Social Studies classes for 6-12th grade

[Anonymous]

We will be moving to the dc area in a few months and both dcs love social studies. In our current district, the setup for social studies is

6th grade - us history
7th - civics
8th - world history
9th - world history (regular, honors or AP)
10th - no required social studies but most students take AP psychology or AP human geo
11th - us history
12 - government/economics

What is the course sequence for publics in the DC area? I know there's several districts, Montgomery, DCPS, Arlington, fairfax etc

[Anonymous]

It took about a minute to find these links:

http://www.fcps.edu/is/pos/ms.shtml#msSS

http://www.fcps.edu/is/pos/hs.shtml#hsSS

[Anonymous]

In MoCo:

Grade 6 is the Ancient World: Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India, Greece, and Rome
Grade 7 is Fall of Rome to the Renaissance for Europe, Africa, Latin America, and China.
Grade 8 is US History from the late colonial Period to Reconstruct
Grade 9 is Reconstruction to the present (but likely just Gulf War I)
Grade 10 is NSL Government
Grade 11 is modern world history from 1450 to the present

Lots of APs and electives in HS, but they depend on who on staff wants to teach them so the offerings vary from school to school. I helped develop a new course at a former school. It hasn't been taught there since I left 6 years ago, but two other schools offer it now.

[Anonymous]

The sequence is DCPS is as follows:

6th grade World Geography and Cultures
7th grade Ancient World History
8th grade U.S. History (Colonization to Reconstruction)
9th grade World History I (early Middle Ages to French Revolution)
10th grade World History II (Industrial Revolution to Present) (or AP World History)
11th grade U.S. History (Gilded Age to Present) (or AP U.S. History)
12th grade has two half credit courses, DC History and Government, and Principles of U.S. Government (or AP US Government)

All 5 courses in high school are required for graduation, though many students go beyond the basic requirements as well. Every DCPS high school is required to offer at least 8 AP courses across subject areas, but all offer APUS, AP World, and AP Psychology. Additionally, some schools offer additional AP options in social studies, with the most popular being AP Human Geography. The most popular social studies electives in high school are African American History, Street Law (taught in cooperation with Georgetown University Law students), Constitutional Law (taught in cooperation with American University's Washington College of Law students).

There are a ton of social studies competitions for students who have the interest (e.g., National History Day, We the People mock congressional hearings, Model UN, National Geography Bee, GeoPlunge) and because of all the partnerships with museums and content-based organizations, students have a lot of opportunities to go to the White House, U.S. Capitol, Supreme Court, National Archives, etc.

Basically, if you like social studies, DC is the place to be, so welcome!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The sequence is DCPS is as follows:

6th grade World Geography and Cultures
7th grade Ancient World History
8th grade U.S. History (Colonization to Reconstruction)
9th grade World History I (early Middle Ages to French Revolution)
10th grade World History II (Industrial Revolution to Present) (or AP World History)
11th grade U.S. History (Gilded Age to Present) (or AP U.S. History)
12th grade has two half credit courses, DC History and Government, and Principles of U.S. Government (or AP US Government)

All 5 courses in high school are required for graduation, though many students go beyond the basic requirements as well. Every DCPS high school is required to offer at least 8 AP courses across subject areas, but all offer APUS, AP World, and AP Psychology. Additionally, some schools offer additional AP options in social studies, with the most popular being AP Human Geography. The most popular social studies electives in high school are African American History, Street Law (taught in cooperation with Georgetown University Law students), Constitutional Law (taught in cooperation with American University's Washington College of Law students).

There are a ton of social studies competitions for students who have the interest (e.g., National History Day, We the People mock congressional hearings, Model UN, National Geography Bee, GeoPlunge) and because of all the partnerships with museums and content-based organizations, students have a lot of opportunities to go to the White House, U.S. Capitol, Supreme Court, National Archives, etc.

Basically, if you like social studies, DC is the place to be, so welcome!

Just adding the Embassy Adoption programs, where embassies adopt a DC class/grade/school and program with them all year.