Longfellow Middle SchoolInspiring excellence in learning through academics, life skills, and service to others, so all students will achieve their maximum potential.

Longfellow History Department

Welcomes you and your children!

Jason Small

• Would like his students to leave his class in June with a better understanding and appreciation of the story of America!

Cindy Wagner

•After taking her class, her students will have a greater understanding of American history and hopefully will develop a love of both history and learning as a whole.

Anna Southworth•Finds the

Longfellow students “knowledge hungry” and offers them a “voice” in her classroom.

Christy Myren

Loves exploring the “stories” of the past and making the pieces of our world today come together with its roots in the past!

Elaina Bafaro

•Would like her students to leave in June with a joy of learning.

Stephanie Haley

•Believes learning happens in many ways and it doesn’t have to be boring.

Sara Conyers

•Enjoys the enthusiasm her students have for learning and the willingness of middle school students to be creative and take risks.

US History 1865 - Present

• Focus Questions• Content• Skills• Online Textbook

Units of Study

• Geography• Reconstruction• Westward Movement• Industrialization• Immigration and Urbanization• Progressive Movement• Imperialism

Units of Study

• World War I• 1920s• Great Depression• World War II• Cold War• Postwar Consumer Culture• Civil Rights Movement• Globalization

SkillsStudents will:

• Be able to acquire information from a variety of sources, including primary source documents

• Be able to organize information in a variety of forms

• Be able to analyze information• Be able to interpret information• Be able to communicate in a variety of written

forms• Be able to communicate orally• Be able to communicate using technology

Longfellow Middle School

• Our goal is to inspire excellence while meeting the needs of all learners

• Extensions, enrichment, and accommodations are provided

• SOL Test in May that covers content learned over the course of the school year

• Students will have an option at the conclusion of 7th grade to choose General Education or Honors for 8th grade Civics

Amazing Activities!

• One teacher has students research different European countries involved in WWI and students debate which country is to blame for starting the war

• Another teacher has her students interview an immigrant and then write a 5 paragraph essay

More Amazing Activities!

• Another teacher has students create a Prezi presentation based on a relative who immigrated to the United States

• Last year all History teachers, as part of our study of the Great Depression, had students prepare a dinner for their family one night!

• One teacher had students write additional lyrics to the Billy Joel song, “We Didn’t Start the Fire.”

Online Textbook

• To support our curriculum and to maintain FCPS commitment incorporating technology in the classroom, all students have personal access to The American Journey online textbook

• Students will be guided through the process of accessing the online textbook during the first weeks of the school year with their History teacher