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Middle School History Curriculum

Focus of SCCS Middle School History program
 
The SCCS Middle School History program is guided by the principle that Jesus Christ is the source and summit of all human history. This is the context for discovering history, ancient and new. It involves critical thinking, separating facts from theories, and admitting what we don’t know. The excitement of discovery is part of the methodology where students are encouraged to assess clues into the past, relate information and ideas to the present, and sometimes predict the future.
 
The history program emphasizes reading, writing, and thinking. All parts of each of those skills are needed to come to conclusions and to convey those conclusions. The goals of the history department are comprehensive and will prepare students well for future studies. Our program aims to help young people build a moral and mature perspective of human history.
 
Our goals for SCCS Middle School graduates:
  1. Be able to use maps efficiently;
  2. Apply the Gospel message to particular situations, issues and historical events;
  3. Understand the Catholic Church’s views concerning social justice issues and the Church’s reaction to particular historical events;
  4. Synthesize how various cultures and peoples effect the development of human history;
  5. Analyze the basic principles and requirements of civilizations;
  6. Enhance writing skills and learn to write historical essays;
  7. Make connections between literature, religion, art, music, and history;
  8. Develop the skill of oral presentations; and
  9. Develop a moral sense for interpreting historical events and information.
6th Grade History Topics

Unit 1: Introduction and Foundations
Unit 2: Early Humans and Societies
Unit 3: Mesopotamia
Unit 4: Ancient Egypt
Unit 5: Ancient India
Unit 6: Ancient China
Unit 7: Ancient Greece
Unit 8: Ancient Rome
Unit 9: The Islamic World
Unit 10: Early African Civilizations
Unit 11: The Middle Ages in Europe
Unit 12: The Renaissance and Enlightenment
Unit 13: The Early Americas
Unit 14: New Empires in the Americas
Unit 15: The English Colonies
Unit 16: The American Revolution
Unit 17: Forming a Government
Unit 18: Citizenship and the Constitution
Unit 19: Launching the New Nation
Unit 20: The Jefferson Era
 
7th Grade American History Topics
 
8th Grade Introduction to Global Studies Topics
Unit 1 Introduction and Foundations
Unit 2 Early World History
Unit 3 U.S. History America as a World Power
Unit 4 Geography and Populations of United States and Canada
Unit 5 Geography and Populations of Latin America
Unit 6 Geography and Human Populations of Europe and Russia
Unit 7 World War I
Unit 8 Geography and Human Populations of East Asia and Southeast Asia
Unit 9 Geography and Human Populations of Southwest Asia and North Africa
Unit 10 Geography and Human Populations of Oceania
Unit 11 World War II
Unit 12 Geography and Human Populations of South Asia and Central Asia
Unit 13 Geography and Human Populations of Sub Saharan Africa
Unit 14 The Modern Era - The Americas