Middle School Social Studies
Welcome back for the 2023-2024 school year at St. Augustin School! The middle school students are off to a great start again this year, and we have been very busy in Social Studies class. I am looking forward to the opportunity to work with you and your children. During the course of the upcoming school year, the students will be learning more about many different topics in my class, such as American history, American government, world regions, world cultures, contemporary global studies, civic ideals, current events, global interdependence, and global crises. This is the second year of implementation of the new Iowa Core Curriculum for K-12 schools, so we will continue to focus on many new elements of curriculum in all my classes. Please use this website for information about class content, activities, events and assignments, curricula, and course enrichment. Please email or call me if you have any questions about Social Studies class. Let's make it another successful year!
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
Links
Junior Scholastic Current Events Magazine
Junior Scholastic classroom password: jsmagazine2324
The War on Terrorism (September 11th Unit)
The War on Terrorism (textbook outline)
Issues used to "justify" the September 11th attacks
9/11 Unit bonus notes
Empty Sky
The Hunt for Osama bin Laden
Horror at Jamestown
Found! Leaders of Jamestown
Putin's Russia
Russia: Turning Back the Clock?
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
A Child of the Terror (Stalin's Soviet Union)
European Union
The Five Themes of Social Studies
Coming to America (immigration to the U.S.)