Middle School: Social Studies

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Grade 6

• Early Chinese Dynasties (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*
  How did the contributions of early Chinese dynasties influence Asian and European cultures?

• It's All Greek to Me (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

Which of the ancient Greeks’ achievements have had the greatest impact on the way we live today? 

• Roman with the Times (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  Which of the ancient Romans’ achievements have had the greatest impact on the way we live today?

 

Grade 7

• Islam's Influence (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  How did the religion of Islam shape cultures and the expansion of empires?

• Later Chinese Dynasties (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  How did the contributions of later Chinese dynasties influence Asian and European cultures?

• Native People (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  How did native people of North America interact with one another?

• Medieval Europe (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  How did a particular group or institution influence culture during the Middle Ages? 

• Medieval Inventions (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  How did inventions during the Middle Ages impact medieval life and world history?

• Tokugawa Period of Japan (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  How did the Tokugawa Period impact the lives of the Japanese people?

 

Grade 8

• Bias in the Media (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  How does bias demonstrated by the mass media impact a person's perception of a topic?

• Billy Yank and Johnny Reb: Soldiers' Lives in the American Civil War (ORM)  CourseArc

  How did soldiers' expectations about Civil War life compare to their actual wartime experiences?

• Civil War Contributions (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  How did the contributions of African Americans, women and children impact the American Civil War? 

• British Policies After the French and Indian War (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*  

  How did British policies and the reaction of the Colonists lead to the American Revolution?

• Indian Removal and the Politics of Westward Expansion (ORM)  CourseArc

  How does the treatment of a minority group impact an entire nation? 

• Primary or Secondary? (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*
  How can primary and secondary sources help me understand the past?