Middle School Curriculum Update
November/December 2018
Humanities
In November, the middle school students finished reading novels about yellow fever, smallpox, or bubonic plagues. They completed projects such as dioramas, brochures, diary entries, and reports to illustrate important aspects of the novels. The 6th and 7th graders wrote responses and the 8th graders composed essays to address the query "How do epidemics affect culture and society?"
During the Midterm elections, we examined the Pennsylvania candidates for U.S. House and U.S. Senate representatives and Pennsylvania’s governor candidates. Current news discussions also included the California wildfires and U.S. use of tear gas to repel migrants at the border. Our focus on ancient civilizations continued through December and as the groups finalized their research, they presented their information to the class. We also learned about ancient China and the importance of the Silk Road. The students read articles, watched videos, practiced their note-taking skills, participated in a class trading activity, and took an open note test at the end of the unit. In December, we toured the University of Pennsylvania Archeology Museum and learned additional information from our guided tour of their beautiful and eclectic China gallery collection. The students were intrigued by the number of similarities among several of the early civilizations.
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