History
History classes don’t revolve around lectures and reading at The Curiosity Crew. We bring the subject to life with project-baed learning along with simulations, games, cooking and thoughtful conversations.
Mapmakers made cave drawing as part of their prehistory unit.
Navigators "paying taxes" as part of learning about the causes of the French Revolutions.
Navigators making crepes at the conclusion of their French Revolution unit.
Navigator capstone projects on the American or French Revolution.
Mapmakers working on Ancient Egyptian model house projects.
Mapmakers exploring Mesopotamian civilization.
Navigators starting a mask project as part of their unit on the Mexican Revolution.
2024 - 2025 Topics & Themes
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Adventures in Ancient History
Fall Trimester: Beginning of Ancient Civilizations and Cave Paintings, Ancient Egypt, and Sumer
Winter Trimester: Mesopotamia and Greece
Ancient History
Spring Trimester: Roman, Early Americans and Early China
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Revolutions! That Changed the World
Fall: American, French and Haitian Revolutions
Winter: Latin American revolutions, slave revolts in the Americas, and the cataclysmic wars of the 17th and 18th centuries. We will look at this age of globalism from many different perspectives: the rulers, their subjects, women, the enslaved, pirates and privateers, children, Native Americans, and revolutionaries.
Revolutionary Inventions: Technologies that Changed the World
Spring: Explore how different technological advancements have changed our world.