Social Studies

First semester students will focus on geography skills and world geography

• Review of map skills involving
  • compass rose
  • hemispheres
  • climate zones
  • latitude/longitude work. 
• Geography
  • Note taking skills
  • Domain specific vocabulary
  • Cooperative skills and social development
  • Comparisons and connections between the past and present, and considering the future

Second semester students will focus on ancient civilizations

• Early People
• Mesopotamia
• Early Empires
• Egypt
• Greece

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Fall Semester:

Focus on Medieval World History including: 

• Europe
• Middle East
• Africa
• China
• Japan
• Mesoamerica

Geography and World Religions

Spring Semester:

(0.5 high school credit)

Focus on Washington State History including:

• Since Time Immemorial (Tribal History)
• Geography
• Civics

Focus is on colonization to framing the U.S. Constitution to  the Civil War

Emphasis:  exploring ideas, issues and events.

• U.S. History from Pre-Colonization through the mid-20th Century.
• Learning centers on:
  • historical inquiry
  • primary source analysis
  • project-based learning to connect past events with modern civic life

Units & Themes of Study

(Note: Units are non-linear and may be explored in flexible order throughout the year)

• Early America & Foundations
  • Pre-Colonization
  • European Settlement
  • American Revolution
  • Framing the U.S. Constitution
• Enslavement & Conflict
  • Systems of Enslavement
  • Human Migrations
  • U.S. Civil War
• Expansion & Reform
  • Reconstruction
  • Westward Expansion
  • Indigenous Resistance
• Modern Growth & Civics
  • Industrialization
  • Modern Civic Engagement
  • Local History
  • 20th-Century Topics

Ongoing Curricula

• Since Time Immemorial Tribal Sovereignty curriculum
• seminars/discussions
• oral history
• geography warm-ups, quotes, current events, and more