7th Grade: The 7th grade students are currently exploring the settling of the Western Frontier. This unit includes an examination of the opportunities the Western Frontier offered to pioneers, and to the new immigrants coming into the United States. Within this Unit we have also analyzed the significance of Judicial Review and how specific decisions, like Dred Scott, Plessy vs. Ferguson, or the Scopes Trial impacted the Country. Following our discussion of the Frontier, the students will immediately begin the Unit on the Age of Revolution which as a class we will determine the effect of the Industrial Revolution on the Western World.
8th Grade: The 8th grade students are diligently working on their Government Unit. As a class we have examined how the following philosophies and documents influenced the creation of the Constitution: The Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, John Locke’s theories of natural law, and the social contract, the Articles of Confederation, and the Mayflower Compact. Furthermore, in our studies we have also uncovered the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and as such gained an understanding for the purpose of The Constitutional Convention. We will continue on with our Government Unit for another two weeks.
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