Overview:
6th Grade: Modern World History
  • Unit 1: Conflict! World War 1 and the period between wars, WW2
  • Unit 2: Superpower Showdown: The Cold War (Communism vs Capitalism, Arms & Space Race, Korean War), The Cold War (Vietnam War, End of USSR)
  • Unit 3: Struggle for Rights: US Civil Rights, Apartheid, and Nations Getting Their Independence
  • Unit 4: Spaceship Earth (A study on regions, their geography, culture, politics, etc)
7th Grade: World History
  • Unit 1 Middle East: Fertile Crescent, Ancient Egypt, Judaism & Islamic Empire
  • Unit 2 Asia: Early India, Mongolia, and China
  • Unit 3 Europe: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome
  • Unit 4 Americas: Aztec, Incan, and Mayan
8th Grade: American History 
  • Unit 1 Rebels to Republic: American Revolution & The US Government and its creation
  • Unit 2 Change and Controversy: Andrew Jackson, Native Removal, Growing Tensions between North and South
  • Unit 3 A Nation Divided: US Civil War, Reconstruction
  • Unit 4 Growing a Nation: Westward Expansion, 2nd Industrial Era

Current Event Links
"I find your lack of news disturbing...."
BBC News
CNN News
Huffington
Fox News
www.archaeology.org/news
USA Today
The Guardian, British Site 
Arabic News Site, in English
Time For Kids
C-Span

About me
My name’s Kerrin LeMoine, and I’m your child’s Individuals and Societies and homeroom teacher. I was born in Long Island, New York, have lived in Centre County since 2007, and have taught at YSCP since 2008. 

I received my undergraduate degree from Wagner College in Staten Island, New York.  Here, I received my B.A. in history with a minor in anthropology. For graduate school, I got my MSEd at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York.  There, I received certification for elementary and middle school education.