Standards 
Our curriculum is tied to PA State Standards. Social Studies PA state standards can be found at the links below under the following categories:
  • Reading and Writing in History and Social Studies
  • Social Studies (Civics & Government, Economics, Geography & History)
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State Website: https://www.pdesas.org/
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How each standard ties into each unit: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aKkA2kmPk2kkttvoJzNZAd2tfBwLnIKw2sXsId69EZo/edit?usp=sharing​
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                      Overview:
6th Grade: Modern World History
  • Unit 1: Who's Running This Thing? (A study on governments)
  • Unit 2: Spaceship Earth (A study on regions, their geography, culture, and politics
  • Unit 3: Conflict! World War 1 and the period between wars, World War 2 & the Holocaust
  • Unit 4: Superpower Showdown: The Cold War (Communism vs Capitalism, Arms & Space Race, Korean War, Vietnam War, End of USSR, US Civil Rights, Apartheid, and various Nations Getting Their Independence)
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.