• In Social Studies class your child will focus on government, geography, exploration, colonization, famous African Americans, the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.  Each student is required to pay $8.00 for yearly access to the Studies Weekly's paper and online services.  Your child will also be required to take notes, study those notes and be assessed at the end of each chapter.  All in-class and homework assignments will be worth forty percent of their overall grade.  All tests and projects will be worth sixty percent of their overall grade.