7th Grade Social Studies

Good afternoon and welcome to Finals Week Roadrunners! I like the end of the year for world history because we have the opportunity to slow down a bit and focus on the modern issues facing us in [...]

Good afternoon and welcome to week 36 Roadrunners! Last week we did research for our simulated debates on globalization affecting different groups. We started the presentations this morning and [...]

Good afternoon and welcome to week 35 Roadrunners! What a crazy couple weeks with yearbook and volleyball wrapping up so I’m back on that grind! Last I wrote we were working on our Genocide [...]

Good afternoon and welcome to week 31 Roadrunners! What a crazy couple weeks back with half-days, conferences, and testing all in the last two weeks! We’re slowing things down and diving [...]

Good evening and welcome to week 29 Roadrunners! Last week we discussed the effects of decolonization during the Cold War. Post WWII saw the movement for self-determination kick into overdrive, [...]

Good morning and welcome to week 28 Roadrunners! Last week the students were given two projects to work on while I was out of town: They had to create a modern version of “We Didn’t [...]

Good evening Roadrunners! Last week we discussed the use of technology in WWII. We had discussions on whether or not America should have dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, [...]

Good morning Roadrunners! This past week we tackled the effects of the Great Depression leading to the rise of totalitarian dictators. Now we dive into the events of WWII. Last week we did a [...]

Good evening Roadrunners! I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend and shortened week. Last week we tackled The Great Depression which, while having strong roots in the U.S., did have tremendous [...]

Good morning Roadrunners! I hope everyone is doing well after our three-day weekend. Last week we covered the Russian Revolution and Civil War while completing our propaganda posters. I’m [...]