Seventh Graders Visit Washington, D.C.

These visits helped show the seventh grade curriculum in real life -- in both seventh grade English and social science, students spend time examining the causes and implications of genocide with a specific focus upon the Holocaust. Students read The Diary of Anne Frank as well as a second Holocaust book, and then examine the context of the Holocaust within history/Word War II in social science. Students also examine Japanese-American internment and the causes and results of sending innocent American citizens to confined camps during a time of crisis - World War II.

On the field trip, in addition to seeing how key historical figures are recognized for their achievements and accomplishments, students saw a greater context of discrimination, hatred, and racism, and learned how to work to help others who are facing potential or real persecution.