8th grade students study the ideas, issues and events from the framing of the Constitution up to World War I, with an emphasis on America's role in the war.

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Review of 50 States
Exploration and Settlement
13 English Colonies
American Revolution
Constitution
First Four Presidents
Westward Movement and Expansion
North/South
Civil War
Reconstruction
Reform Movements
Industrialization and Big Business
Immigration

7th grade students study the social, cultural and technological changes that occurred in Europe, Africa and Asia in the A.D. 500-1789.

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Fall of Roman Empire
Medieval Times/Middle Ages
Islam and the Middle East
Africa
China
Japan
Meso-American Civilizations
Renaissance
Reformation
Scientific Revolution
Enlightenment
Exploration

6th grade students expand their understanding of history by studying the people and events that ushered in the dawn of the major Western and non-Western ancient civilizations.

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Early Humanity
Agriculture
Mesopotamia
Egypt and Kush
India
China
Hebrews
Greece
Rome
Introduction of the Fall of the Roman Empire