Social Studies

SS - The course begins with an examination of the Eastern Hemisphere today, using geographic skills. This provides the foundation for making connections between the past and the present throughout the course. The remainder of the course is divided into seven Key Ideas that cover a time span from prehistory into the 1300s. Students are provided the opportunity to explore belief systems across time and to examine the foundations of democracy.

By the end of the school- year, your child will have studied:

• 6.1: Present-day Eastern Hemisphere Geography

• 6.2: The first humans through the Neolithic Revolution in the Northern Hemisphere

• 6.3: Early River Valley Civilizations in the Eastern Hemisphere

• 6.4:Comparative World religions

• 6.5: Comparative Classical Civilizations in the Eastern Hemisphere

• 6.6: Mediterranean World: Feudal Western Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic Calipahtes

• 6.7: Interactions across the Eastern Hemisphere

Curriculum Topics: Social Studies

• Geography Skills

• Ancient Greece

• Primary and Secondary Source

• Ancient Rome

• Why History Matters

• Ancient China

• Early People and Culture

• Ancient India

• Mesopotamia

• Current Events

• Ancient Egypt

• Research Report