MIDDLE SCHOOL RELIGION & SOCIAL STUDIES

Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. - Joshua 1:9

World History (Prehistory to 1450 AD)

  • Early Humans and Societies

  • Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent

  • Ancient Egypt and Kush

  • Ancient India

  • Ancient China

  • Ancient Greece

  • Roman Republic

  • Rome and Christianity

  • Early African Civilizations

  • China

  • Japan

  • Early  Americas

  • Middle Ages

Mr. Nick Adams

-B.A. History 1994/ Washington State University, Pullman, WA

-Teacher Certification 2000/ Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

Prior to teaching at St. Nicholas, Mr. Adams taught seventh and eighth grade Social Studies and eighth grade religion at St. Patrick School in Tacoma for eleven years. He also subbed for many years here at St. Nicholas. He has a diverse teaching experience that includes English, Science, and Special Education. However, History and Religion are where his true passion, experience, and expertise are.

Mr. Adams has a BA in History from Washington State University and later attended Central Washington University for some graduate work in History, and earned his teaching certificate with a history endorsement. He is interested in classic cars and classic films.

nadams@sncsgh.org

Washington State History

  • Ancient history, early settlements and geography

  • Treaties to statehood

  • Railroads, immigration, and growth

  • Reform era and labor challenges

  • World War I

  • 1920's

  • Great Depression

  • World War II

  • Cold War

  • Civil Rights Movement

  • State and local government

  • Washington's economy

U.S.History

  • Earliest Americans 

  • European discovery, settlement, and empires (1400-1700)

  • Beginnings of slavery

  • English colonies (1605-1774)

  • American Revolution (1774-1783)

  • Forming a new government (1777-1791)

  • Read, discuss, and analyze the Constitution

  • Launching the Nation (1789-1800)

  • The Republic (1800-1855)

  • The nation expands (1790-1860)

  • The South and a divided nation (1848-1860)

  • Civil War (1861-1865)

  • Reconstruction (1865-1877)

  • Industrial Age (1876-1890)

  • Immigrants and urban life (1872-1914)

  • Progressive Era (1868-1920)

  • Emerging World Power (1867-1920)

  • World War I (1914-1920)

  • Roaring 20's

  • Great Depression (1929-1939)

  • World War II (1938-1945)

  • Early Cold War (1945-1959)

  • Civil Rights movement (1945-1979)

  •  Vietnam War (1960-1975)

  • 1980's to Present