SGM Middle School Social Studies

6th Grade

Ancient History

and Geography

World History Textbook:

• Origins of Civilization

• Civilizations and People of the Fertile Crescent

• Ancient Egypt and Kush

• Early Civilizations of India

• Early Civilizations of China

• Ancient Greece

• The Roman Republic

• The Roman and Byzantine Empires

• The Islamic World and South Asia

7th Grade

World Studies

and Government

World History Textbook:

• Life in Medieval Christendom

• Struggles in Medieval Europe

• The Renaissance and Reformation

• Global Convergence

• Absolutism and Enlightenment

• A Revolutionary Era **includes the American Revolution**

American History Textbook:

• A Constitution for the United States

• The Early Republic

8th Grade

American History

and Economics

American History Textbook:

• The Age of Jackson and Westward Expansion

• Society and Culture Before the Civil War

• Sectionalism and the Civil War

• The Reconstruction Era

• The Progressive Era

• Imperialism and World War I

• Prosperity and Depression

• World War II

• Postwar America

• A Global Superpower Facing Change

• Meeting New Challenges