COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The seventh grade history course will provide students with a comprehensive study of world history, beginning with the impact of industrialization and concluding with the Second World War. Extensive emphasis will be placed on the development of skills necessary for the study of the social studies on the secondary school level. The primary emphasis of skill development will be in the areas of reading, writing, and synthesizing information from a wide variety of sources. History content will be integrated with the major literary themes taught in the language arts portion of humanities. Although history will serve as the hub of the course of study; current events, economics, geography, and political science will be extensively integrated into the course.
A) Industrialization
1) The Development of Industry
2) Problems of the Industrial Age
3) Attempts at Reform
4) The Progressive Era
B) Imperialism
1) The Second Wave of European Imperialism
2)
C) World War I
1)
2) The First World War
A) The
B) The Roaring Twenties
C) The Great Depression
1) Hard Times
2) The New Deal
D) Between The Wars
E) World War II
1) The Path to War
2) The Holocaust
3) The Second World War
· To provide students with the foundation knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in upper level high school social studies courses (AP).
· To provide students with an historical perspective regarding the events of the past century and to enable them to apply this knowledge to current situations.
· To develop skills in reading for information.
· To develop factual writing skills.
· To develop an ability to synthesize a wide variety of information and to draw logical conclusions from that information.
· To develop an ability to utilize historical evidence, evaluate it, and use it to formulate an opinion.
· To develop an ability to receive and utilize information from a wide variety of media sources.
· To develop skills in listening and note taking.
· To assist in developing study skills and time management.