Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES
Social Studies 7
Students will be taken through the disciplines of world history, landform and geog- raphy, money and economics, the powers and parallels of political science, sociol- ogy, and anthropology. Through hands-on tutorials and interaction with animation that brings this history to life, students will acquire the skills necessary to study and understand world cultures, while examining their unique physical features us- ing state-of-the-art electronic geographic tools. Beginning with the mysteries of the ancient empires of the Americas, students will discover and understand the fall of the Roman Empire, the rise of the Franks in Europe, and uncover the enchanting Kingdom of Ghana. Students will be taken through Revolutionary Europe, then to the Industrial Revolution, nationalism and Imperialism, and on to World Wars I and II. They’ll discover the wonders of Colonial India, become informed about the United Nations as a peacekeeping and political force, the politics of the war in Viet- nam, and past and current issues in the Middle East. Finally, they’ll discover mod- ern Africa and understand its history, to end with a broad but compelling introduc- tion to the Information and Space Ages.
1 Credit
Social Studies 8
Eighth grade students will build on their concepts of geography, civics, and politi- cal societies beginning with the world as it was in the 1500’s followed by the natu- ral unfolding of events from the explorations, the establishment of the colonies, the colonial era leading up to the causes of and including the French and Indian War and The Revolutionary War. The development of American government from a confederation to a constitutional one, the launching of the Republic, through the War of 1812, the growth and development of the nation through the Louisiana Pur- chase and the Lewis and Clark exploration on through Manifest Destiny and the Mexican War will follow. Students will explore the changes in the nation from im- migration and abolition issues to the Civil War and Reconstruction, westward ex- pansion, to the development of the U.S. as a world power and into World War One. They will explore the 1920’s, the Great Depression and World War Two.
1 Credit
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