Civics/Government
  • Historical Analysis

8th Grade

Types of Writing

  • Narrative
  • Explanatory
  • Research
  • Compare and Contrast
  • Persuasive
  • Literary Analysis

Social Studies Content

  • US History: Pre-Revolutionary - Reconstruction (Revolutionary War, Constitution, Civil War, Slavery, Post Civil War America)
  • Economics
  • Civics/Government
  • Historical Analysis