Welcome to 8^th grade United States History. 

This course will focus on important events in United States History from the first civilizations through the Civil War. This course also focuses on United States geography, civics, and economics.

8^th Grade History Topics Discussed

Unit 1: Geography of the United States

Unit 2:  Early Americans

Unit 3: Exploration

Unit 4: Colonies

Unit 5: American Revolution

Unit 6: Constitution

Unit 7: First Presidents

Unit 8: Westward Expansion

Unit 9: Civil War

Colorado Model Content Standards Addressed:

History Standards:

• H1: Students understand the chronological organization of history and know how to group people and events into major eras to identify and explain historical relationships.
• H2: Students know how to use carious processes and resources of historical inquiry.
• H3: Students understand that societies are diverse and have changed over time.
• H4: Students understand how science, technology, and economic activity have developed, changed, and affected societies throughout history.
• H5: Students understand political institutions and theories that have developed and changed over time.
• H6: Students know that religious and philosophical ideas have been powerful forces throughout history.

Geography Standards:

• G1: Students know how to use maps, globes, and other geographic tools to locate and derive information about people, places, and environments.
• G2: Students know the physical and human characteristics of places and study regions for the purpose of interpreting patterns of change.
• G3: Students understand how natural processes shape Earth’s surface patterns and systems.
• G4: Students understand how economic, political, cultural, and social processes interact to shape patterns of human populations, interdependence, conflict, and cooperation on Earth’s surface.
• G5: Students understand the effects of interactions between human and natural systems and the changes in meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.
• G6: Students apply knowledge of people, places, and environments to understand the past and present and to plan for the future.

Welcome to 7^th grade World Geography.

This course focuses on the places and peoples of the Eastern Hemisphere. This course also emphasizes map reading and the use of and creation of charts and graphs to better illuminate the social sciences.

7^th Grade World Geography Topics Discussed

Unit 1: Map Skills (Geography Review)

Unit 2: Australia and Oceania

Unit 3: Asia

Unit 4: Russia

Unit 5: Africa

Unit 6: Europe

Colorado State Geography Standards:

• G1: Students know how to use maps, globes, and other geographic tools to locate and derive information about people, places, and environments.
• G2: Students know the physical and human characteristics of places and study regions for the purpose of interpreting patterns of change.
• G3: Students understand how natural processes shape Earth’s surface patterns and systems.
• G4: Students understand how economic, political, cultural, and social processes interact to shape patterns of human populations, interdependence, conflict, and cooperation on Earth’s surface.
• G5: Students understand the effects of interactions between human and natural systems and the changes in meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.
• G6: Students apply knowledge of people, places, and environments to understand the past and present and to plan for the future.

Colorado State History Standards:

• H1: Students understand the chronological organization of history and know how to group people and events into major eras to identify and explain historical relationships.
• H2: Students know how to use various processes and resources of historical inquiry.
• H3: Students understand that societies are diverse and have changed over time.
• H4: Students understand how science, technology, and economic activity have developed, changed, and affected societies throughout history.
• H5: Students understand political institutions and theories that have developed and changed over time.
• H6: Students know that religious and philosophical ideas have been powerful forces throughout history.

Welcome to 6^th grade Social Studies.

Mr. Cramer Syllabus here

Mr. Schroeder Syllabus here

This course will focus on important events in Canadian and Latin American History from the ancient civilizations through the present. This course also focuses on Canadian and Latin American geography, civics, and economics. Sixth grade students also participate in the Outdoor Education Program in Estes Park, Colorado as part of their 6^th grade curriculum.

6^th Grade History Topics Discussed

Unit 1: Maps of Canada and Latin America

-Timelines, map use, latitude and longitude

Unit 2: Geography of Canada and Latin America

Unit 3: Landforms of Canada and Latin America

Unit 4: Ancient Civilizations

- Aztec, Inca, Inca, and Maya

Unit 5: Natives with the Explores and Colonies

Unit 6: History or Canada and Latin America

Unit 7: Canada and Latin America Today

Unit 8: Outdoor Education

Colorado Model Content Standards Addressed:

History Standards:

• H1: Students understand the chronological organization of history and know how to group people and events into major eras to identify and explain historical relationships.
• H2: Students know how to use carious processes and resources of historical inquiry.
• H3: Students understand that societies are diverse and have changed over time.
• H4: Students understand how science, technology, and economic activity have developed, changed, and affected societies throughout history.
• H5: Students understand political institutions and theories that have developed and changed over time.
• H6: Students know that religious and philosophical ideas have been powerful forces throughout history.

Geography Standards:

• G1: Students know how to use maps, globes, and other geographic tools to locate and derive information about people, places, and environments.
• G2: Students know the physical and human characteristics of places and study regions for the purpose of interpreting patterns of change.
• G3: Students understand how natural processes shape Earth’s surface patterns and systems.
• G4: Students understand how economic, political, cultural, and social processes interact to shape patterns of human populations, interdependence, conflict, and cooperation on Earth’s surface.
• G5: Students understand the effects of interactions between human and natural systems and the changes in meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.
• G6: Students apply knowledge of people, places, and environments to understand the past and present and to plan for the future.