We will be using the weekly publication USA Studies Weekly for our social studies text. We will have a test at the end of each week. Students will be allowed to use the text while taking the test. This provides excellent practice for the ASPIRE test in the spring season! Students are encouraged to conduct further research on the weekly topic during after school hours. If your child uses the internet to conduct their research, please encourage internet safety.
August 10-14: Policies and Procedures, Leader in Me
August 17-21: Week 1- Civil War
August 24-28: Week 2-Reconstruction
August 31- September 4: Week 3- Industrial Revolution
September 7-11: Week 4- The Gilded Age
September 14-18: Week 5- Immigration
September 21-25: Week 6- Westward Expansion
September 28-October 2: Week 7- Spanish-American War
October 5-9: Week 8- U.S. Becomes a World Leader
October 19-23: Week 9- WWI
October 26-30: Week 10- The Roaring 20s
November 2-6: Week 11- Great Depression
November 9-13: Week 12- FDR's New Deal
November 16-20: Week 13- Trouble in the World
November 30-December 4: Week 14- WWII Begins
December 7-11: Week 15- U.S. Enters WWII
December 14-18: Holiday activities
January 6-15: Week 16- Victory!
January 19-22: Week 17- The G.I. Bill
January 25-29: Week 18- Cold War
February 1-5: Week 19- Korean War
February 8-11: Week 20- Civil Rights Movement
February 16-19: Week 21- Civil Rights Movement Continues
February 22-26: Week 22- Kennedy
February 29- March 4: Week 23- LBJ and the Great Society
March 7-11: Week 24- Vietnam War
March 14-18: Week 25- Peace, Love, and Flower Power (the 60s)
March 21-24: Week 26- Women's Movement
April 4-8: Week 27- Global Politics
April 11-15: Week 28- Technology Revolution
April 18-21: extended science week
April 25-29: extended science week
May 2-6: extended science week
May 9-13: read The Watson's Go to Birmingham
May 16-20: finish The Watson's Go to Birmingham
May 23-26: watch America, the Story of Us