The Downtown School

This year in social studies it is a mad dash to cover the most important events in world history from the Renaissance to Modern Times. We will look at these big events and evaluate the impact they had at the time and how the influenced the rest of the world. Students keep a journal of all of the activities to record information and reflect on essential questions.

Unit 1: Soc 101- In this unit we cover the basic ideas of social studies which include

Geography

Five Themes of Geography

Culture

Forms of Government

Economics

In each of the following units we look at historical events through the following lenses

Government & Civics

Culture

Geography and Environmental Literacy

Economics and Financial Literacy

History

Unit 2: Renaissance and Reformation.

Unit 3: Age of Exploration

Unit 4: Enlightenment and Revolution

Unit 5: Industrial Revolution & Society’s Response

Unit 6: Age of Imperialism and WWI

Unit 8: Boom, Bust, Bang

Unit 9:New World Order