7th & 8th grade Social Studies Update

This is what we are currently doing in Social Studies:

 

7th- The 7th grade has recently been studying China and Japan. We have discussed the geography of East Asia, the dropping of the atom bombs in Japan during World War II and Pearl Harbor, Confucius, Genghis Khan, Zen Buddhism, the Silk Road, Taoism, the Great Wall, samurai, Shinto, and many other elements of East Asia.

 

 

8th- The 8th grade recently researched the issue of slavery during the pre-Civil War era. The students had a very in depth debate on slavery. Some students took the position of anti-slavery and the others took the side of defending slavery. I was amazed at the amount of primary resources and photographs the students found and used to defend their position for the debate. Great job!:)  

                                                                                      -Mrs. Powroznik