Social Studies
Social Studies goals:
Students will describe and analyze certain events in world history and American history.
Students will identify and apply certain concepts and patterns in history.
Students will strengthen their research skills.
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8th Grade |
Fall Semester
The US Civil War
Reconstruction
The rise of cities and industries in the U.S.
The age of expansionism
The parts of the economic cycle
Key government concepts and terms |
Fall Semester
Government
The ideas that shape it
The way it works
The Revolution Continues
The US in WW II
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Spring Semester
The growth in U.S. influence on the world stage
Key foreign policy concepts and terms
WWI
The 1920s
The 1930s/Great Depression
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Spring Semester
The U.S. in the World
Korea, Vietnam, Cold War
United Nations, developing countries
The U.S. at home
Growth of suburbs
The Civil Rights movement
Your place in the world
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Current Events
7th Grade: Topics that tie in with the unit under study
8th Grade:Daily questions. Paper, quiz, or game at the end of the week. |
Research
America Fair 2010
Innovation in History: Impact and Change
Research will be intorduced in October.
Projects will be presented at the end of January.
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