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Social Studies
Social Studies/History focus on standards
This section includes the following programs: Social Studies (6th grade)
The 6th grade students are using a textbook titled Holt World History. This curriculum is very project based and will involve various presentation forms. Technology is used extensively throughout the year. Students will be asked to present text information orally for their benefit as well as for the benefit of their classmates. The standards are extensive and cover ancient man through the present. All students will need a flash drive for this class.
Social Studies (7th grade)
Students in the seventh grade are using a textbook titled Holt World Geography. Each unit focuses on a different region of the world. This class is very interactive and depends on the student’s involvement for activities, projects, discussion, map skills, and literature. Model UN is a part of the MHMS coached project this year as well as a mandatory all day field trip for seventh grade students. Model UN will take place on November 9th or 10th. More information will come home with the students.
8th Grade - American History
Our 8th grade students are using the text titled American Republic to 1877 as they learn about early American history. At the present time, students are studying the settlement of the New World including the Native Americans from the Aztecs to the Iroquois. Learning is project-based and most of the projects center around the culture and economics of the civilizations studied.
Model U.N.
Students in 7th through 12th grades participate in the Model U.N. program.
The students will roll play U.N. events as they learn to be
ambassadors. They will research proposals for presentation in a
mock United Nations setting. They will also set up teams to
participate in a competition. High school level teams will send
teams to Nashville in November. Seventh and 8th grade classes
will form teams from each grade level that will enter the local competition in December.
YMCA’s Youth Legislature Program at MHMS
This semester, students at Merrol Hyde Magnet School will become
“Legislators in the General Assembly of Tennessee”. By
participating in the YMCA sponsored program, each student will
complete a unit of study called Tennessee Youth Legislature.
Within this unit of study, students will learn about our local
state government, delve into the Tennessee State Constitution,
learn how our taxes are collected and used, research and write a
Bill, present that Bill to the class or at the Youth Legislature
Convention and then role play the part of a State Legislator or
State Senator.
Each student will be expected to complete this unit of study
according to rubric specifications. Convention attendance is
optional and will be offered to all who complete the work
according to the guidelines. Convention delegates will select
their team partners and gain further support and encouragement
through a club that has been formed just for this event. Each
student has a calendar that keeps them abreast of all meetings
and class days. Students attending the convention have copies of
letters to parents, cost sheets, and permission forms. |
