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Welcome back to the school year! Eighth grade Social Science covers American History and Geography from early exploration all the way up to World War I. An emphasis on critical thinking around these topics is expected:
*The Declaration of Independence *The Constitution *The Foundation of the American economic/political/social system *Analysis of the development of America's regions (Northeast, South, Midwest, East and West *The causes and key events leading to the Civil War and Reconstruction *The Industrial Revolution *The Development of America as a World Power Textbook: Holt, "United States History Independence to 1914" This is viewable and usable online at www.my.hrw.com. All students will be receiving an online password to read/complete assignments using the online text . Should you or your student wish, they may also check out their own copy of the text from our school library. This is mandatory for students not able to access the online version of the text. Students using the Online Textbook must bring in pre-printed assignments. Students are not permitted to print assignments from the class computer from flash drives to preserve the computer's security and reduce computer viruses. Thank You for your generous support with donations of Kleenex. As of this update, we are working our in depth study of the South, the North and the Civil War. We are beginning our American Character poster project, due Jan. 20. We have an upcoming South/North poster. We will be doing our Standards review in preparation for our State tests, which are scheduled to begin April 17, just after our Spring Break. 8th Grade History Word List:
Quarter1/2
1. Patriotism
2. Liberty
3. law 4. English Bill of Rights
5. Magna Carta
6. Citizenship
7. immigration
8. slavery
9. George Washington
10. Thomas Jefferson
11. The Great Awakening
12. Declaration Of Independence
13. Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom
14. Republic
15. Democracy
16. Bejamin Franklin
17. John Adams
18. Alexander Hamilton
19. James Madison
20. Articles of Confederation
21. Shay's Rebellion
22. U.S. Constitution
23. checks and balances
24. New Jeresy Plan
25. Virgina Plan
26. Great Compromise
27. 3/5ths Compromise
28. legislative branch
29. executive branch
30. judicial branch
31. amendme
32. Bill Of Rights
33. Supreme Court
34. vetopower
35. presidential cabinet
36. Whiskey Rebellion
37. Federalist
38. Anti-Federalist
39. Lousiana Purchase
40. Lewis and Clark Expedition
41. Mayflower Compact
42. Marbury V. Madison
43. Monroe Doctrine
44. Missouri Compromise
45. War of 1812
46. Jacksonian Democracy
47. Trail of Tears
48. Mexican-American War (1846-7)
49. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
50. Gadsden Purchase
51. Oregon Trail
52. Santa Fe Trail
53. Alamo
54. manifest destiny
55. California Gold Rush
56. Compromise of 1850
57. Industial Revolution
58. Eli Whitney
59. Transportation Revolution
History List 7
1. Telegraph
2. Nat Turner's Rebellion
3. transcendentalism
4. Second Great Awakening
5. abolitionist movemement
6. Underground Railroad
7. Seneca Falls Convention
8. Declaration of Sentiments
9. Uncle Tom's Cabin
10. Fugitive Slave Act
11. Nationalism 12. American System 13. Erie Canal History List 8
1. Dred Scott decision
2. Abe Lincon
3. Civil War
4. Confederate State of America (CSA)
5. Jefferson Davis
6. Fort Sumter
7. cotton diplomacy
8. Emancipation Proclamation
9. Gettysburg Address
10. Ulysses S. Grant
History list 9
1. Robert E. Lee
2. total war
3. Reconstruction
4. transcontinental Revolution
5. Second Industrial Revolution
6. patents
7. capitalism
8. socialism
9. political machines
10. muckrakers
History List 10
1. initiative process
2. Black Codes
3. Freedman's Breau
4. Civil Rights Act (1866)
5. Reconstruction Acts
6. Plessy v. Ferguson
7. poll tax
8. Jim Crow laxs
9. Pony Express
10. reservation (Native American)
History List 11
1. Thomas Edison 2. referendum
3. Pure Food and Drug Act
4. conservation
5. Theodore Roosevelt
6. Federal Reserve Act
7. Woodrow Wilson
8. imerialism
9. isolationism
10. yellow journalism
History List 12
1. Spanish-American War
2. Panama Canal
3. Roosevelt Corollary
4. Taft's dollar diplomacy
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Current Curriculum/Standards Working on:
8.7 Students analyze the divergent paths on the American people in the South from 1800 to the mid 1800s and the challenges that they faced.
8.9 Students analyze the early and steady attempts to abolish slavery and realize the ideals of the Declaration of Independence
THERE IS A YEAR END FINAL EXAM: The Final Exam will be based on material covered in the Chapter Standards Review, Ch. 1-20. It covers the entire year. Depending on the level of focus, this may be a closed or open book final. The Final Exam may count for 10% of the Quarter 4 Final Grade. Students may speak to Ms. Capp about possible test corrections for partial credit.
Columbian Exchange Effects of Exploration on Native People Slavery in Age of Exploration Trade of Early Colonies English Bill of Rights Second Continental Congress Loyalists views on independence Why did Spain ally with Patriots? three fifths compromise Federalist Papers Bill of Rights strict vs. flexible or loose reading (interpretation) of Constitution Northwest Territory treaty with Native Americans First political party division in the U.S. Mississippi River and early settlement The Embargo Act Lewis and Clark Mexico's independence from Spain; effect on U.S. President election of 1824 Supreme Court cases as relates to american unity Andrew Jackson and democracy Andrew Jackson's plan to remove Native Americans Mexican peasant revolt 1810 Brigham Young and resolution of water dispute Industrial Revolution Gibbons v. Ogden railroad construction slaves and invention of the cotton gin religion of slaves event caused states to strengthen their slave codes transcendentalists' beliefs Second Great Awakening Uncle Tom's Cabin public education in the U.S. Kansas-Nebraska Act original politics of the Republican Party in 1854 Union strategy to win the Civil War Robert E. Lee's training pre-Civil War North's advantage at the Battle of Gettysburg Lincoln and his Ten Percent Plan Fifteenth Amendment and protection of Reconstruction plans Redeemers Morrill Act Oklahoma Land Rush decline in working conditions in American industry Effect on American culture of massive immigration Difficulties faced by Chinese immigrants President Wilson's reforms Name of social reformers Seventeenth Amendment President Theodore Roosevelt's views Francisco Madera Panamanian Revolt Final date will be announced soon |