7th Grade: Social Studies

Dear Parents,

Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year! You have a lot to look forward to as you begin your 7th-grade journey at HMS.

Your team of teachers works together and shares the responsibility for teaching the curriculum in language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science.

All of us are thrilled that you have chosen HMS, and we will work hard to create a powerful, positive, and productive learning year.

Seventh grade is the second year of a two-year World Area Studies course. Seventh-grade students study Africa and Asia.

The goal of this two-year course is to acquaint middle school students with the world in which they live. The geography domain includes both physical and human geography.

The intent of the geography domain is for students to begin to grasp the importance geography plays in their everyday lives. The government/civics domain focuses on selected types of government found in various areas to help students begin to understand the variety of governments in the world.

The economics domain builds on the K-5 economics standards. However, the focus shifts from the United States to how other countries answer the basic questions of economics. The history domain focuses primarily on significant events in each region from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

With passionate and diligent teachers, hard-working and tenacious students, and actively involved and supportive parents, the year ahead is sure to be a success!

  Best Regards,

Mrs. Jennifer C. Lee, M. Ed., 7^th Grade Social Studies