Middle School Social Studies
Week of May 2-6
Week of May 9-13
6th Grade
Junior Scholastic Magazine (May 2022 issue)
Political and Economic Ideologies
Unit content includes class discussions and research into several contemporary and historical ideologies: Democracy, Republic, Constitutional Monarchy, Theocracy, Oligarchy, Dictatorship, Feudalism, Capitalism, Fascism, Socialism, and Communism
Political and Economic Ideologies Quiz; research work
7th Grade
Renaissance, Traders/Explorers/Colonists, Age of Revolution, Russian Empires
Black Death/Bubonic Plague mini-unit; The Black Death History Channel documentary
* Renaissance in Western Europe, overseas exploration, settlement and colonization of the Americas by European nations, Scientific Revolution, Industrial Revolution, French Revolution, Russian czars, Russian Revolution, rise of the Communist regime in Russia during the early 20th century
Unit Study Guide; Unit Quiz (groups)
8th Grade
CIVIL WAR UNIT; Module 18: The Civil War
Lesson 1- The War Begins
Lesson 2- The War in the East
Lesson 3- The War in the West
Lesson 4- Daily Life During the War
Lesson 5- The Tide of the War Turns
PBS Special Presentation: The Civil War; A Film by Ken Burns (Episode 2- A Very Bloody Affair) with question sheet and class discussions throughout
Civil War "Faces" (see links below); Civil War Battles Map (discussed in class)
The History Channel Presents- AMERICA: The Story of Us (Civil War)
Civil WarUnit Test Study Guide
Links
Junior Scholastic Current Events Magazine
Junior Scholastic Class Password: juniorscholastic2122
10 Civil War Facts (article)
Civil War Sad Stats Sheet
Civil War Faces (1)
Civil War Faces (2)
Wanted! The President's Killer
Heritage or Hate?
Renaissance Connections (from old textbook)
The Renaissance (bonus notes)
Traders, Explorers, and Colonists (from old textbook)
The Age of Revolution (from old textbook)
Russian Empires