Read the Grading Policy for information about the homework policy and others.

Units:

Each year in 8th grade social studies, we cover the following topics:

(Some units have projects which are a culmination of everything we learned.)

- United States Geography and History: Colonial Era to World War I

- First Americans/ Europeans

Indentured Servant Letter

- Revolutionary War

Boston Massacre Trial

Events Leading to the American Revolution Poster

-The Constitution

Constitutional Convention and Research Paper

- Early roots of Slavery

- The Federal Conviction of 1787

- The Federalist Era

- The Age of Jefferson

- The War of 1812

- The Era of Good Feelings

- Jacksonian America

- Industrial/ Transportation Revolution

- Manifest Destiny/ Westward Movement

- Texas Annexation/ The Mexican War/ Mexican Cession

- The Reformist/Utopian Social Movements

- Immigration: Chinese; Irish

- Slavery

- Compromises

- Abolitionist Movement/ Peculiar Institution

- Underground Railroad

- Civil War

Civil War Simulation

Civil War Research Paper (English)

- Reconstruction

- Transformation of America

Along with these projects, we have a Social Studies notebook which contains Bellwork for every day, as well as worksheets, tests, and more. Students have regular notebook checks.