Can any one enlighten me with what is actually taught in Historical Inquiries into Global Humanities ?

[Anonymous]

Seemed like world history when DC took it. It was a fine course. I wish there were more courses like this in MS.

[Anonymous]

In 8th grade
Political Change: Resistance and Revolution, 1754-1785.
Creating a National Political System and Culture, 1785-1823.
Geographic and Economic Change Shape the Nation, 1820-1853.
A Nation Divided and Rebuilt, 1850-1890.

8th read a novel study of Ona Judge. Forgot the title.

Will the MS Social Studies curriculum change next year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seemed like world history when DC took it. It was a fine course. I wish there were more courses like this in MS.

+1. Students need to be challenged and MS are not.

[Anonymous]

My daughter is in 8th grade HIGH and complains she's seen most of it before, and that the books are for the most part, badly written and not well used in class - the topics are interesting, but she feels better books could have been chosen. But then, she has an older brother who is a history buff and they both spend time watching Youtube history videos and reading historical books outside of class that are apparently more interesting... so they're super picky. I would say, for the average student, that HIGH in middle school provides a nice overview of how the modern world came about, and is certainly more complete and thought-provoking than regular social studies.

Elementary and middle schools are an exercise in patience anyway, for the easily-bored. If you have a choice, get your kid in all the most advanced tracks. It's probably the best way of preparing him or her to take APs in high school. If they do well in HIGH, they can take AP US Gov in 9th, AP US History in 10th, AP World History in 11th, and then other stuff like AP European History or AP Micro/Macroeconomics in 12th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is in 8th grade HIGH and complains she's seen most of it before, and that the books are for the most part, badly written and not well used in class - the topics are interesting, but she feels better books could have been chosen. But then, she has an older brother who is a history buff and they both spend time watching Youtube history videos and reading historical books outside of class that are apparently more interesting... so they're super picky. I would say, for the average student, that HIGH in middle school provides a nice overview of how the modern world came about, and is certainly more complete and thought-provoking than regular social studies.

Elementary and middle schools are an exercise in patience anyway, for the easily-bored. If you have a choice, get your kid in all the most advanced tracks. It's probably the best way of preparing him or her to take APs in high school. If they do well in HIGH, they can take AP US Gov in 9th, AP US History in 10th, AP World History in 11th, and then other stuff like AP European History or AP Micro/Macroeconomics in 12th.

The books are "kinda boring" said our DC. They enjoy reading but as PP, do .more outside of school than through the novels in the Global classes. AP classes though are better than Honors at HS, but AP classes teach to the AP test students can choose to take in the Spring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HIGH for 6th Grade focuses on ancient world - Egypt, Ancient Greece/Rome, Some China and concludes with a model UN exercise. The geographic units are overlaid with substantive content in economics and government along with instruction on historic analysis (using and evaluating the quality of sources)

Also Mesopotamia.

However, the on level course also does what you wrote in the last sentence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is in 8th grade HIGH and complains she's seen most of it before, and that the books are for the most part, badly written and not well used in class - the topics are interesting, but she feels better books could have been chosen. But then, she has an older brother who is a history buff and they both spend time watching Youtube history videos and reading historical books outside of class that are apparently more interesting... so they're super picky. I would say, for the average student, that HIGH in middle school provides a nice overview of how the modern world came about, and is certainly more complete and thought-provoking than regular social studies.

Elementary and middle schools are an exercise in patience anyway, for the easily-bored. If you have a choice, get your kid in all the most advanced tracks. It's probably the best way of preparing him or her to take APs in high school. If they do well in HIGH, they can take AP US Gov in 9th, AP US History in 10th, AP World History in 11th, and then other stuff like AP European History or AP Micro/Macroeconomics in 12th.

The books are "kinda boring" said our DC. They enjoy reading but as PP, do .more outside of school than through the novels in the Global classes. AP classes though are better than Honors at HS, but AP classes teach to the AP test students can choose to take in the Spring.

Just noting that for college admissions purposes, AP coursework is a large step above Honors. Compared to a generation ago: Regular is the new remedial, honors is the new regular, and AP is the new honors. Just FYI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In 8th grade
Political Change: Resistance and Revolution, 1754-1785.
Creating a National Political System and Culture, 1785-1823.
Geographic and Economic Change Shape the Nation, 1820-1853.
A Nation Divided and Rebuilt, 1850-1890.

8th read a novel study of Ona Judge. Forgot the title.

Will the MS Social Studies curriculum change next year?

Out of 150 years of American history - that was the person to focus on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In 8th grade
Political Change: Resistance and Revolution, 1754-1785.
Creating a National Political System and Culture, 1785-1823.
Geographic and Economic Change Shape the Nation, 1820-1853.
A Nation Divided and Rebuilt, 1850-1890.

8th read a novel study of Ona Judge. Forgot the title.

Will the MS Social Studies curriculum change next year?

Out of 150 years of American history - that was the person to focus on?

Who is that person?

[Anonymous]

Who is Ona Judge? I did not take or have a Global class in my middle school some 35+ years ago.

[Anonymous]

It is a global change class. It is US History in grade 8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is a global change class. It is US History in grade 8.

Meant is not

[Anonymous]

Yup, 8th is U.S history. Some MS might have two tracks but both cover US History. I can't recall the novel our read in 8th. If your kid doesn't take AP Gov in 9th, they can sign up for the next portion of U.S History. Some schools have AP US History (APUSH) in 9th to continue with US History, before Gov or AP Gov in 10th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At the open house we went to, they said it covers the same content as the world studies class but adds additional novels (one/quarter) and inquiry-based projects.

At our school (Silver Creek) it is two novels/year and one project (in 6th it is Model UN). So, not much different from the regular class, but it is cohorted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is Ona Judge? I did not take or have a Global class in my middle school some 35+ years ago.

Woman who escaped from slavery from George Washington.