Cycle 3: 6th-8th Grade

Throughout the third cycle, students will study the global stage and South Carolina’s role in it: Sixth grade explores ancient civilizations and religions around the world, Classical Greece, the Roman Empire, Europe and the Middle Ages, Seventh graders investigate the geography of world regions and Eighth graders return to their roots as they revisit South Carolina’s role in the nation and the world.The conceptual theme of World is relevant and meaningful to all three grade levels and integrates into their big picture learning experience as students begin to understand how their community, culture, and world shape history and the future, and how individuals are connected to the world. Middle school science furthers this exploration as students’ study the geological history of planet Earth, plants and animals, energy, properties of waves, weather, climate, cells, heredity, disease and human body systems, ecology, and the earth’s biological diversity, structure and processes–with a focus on the relationships and symbiosis inherent in inhabiting the planet Earth. The final Capstone trip at the end of grade eight gives students an opportunity for international travel.