You may access the full Junior High History Curriculum in the school
office. With the links below, you will see a list of the topics covered
in our 2 levels of Junior High History.
If you any questions about the curriculum, feel free to contact Mr. Morgenroth at
chmorgenroth@stjosephwsp.org or call the school at 651-457-8550
7th Grade Geography
The 7th Grade
class will focus on World Geography in the following ways:
1. Describe the five elements of geography.
2. Be able to describe how interdependence
among the people of the world leads to problems, solutions, and an ever changing
world.
3.
Be able to identify locations and places on the
map concerning
the world’s countries, cities,
physical
landmarks, waterways, etc.
These are the units we
will be covering:
Introduction to Geography
Geographer’s
world
The
world’s people
The Americas
The
U.S.
Canada
Mexico
Central
America
South
America
Europe and Russia
Southern
Europe
Western
Europe
Eastern
Europe
Russia
and the Caucasus
Southwest and Central Asia
Africa
Southeast Asia and the Pacific
8th Grade American History
The 8th Grade class will focus on American history in the following
ways:
1. Students
will investigate social, economic, political structures of the United
States.
2. Students
will examine various revolutions (social, scientific, cultural, and
political)
and the changes caused by them in the US and the world.
3. Students
will understand how events have changed modern day history.
Specifically, we look at how events in the Post World War period still affect
the
U.S. today, such as in the Middle East.
These are the units we
will be covering:
Government and Civics
The Age of Industry
The
West Transformed
Industry
and Urban Growth
Political
Reforms and Progressives
A New Role in the World
Overseas
expansion
World
War I
The
Roaring Twenties
Depression and War
The
Great Depression
World
War II
The
Cold War
Post World War II
Civil
Rights
Vietnam
The End of the Cold War