Eighth Grade American History

American Revolution

Constitution

Westward Movement

Slavery

Triangle Trade

Reconstruction

Immigration

Industrialization

Imperialism

World War I

World War II

Cold War

Civil Rights

Vietnam

The 1970's

The 21st Century

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

Mental Maps Part 1

Battlefield  Booklet

Tests

National History Day Project

Mapping Main Street

Tests

Decades Unit

Tests

Mental Maps Part 2

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

Math: Events in U.S. History

LA:  Civil War Webquest

Sci/Art:  Mapping Main Street

Service Learning: Oral History

Old Salem Trip

Veteran's Day Recognition and Lunch

Charlotte Public Library

Dwayne Bowman:  NHD Media/Technology

Main Street Study

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