Social Studies

In social studies, the Brandywine School District prepares students to become informed and active
citizens.

• Prepared to participate in a democratic society and the political process.
• Prepared to understand their rights.
• Ready to practice researching issues using credible sources and support their positions based on evidence.

• Lessons are based on the social sciences: civics, economics, geography, and history.
• Students think and act like a political scientist, economist, geographer, and historian, viewing the world through these lenses with a focus on the cause and effect of various events.

At the middle school level, 6th graders spend the year learning about geography and our environment. 7th graders focus on civics and economics, and 8th graders dive into U.S. history from the Revolutionary War to 1877.