Welcome to 8th Grade Social Studies! This year, you will be learning how your government works, learning how to be informed and engaged citizens, and learning how you can be changemakers. We will be grappling with complicated and controversial topics, with racism, with politics, with how we can make our country–and our world–a better place. These are, in my opinion, the most important things you can learn in a Social Studies class, and I am so excited to be diving into this great material with you this year!

Throughout this curriculum, we will be guided by one essential question:

How do I become an authentic, informed, and skilled changemaker, and why does it matter?

To visit links to news sources or other online resources, visit our News Links & Online Resources page.

For most assignments, visit your class's Google Classroom.

For more on our curriculum, please reference our class syllabus below.