This class compacts the 7th and 8th grade curriculum into one school year. It is a fast-paced course that requires diligence in completing daily work as students will be learning two days of content for every school day during the school year.
Example Pacing Guide For the Compact Class:
Please note: The following pacing guide is supplied to give an approximate idea as to what students will be studying throughout the course of the year and the timetable for such. It does not include this year dates as starting time for the school year differed. Please see the student log on Schoology for a more accurate account of what is being covered daily.
Dates for long-term projects such as research is under the grade tab and under quarter subtabs.
Example Pacing Guide For the Compact Class:
Please note: The following pacing guide is supplied to give an approximate idea as to what students will be studying throughout the course of the year and the timetable for such. It does not include this year dates as starting time for the school year differed. Please see the student log on Schoology for a more accurate account of what is being covered daily.
Dates for long-term projects such as research is under the grade tab and under quarter subtabs.
START 7th GRADE CURRICULUM
Quarter One
Week 1: Aug. 13 School-wide activities
Aug. 14 School-wide activities
Week 2: Aug. 17 Intro & Learning Survey
Aug. 18 Baseline Assessment
Aug. 19 Ancient World Civilization Greece - geography mapping
Aug. 20 Greece landforms, agriculture, colonies, trade, transportation
Aug. 21 Crete Minoan Civilization & Mycenae and the polis/city-state
Week 3: Aug. 24 Sparta & Athens
Aug. 25 Greek government evolution and democracy
Aug. 26 Persian Wars
Aug. 27 Pericles through the Peloponnesian War
Aug. 28 Greek culture and life
Week 4: Aug. 31 Alexander the Great
Sept. 1 The Hellenistic Age and Greek Legacies
Sept. 2 Greece Assessment
Sept. 3 Ancient World Civilization Rome - geography mapping
Sept. 4 Rome landforms, agriculture, trade, transportation
Week 5: Sept. 7 Labor Day - No school
Sept. 8 Founding/origins of Rome
Sept. 9 Roman government (monarchy to republic)
Sept. 10 Punic Wars through Julius Caesar and expansion
Sept. 11 Roman Empire
Week 6: Sept. 14 Roman culture and life & NHD Intro
Sept. 15 Roman legacies
Sept. 16 Fall of Rome & Germanic invasions
Sept. 17 Middle Ages Byzantine Empire - geography mapping
Sept. 18 Constantinople trade (hub), transportation
Week 7: Sept. 21 NHD Work
Sept. 22 Byzantine Empire government and Justinian
Sept. 23 Christianity in the Roman and Byzantine Empires
Sept. 24 Fall of Constantinople
Sept. 25 Rome and Byzantine Empire Assessment
Week 8: Sept. 28 NHD Work
Sept. 29 Middle Ages Arab World - geography mapping and landforms
Sept. 30 Arab World government and religion/Islam
Oct. 1 Arab World conquests
Oct. 2 Arab World culture, life, trade, and legacies
Week 9: Oct. 5 Middle Ages Sub-Sahara Africa - geography mapping, landforms, & people
Oct. 6 Trading kingdoms
Oct. 7 Trading kingdoms
Oct. 8 African religion and society
Oct. 9 African slavery and colonization
Week 10: Oct. 12 NHD Work
Quarter Two
Oct. 13 Africa legacies
Oct. 14 Africa assessment
Oct. 15 Middle Ages Mongolian Empire - geography, trade, and transportation
Oct. 16 OEA/NEA Day - No school for students
Week 11: Oct. 19 The Khans and unification and culture
Oct. 20 Mongol conquests (China, Korea, India)
Oct. 21 Mongol legacies
Oct. 22 Student-led Conferences - No regular school
Oct. 23 No school
Week 12: Oct. 26 Middle Ages Feudal Japan - geography mapping, landforms, trade
Oct. 27 Japanese feudalism - Samurai and Shoguns
Oct. 28 Japanese culture
Oct. 29 Asian civilizations assessment
Oct. 30 NHD Work
Week 13: Nov. 2 Middle Age Western Europe - review of Germanic invasions
Nov. 3 Professional Development Day - No school
Nov. 4 Europe geography mapping, landforms, trade & transportation
Nov. 5 Early Middle Ages government and rise of feudalism
Nov. 6 Feudal Order and society
Week 14: Nov. 9 Manor life, castles, and legacies
Nov. 10 Growth of towns , strong monarchies, and the Magna Carta
Nov. 11 The Crusades and the Church
Nov. 12 The Plague and decline of the Middle Ages
Nov. 13 NHD Work
Week 15: Nov. 16 The Renaissance - Rebirth of classic Greco-Rome and Italian city-states
Nov. 17 Humanism, literature, and art
Nov. 18 The Protestant Reformation - A call for reform
Nov. 19 Catholic v. Protestantism
Nov. 20 Assess Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation
Week 16: Nov. 23 NHD Work
Nov. 24 FIRST GLOBAL AGE - preview
Nov. 25 Thanksgiving Break - No school
Nov. 26 Thanksgiving Break - No school
Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Break - No school
Week 17: Nov. 30 Early Exploration - Looking for trade routes
Dec. 1 Spanish conquistadors
Dec. 2 The Portuguese, French, Dutch, and English explorers
Dec. 3 Global exchange, joint-stock companies, and mercantilism
Dec. 4 Scientific Revolution
Week 18: Dec. 7 NHD Work
Dec. 8 Enlightenment
Dec. 9 Assess First Global Age
Dec. 10 End -of -Course Assessment
START 8th GRADE CURRICULUM
Dec. 11 Baseline Assessment
Week 19 Dec. 14 NHD Work
Dec. 15 English Colonization - Roanoke & Jamestown
Dec. 16 Pilgrims & Puritans
Dec. 17 New England Colonies
Dec. 18 Middle Colonies
Quarter Three
Week 20 Jan. 4 Winter Break
Jan. 5 Teacher Work Day - No school
Jan. 6 Geography Bee
Jan. 7 Southern Colonies
Jan. 8 Colonial Government & Their Influences
Week 21 Jan. 11 Assess Colonialism
Jan. 12 French & English Rivalry Over River Valleys
Jan. 13 The Early French & Indian War
Jan. 14 End and Consequences of the French & Indian War
Jan. 15 Causes of Revolution
Week 22 Jan. 18 Martin Luther King Day - No school
Jan. 19 Causes of Revolution
Jan. 20 Causes of Revolution
Jan. 21 Start of the Revolution
Jan. 22 War Strengths & Weaknesses
Week 23 Jan. 25 Continental Congress Makes Decisions
Jan. 26 Declaration of Independence
Jan. 27 Revolutionary War
Jan. 28 Revolutionary War
Jan. 29 The End of the American Revolution & Its Consequences
Week 24 Feb. 1 Review of Causes & The American Revolution
Feb. 2 Assess Causes & The American Revolution
Feb. 3 New Beginnings, A New Nation
Feb. 4 States Write Constitutions
Feb. 5 Articles of Confederation
Week 25 Feb. 8 Articles of Confederation
Feb. 9 Achievements Under the Articles - N.W. Ordinances
Feb. 10 N.W. Ordinances
Feb. 11 Problems Under the Articles
Feb. 12 Shay’s Rebellion
Week 26 Feb. 15 President's Day - No school
Feb. 16 President's Day Activity
Feb. 17 Assess Start of A New Nation
Feb. 18 A New Plan of Government
Feb. 19 Constitutional Convention
Week 27 Feb. 22 Constitutional Convention
Feb. 23 The U.S. Constitution
Feb. 24 The U.S. Constitution
Feb. 25 The U.S. Constitution
Feb. 26 The U.S. Constitution
Week 28 Feb. 29 Ratification of the Constitution & the Federalist Papers
Mar. 1 Bill of Rights
Mar. 2 Bill of Rights & Other Amendments
Mar. 3 Rights, Responsibilities & Citizenship
Mar. 4 U.S. Government Review
Week 29 Mar. 7 Assess the Constitution & Bill of Rights
Mar. 8 Early Presidents
Quarter Four
Mar. 9 Washington’s Presidency Precedents and Views
Mar. 10 Washington’s Presidency Issues With Hamilton & Jefferson
Mar. 11 Political Parties & Participation in Politics
Week 30 Mar. 14 Washington's Presidency Final Days
Mar. 15 Adams & His Presidency
Mar. 16 Assess Washington & Adams Presidencies
Mar. 17 Jefferson as President
Mar. 18 Louisiana Purchase
Week 31 Mar. 21 Lewis & Clark and Pike's Expeditions
Mar. 22 Madison's Presidency & War of 1812 Causes
Mar. 23 War of 1812 & Its Consequences
Mar. 24 Assess Jefferson & Madison's Presidencies
Mar. 25 Spring Break - No school
Week 32 Apr. 4 The Industrial Revolution - Changing Lifestyles in America
Apr. 5 Industrial and Transportation Revolutions
Apr. 6 Industrial Revolution Issues & Rights
Apr. 7 Impacts of New Immigrants
Apr. 8 Monroe's Presidency - Nationalism, Sectionalism, & Compromises
Week 33 Apr. 11 JQA & Jackson's Presidencies
Apr. 12 Jacksonian Democracy & Indian Removal
Apr. 13 Van Buren, Harrison, & Tyler's Presidencies
Apr. 14 Expansion & Manifest Destiny
Apr. 15 Pioneers & Trails West - Oregon and More
Week 34 Apr. 18 Mexican & Texan Independence
Apr. 19 Mexican-American War
Apr. 20 California, The Gold Rush, & Utah
Apr. 21 Issues Caused by Expansion
Apr. 22 Assess Expansion
Week 35 Apr. 25 Reforming Society
Apr. 26 Reforming Society - Abolition
Apr. 27 Growing Sectionalism - North, South, West
Apr. 28 Southern Economy - King Cotton
Apr. 29 Towards Civil War
Week 36 May 2 Towards Civil War
May 3 Assess Reforms and Causes of Civil War
May 4 Field Trip
May 5 Civil War - The Beginnings
May 6 Civil War - The West & On Water
Week 37 May 9 Civil War - The East & Emancipation
May 10 Civil War - The South & Total War
May 11 Civil War - The End & Outcomes
May 12 End -of Course Review
May 13 End-of-Course Assessment
Week 38 May 16 Reconstruction
May 17 Reconstruction
May 18 Assess Civil War & Reconstruction
May 19 Post Civil War Regional Movement
May 20 Financial Literacy Intro
Week 39 May 23 Financial Literacy
May 24 Last Day - Pool Party
* This Pacing guide is subject to change depending on unforeseen events (school-wide activities, assemblies, weather related days, field trips, etc.)
Research days may also fall on different dates depending on the availability of the library and computers.
Quarter One
Week 1: Aug. 13 School-wide activities
Aug. 14 School-wide activities
Week 2: Aug. 17 Intro & Learning Survey
Aug. 18 Baseline Assessment
Aug. 19 Ancient World Civilization Greece - geography mapping
Aug. 20 Greece landforms, agriculture, colonies, trade, transportation
Aug. 21 Crete Minoan Civilization & Mycenae and the polis/city-state
Week 3: Aug. 24 Sparta & Athens
Aug. 25 Greek government evolution and democracy
Aug. 26 Persian Wars
Aug. 27 Pericles through the Peloponnesian War
Aug. 28 Greek culture and life
Week 4: Aug. 31 Alexander the Great
Sept. 1 The Hellenistic Age and Greek Legacies
Sept. 2 Greece Assessment
Sept. 3 Ancient World Civilization Rome - geography mapping
Sept. 4 Rome landforms, agriculture, trade, transportation
Week 5: Sept. 7 Labor Day - No school
Sept. 8 Founding/origins of Rome
Sept. 9 Roman government (monarchy to republic)
Sept. 10 Punic Wars through Julius Caesar and expansion
Sept. 11 Roman Empire
Week 6: Sept. 14 Roman culture and life & NHD Intro
Sept. 15 Roman legacies
Sept. 16 Fall of Rome & Germanic invasions
Sept. 17 Middle Ages Byzantine Empire - geography mapping
Sept. 18 Constantinople trade (hub), transportation
Week 7: Sept. 21 NHD Work
Sept. 22 Byzantine Empire government and Justinian
Sept. 23 Christianity in the Roman and Byzantine Empires
Sept. 24 Fall of Constantinople
Sept. 25 Rome and Byzantine Empire Assessment
Week 8: Sept. 28 NHD Work
Sept. 29 Middle Ages Arab World - geography mapping and landforms
Sept. 30 Arab World government and religion/Islam
Oct. 1 Arab World conquests
Oct. 2 Arab World culture, life, trade, and legacies
Week 9: Oct. 5 Middle Ages Sub-Sahara Africa - geography mapping, landforms, & people
Oct. 6 Trading kingdoms
Oct. 7 Trading kingdoms
Oct. 8 African religion and society
Oct. 9 African slavery and colonization
Week 10: Oct. 12 NHD Work
Quarter Two
Oct. 13 Africa legacies
Oct. 14 Africa assessment
Oct. 15 Middle Ages Mongolian Empire - geography, trade, and transportation
Oct. 16 OEA/NEA Day - No school for students
Week 11: Oct. 19 The Khans and unification and culture
Oct. 20 Mongol conquests (China, Korea, India)
Oct. 21 Mongol legacies
Oct. 22 Student-led Conferences - No regular school
Oct. 23 No school
Week 12: Oct. 26 Middle Ages Feudal Japan - geography mapping, landforms, trade
Oct. 27 Japanese feudalism - Samurai and Shoguns
Oct. 28 Japanese culture
Oct. 29 Asian civilizations assessment
Oct. 30 NHD Work
Week 13: Nov. 2 Middle Age Western Europe - review of Germanic invasions
Nov. 3 Professional Development Day - No school
Nov. 4 Europe geography mapping, landforms, trade & transportation
Nov. 5 Early Middle Ages government and rise of feudalism
Nov. 6 Feudal Order and society
Week 14: Nov. 9 Manor life, castles, and legacies
Nov. 10 Growth of towns , strong monarchies, and the Magna Carta
Nov. 11 The Crusades and the Church
Nov. 12 The Plague and decline of the Middle Ages
Nov. 13 NHD Work
Week 15: Nov. 16 The Renaissance - Rebirth of classic Greco-Rome and Italian city-states
Nov. 17 Humanism, literature, and art
Nov. 18 The Protestant Reformation - A call for reform
Nov. 19 Catholic v. Protestantism
Nov. 20 Assess Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation
Week 16: Nov. 23 NHD Work
Nov. 24 FIRST GLOBAL AGE - preview
Nov. 25 Thanksgiving Break - No school
Nov. 26 Thanksgiving Break - No school
Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Break - No school
Week 17: Nov. 30 Early Exploration - Looking for trade routes
Dec. 1 Spanish conquistadors
Dec. 2 The Portuguese, French, Dutch, and English explorers
Dec. 3 Global exchange, joint-stock companies, and mercantilism
Dec. 4 Scientific Revolution
Week 18: Dec. 7 NHD Work
Dec. 8 Enlightenment
Dec. 9 Assess First Global Age
Dec. 10 End -of -Course Assessment
START 8th GRADE CURRICULUM
Dec. 11 Baseline Assessment
Week 19 Dec. 14 NHD Work
Dec. 15 English Colonization - Roanoke & Jamestown
Dec. 16 Pilgrims & Puritans
Dec. 17 New England Colonies
Dec. 18 Middle Colonies
Quarter Three
Week 20 Jan. 4 Winter Break
Jan. 5 Teacher Work Day - No school
Jan. 6 Geography Bee
Jan. 7 Southern Colonies
Jan. 8 Colonial Government & Their Influences
Week 21 Jan. 11 Assess Colonialism
Jan. 12 French & English Rivalry Over River Valleys
Jan. 13 The Early French & Indian War
Jan. 14 End and Consequences of the French & Indian War
Jan. 15 Causes of Revolution
Week 22 Jan. 18 Martin Luther King Day - No school
Jan. 19 Causes of Revolution
Jan. 20 Causes of Revolution
Jan. 21 Start of the Revolution
Jan. 22 War Strengths & Weaknesses
Week 23 Jan. 25 Continental Congress Makes Decisions
Jan. 26 Declaration of Independence
Jan. 27 Revolutionary War
Jan. 28 Revolutionary War
Jan. 29 The End of the American Revolution & Its Consequences
Week 24 Feb. 1 Review of Causes & The American Revolution
Feb. 2 Assess Causes & The American Revolution
Feb. 3 New Beginnings, A New Nation
Feb. 4 States Write Constitutions
Feb. 5 Articles of Confederation
Week 25 Feb. 8 Articles of Confederation
Feb. 9 Achievements Under the Articles - N.W. Ordinances
Feb. 10 N.W. Ordinances
Feb. 11 Problems Under the Articles
Feb. 12 Shay’s Rebellion
Week 26 Feb. 15 President's Day - No school
Feb. 16 President's Day Activity
Feb. 17 Assess Start of A New Nation
Feb. 18 A New Plan of Government
Feb. 19 Constitutional Convention
Week 27 Feb. 22 Constitutional Convention
Feb. 23 The U.S. Constitution
Feb. 24 The U.S. Constitution
Feb. 25 The U.S. Constitution
Feb. 26 The U.S. Constitution
Week 28 Feb. 29 Ratification of the Constitution & the Federalist Papers
Mar. 1 Bill of Rights
Mar. 2 Bill of Rights & Other Amendments
Mar. 3 Rights, Responsibilities & Citizenship
Mar. 4 U.S. Government Review
Week 29 Mar. 7 Assess the Constitution & Bill of Rights
Mar. 8 Early Presidents
Quarter Four
Mar. 9 Washington’s Presidency Precedents and Views
Mar. 10 Washington’s Presidency Issues With Hamilton & Jefferson
Mar. 11 Political Parties & Participation in Politics
Week 30 Mar. 14 Washington's Presidency Final Days
Mar. 15 Adams & His Presidency
Mar. 16 Assess Washington & Adams Presidencies
Mar. 17 Jefferson as President
Mar. 18 Louisiana Purchase
Week 31 Mar. 21 Lewis & Clark and Pike's Expeditions
Mar. 22 Madison's Presidency & War of 1812 Causes
Mar. 23 War of 1812 & Its Consequences
Mar. 24 Assess Jefferson & Madison's Presidencies
Mar. 25 Spring Break - No school
Week 32 Apr. 4 The Industrial Revolution - Changing Lifestyles in America
Apr. 5 Industrial and Transportation Revolutions
Apr. 6 Industrial Revolution Issues & Rights
Apr. 7 Impacts of New Immigrants
Apr. 8 Monroe's Presidency - Nationalism, Sectionalism, & Compromises
Week 33 Apr. 11 JQA & Jackson's Presidencies
Apr. 12 Jacksonian Democracy & Indian Removal
Apr. 13 Van Buren, Harrison, & Tyler's Presidencies
Apr. 14 Expansion & Manifest Destiny
Apr. 15 Pioneers & Trails West - Oregon and More
Week 34 Apr. 18 Mexican & Texan Independence
Apr. 19 Mexican-American War
Apr. 20 California, The Gold Rush, & Utah
Apr. 21 Issues Caused by Expansion
Apr. 22 Assess Expansion
Week 35 Apr. 25 Reforming Society
Apr. 26 Reforming Society - Abolition
Apr. 27 Growing Sectionalism - North, South, West
Apr. 28 Southern Economy - King Cotton
Apr. 29 Towards Civil War
Week 36 May 2 Towards Civil War
May 3 Assess Reforms and Causes of Civil War
May 4 Field Trip
May 5 Civil War - The Beginnings
May 6 Civil War - The West & On Water
Week 37 May 9 Civil War - The East & Emancipation
May 10 Civil War - The South & Total War
May 11 Civil War - The End & Outcomes
May 12 End -of Course Review
May 13 End-of-Course Assessment
Week 38 May 16 Reconstruction
May 17 Reconstruction
May 18 Assess Civil War & Reconstruction
May 19 Post Civil War Regional Movement
May 20 Financial Literacy Intro
Week 39 May 23 Financial Literacy
May 24 Last Day - Pool Party
* This Pacing guide is subject to change depending on unforeseen events (school-wide activities, assemblies, weather related days, field trips, etc.)
Research days may also fall on different dates depending on the availability of the library and computers.