MIDDLE SCHOOL

     Fifth Grade

• Recognize significant periods of American History, 1865-1945
• Describe important issues and events from that time
• Read historical fiction to gain insight into American History
• Analyze primary source documents
• Construct maps of the United States
• Analyze the relationship between people and their environment
• Compare and contrast opposing views
• Construct timelines to help recognize cause, effect, and sequence in historical events
• Identify and utilize various resources to gather information
• Develop research skills: note-taking, organizing ideas, synthesizing information
• Generate oral and written (creative or expository) works that demonstrate knowledge of people, places, and historical eras

     Sixth Grade

• Recognize and describe aspects of eastern cultures
• Look for fundamental differences between the East and West
• Describe political and economic systems practiced in the East
• Gain insight into our country by comparing it to nations of the East
• Read historical fiction and memoir to gain insight into an eastern culture
• Use and make a variety of maps while acquiring familiarity with the geography of Asia and Africa
• See the relationship between people and their environments  
• Consider multiple perspectives and trace the influence of the past
• Compare and contrast political and economic systems
• Recognize cause, effect, and sequence in historical events
• Organize materials and continue the practice of note-taking
• Gather and analyze information, using it effectively both orally and in writing
• Demonstrate through writing, either creative or expository, knowledge of people, places, and historical eras
• Write a basic history essay organized into paragraphs  

Seventh Grade

• Use the two dating systems (B.C. – A.D. & B.C.E. – C.E.)
• Distinguish legend from history, the subjective from the objective
• Recognize the role of archaeology in interpreting the past
• Identify the quintessential elements of ancient and medieval cultures: language, beliefs, and artistic achievements
• Compare the political and economic systems of the ancient and medieval worlds with more contemporary models
• Trace the influence of the ancient and medieval worlds on the present
• Read historical fiction to gain insight into the Middle Ages 
• Acquire a sense of the chronology of western civilization
• Use and make a variety of maps while acquiring familiarity with the geography of Europe
• See the relationship between people and their environments  
• Recognize cause, effect, and sequence in historical events
• Organize materials and continue the practice of note-taking
• Gather and analyze information, using it effectively both orally and in writing
• Demonstrate through writing, either creative or expository, knowledge of people, places, and historical eras
• Write a well-developed history essay with a thesis, topic sentences, multiple paragraphs, and support 

      Eighth Grade  

• Describe trends, achievements, and aspirations characteristic of the early modern world
• Continue to trace the impact of the past on the present while extending one’s sense of the progression of western civilization
• Extend one’s knowledge of political and economic systems
• Assess the impact of European contact with the indigenous peoples of the Americas
• Read historical fiction to gain insight into imperialism/colonialism
• Use and make a variety of maps while acquiring familiarity with the geography of the Middle East and the Americas
• See the relationship between people and their environments  
• Recognize cause, effect, and sequence in historical events
• Gather and analyze information, using it effectively both orally and in writing
• Demonstrate through writing, either creative or expository, knowledge of people, places, and historical eras
• Write a history essay which includes a thesis, topic sentences, paragraph organization, and support
• Recognize, create, and address an essential question   
• Use a variety of sources, note cards, and an outline to write a fully documented research paper with citations and a bibliography  
• Distinguish fact from opinion, the objective from the subjective, primary sources from secondary sources  
• Prepare and present an oral presentation

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