1. Eighth Grade American History

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8th Grade American History  
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 Themes   The Call for Independence The Call for War The Call for Change
Topics   Colonization and Settlement

American Revolution

Constitution

Westward Movement

Slavery

Triangle Trade

The Civil War

Reconstruction

Immigration

Industrialization

Imperialism

World War I

The 1920's

World War II

Cold War

Civil Rights

Vietnam

The 1970's

The 21st Century

Content  

Meeting of Cultures

Settling the Wilderness

Search for Freedom

The Fight for Independence

A More Perfect Union

A New Nationalism

Jackson's America

Reform and Culture

From Sea to Shining Sea

Road to War

A Torn Nation

Reconstruction

The Vanishing Frontier

The Rise of Industry

Into the 20th Century

WWI

The Turbulent 20's

The Great Depression

WWII

Post War America

Toward Equal Justice

A Time of Change

Searching New Values

Our Changing World

 

Portfolio Artifacts  

Mental Maps Part 1

 

Battlefield  Booklet

Tests

National History Day Project

Mapping Main Street

Tests

 

Decades Unit

Tests

Mental Maps Part 2

Integrated Units  

LA/SS

  • Salem Witch Trials:  The Crucible

LA/Art:  Battlefield booklet

Art: Admired American Portrait, Crafts of Early Settlers

Sci:  Plants Native to America

Span/Art: Silver "A Splendor or the New World"

Service: Oral and recorded history


LA: Classic American Literature

Math: Events in U.S. History

LA:  Civil War Webquest

Sci/Art:  Mapping Main Street

 

 

LA: Classic American Literature

Service Learning: Oral History


Field Trips & Speakers  

Old Salem Trip

Veteran's Day Recognition and Lunch

Charlotte Public Library

Dwayne Bowman:  NHD Media/Technology

Main Street Study

Glen Robinson:  WWII Veteran
Resources  

Text:  American Adventures 

Selections from:

  • War Letters
  • Great American Stories, Poems and Essays

National Geographic Magazine

Web Quests

Smithsonian Magazine

Excerpts from:

  • American Music

Video excerpts:  John Adams; The Patriot

 Text:  American Adventures

Selections from:

  • Great American Stories, Poems and Essays
  • War Letters

Excerpts from:

  • American Music

 Video:  Glory

 Text:  American Adventures

Selections from:

  • American Passages: A History of the US
  • War Letters

Excerpts from:

  • American Music
  •  Video:  Patton
  •  Video:  Letters Home from Vietnam

 


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