Social Studies
6th Grade – 3rd Trimester
2020 – 2021 School Year
Roman Civilization (continued)
- The Roman Way of Life
- Rome’s Decline
- The Byzantine Empire
African Civilizations
- The Rise of African Civilizations
- Africa’s Governments and Religions
- African Society and Culture
Medieval Europe
- The Early Middle Ages
- Feudalism and the Rise of Towns
- Kingdoms and Crusades
- Culture and the Church
- The Late Middle Ages
Civilizations of Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia
- Korea: History and Culture
- Early Japan
- Southeast Asia: History and Culture
Social Studies
7th Grade
Third Trimester 2020-2021
Mrs. Patricia Marsala
Growth and Expansion
- Unity And Sectionalism
The Jackson Era
- Jacksonian Democracy
- Conflicts Over Land
- Jackson and the Bank
Manifest Destiny
- The Oregon Trail
- Statehood for Florida and Texas
- War With Mexico
- California and Utah
North and South
- The Industrial North
- People of the North
- Southern Cotton Kingdom
- People of the South
The Spirit of Reform
- Social Reform
- The Abolitionists
- The Women’s Movement
Toward Civil War
- The Search for Compromise
- Challenges to Slavery
- Secession and War
The Civil War
- The Two Sides
- Early Stages of the War
- Life During the Civil War
- The Strain of War
- The War’s Final Stages
The Emancipation Proclamation
ELA
8th Grade
Third Trimester 2020-2021
Mrs. Patricia Marsala
Reading
- Analyze and Apply Informational Text
- Analyze and Apply Drama
- Analyze and Apply Diary
- Collaborate and Compare Poems
- Compare Arguments
- Analyze Appeals
- Analyze Sound Devices
- alliteration
- assonance
- consonance
- onomatopoeia
- repetition
Writing
- Writing a Research Report
- Writing a Business Letter
- Writing to Compare and Contrast
- Writing to Explain Connection Between Events
- Writing a News Story
Vocabulary
- Interpret Figures of Speech
- Idioms
- Use Context Clues
- Latin / Greek Roots
- Prefixes and Suffixes
Language Conventions
- Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
- Comparative and Superlative Adverbs
- Run-On Sentences
- Sentence Fragments
- Verbals
- Participles and Participial Phrases
- Gerunds and Gerund Phrases
- Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases
- Sentence Combining
- Prepositional Phrases
- Appositives
- Adjective Clauses
- Adverb Clauses
- Correct Capitalization
Social Studies
8th Grade
Third Trimester 2020-2021
Mrs. Patricia Marsala
The Cold War Era
- Roots of the Cold War
- Early Cold War Politics
- The Korean War
- America in the 1950s
The Civil Rights Era
- The Civil Rights Movement
- Kennedy and Johnson
- Civil Rights in the 1960s
- Other Groups Seek Rights
The Vietnam Era
- Kennedy’s Foreign Policy
- The Vietnam War
- The Vietnam Years at Home
- Vietnam in the Nixon Years
A Troubled Nation
- The Nixon Administration
- Watergate and Its Aftermath
- The Reagan Revolution
- The First President Bush
- Toward a New Century
New Challenges
- The Global War on Terror
- The Obama Presidency
- Twenty-First Century Challenge
Religion
8th Grade
Third Trimester 2020-2021
Mrs. Patricia Marsala
The Church’s Heritage Give Us Hope
- Keeping Faith in a Changing World
- Depending on God in Times of Fear
- Teaching Others About Christ
- Renewing our Relationship with Christ
- Showing Concern for Future Generations
- Transforming the World Through Faith
Being Catholic
- Caring for the Whole Human Family
- Seeking God’s Life and Love as the Church
- Living As the Body of Christ
- Witnessing to Our Relationship with Christ
- Growing in Faith Together
- Belonging to the Communion of Saints
Lent
The Annunciation
Triduum
Easter
Ascension Thursday
Pentecost
Ordinary Time
Themes of Catholic Identity
- Life and Dignity of the Human Person
- Call to Family, Community, and Participation
- Rights and Responsibilities of the Human Person
- The Dignity of Work and the Rights of the Workers
- Care for God’s Creation
8th Grade Saint
Saint Thomas Aquinas