Social Studies 6-8
6th grade
Units of study may include:
Personal Finance
Monthly budgeting and goals setting
saving/spending
wages/income
expenses
Local financial institutions
Taxes (local/sales)
Geography
Understanding maps
Geographical features (town, state, region, country, continent, rivers, lake, oceans, etc.)
Climate
Maine Studies
Winslow local govt./history
Maine state govt.
Maine geography
7th grade
Units of study may include:
Geography review
Maine Native Americans
Connections to geography
Exploration
Mapping
Colonization
Early colonies in America
Impact of U.S. geography
RIghts/freedoms established in colonies
Characteristics of colonial regions
Revolution
Perspectives: colonial, British, neutral
Function and process of taxation
Constitution
Basic ideals, purposes, principles, structures and processes
Rights and responsibilities
8th grade
Units of study may include:
Thomas Jefferson/Louisiana Purchase
U.S. geography
Industrial Revolution
pros/cons of economic processes, economic institutions, and economic influences of diverse cultures
Westward Expansion
Native American groups; acquisition of lands, geographical features, Gold Rush, wagon trains, immigration, statehood, gov.
Mexican-American War
Slavery in the United States
Causes of the Civil War
Compare and contrast North and South in years leading up to war
Civil War Reconstruction
Progressive Era
Imperialism
WWI
Depression & WWII
Korea/Vietnam
Civil Rights