SOCIAL STUDIES

Social Studies 6 (0400)

Students study selected contemporary world cultures chosen from these culture realms: Europe, Russia and the Eurasian republics, North America, Middle America, South America, Southwest Asia-North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Realm. Course content will enable students to understand civic ideals, citizenship practices, and the basis of the U.S. constitutional republic; economic systems, including the benefits of the U.S. free enterprise system; geographic relationships; the purposes, structures, and functions of political systems; ways individuals and societies have interacted over time; the similarities and differences among people; and the relationships among science, technology, and society. Social studies skills enable students to acquire, organize, and use information for problem solving and decision-making.


Social Studies 7 (0410)

Texas History provides a variety of opportunities for each student to explore our state. State government, geography, the justice system, and general history are studied. Higher-level thinking skills are practiced in cooperative learning groups and through individual performance. Thematic units, interdisciplinary studies, and reinforcement of language arts, math, science, and computer/technology resources are used to study Texas from the period of discovery to the 21st Century.


Social Studies 7 Honors (0415)

This course includes material studied in Texas History through a more in-depth study. Units of study include the study of the discipline of history, extended reading, research and writing, and interdisciplinary aspects of art, music, literature, and science appropriate to the subject. Successful students are task-oriented, proficient readers, able to prioritize their time and produce quality work. It is STRONGLY advised that students have the following:


Social Studies 8 (0420)

Students study the history of the United States from the early colonial period through Reconstruction. Students will understand civic ideals, citizenship practices, and the basis of the U.S. constitutional republic; economic systems, including the benefits of the U.S. free enterprise system; geographic relationships; the purposes, structures, and functions of political systems; ways individuals and societies have interacted over time; the similarities and differences among people; and the relationships among science, technology, and society. Social studies skills enable students to acquire, organize, and use information for problem solving and decision-making.


Social Studies 8 Honors (0425)

This course includes the study of US History 8 presented in greater depth through extended reading, research and writing with interdisciplinary application to include art, literature, science, and economics. Successful students are task-oriented, proficient readers, able to prioritize their time and produce quality work. It is STRONGLY advised that students have the following: