7th and 8th Grade

Grades 7-8: Week of 3/18/24

Students in Social Studies took a big test on the Holocaust & WW2. We also began our unit on the Cold War era, which will be the first historical analysis that is thematic rather than chronological: we will study the politics, the arms race, the space race, ‘hot spots,’ Civil Rights, and…

Grades 7-8: Week of 3/11/24

In Social Studies, students completed their studies of WW2 with a focus on the Manhattan Project, moral dilemmas faced by leaders leading up to V-J Day and the immediate aftermath, including the Nuremberg Trials.

Students in Science began presenting short reports about skin diseases. Will t…

Grades 7-8: Week of 3/4/24

In Social Studies, students learned about 1945 and the many events that influenced the end of the war in Europe. Among topics we discussed: Dresden, Yalta, the Battle of the Bulge, and most critically, D-Day.

In Language Arts, we are starting chapter 8 in Animal Farm. Students didn’t like…

Grades 7-8: Week of 2/26/24

Students in Social Studies continued dissecting the Second World War, specifically focusing this week on Pearl Harbor, the aftermath, including the internment of Japanese Americans, and the mid-war years of 1942 and 1943. Stalingrad, island-hopping, and the American home front were in focus.…

Grades 7-8: Week of 2/12/24

Students in Social Studies wrapped up the unit on the Holocaust with a reflection on quotes and views about resistance to oppression. We also moved on to study World War II with a focus on appeasement and the major alliances of the start of the conflict.

In Science, students are sharing inf…