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Digital Learning Instructional Overview

8th Grade

Social Studies

mAY 18-28, 2020

Standards Addressed

Students apply critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired through established research methodologies from a variety of valid sources, including technology.

Resources Recommended

Primary Sources

Sources from Colonial and Early America with coordinating explanations.

SMITHSONIAN

Explore all the resources and reliable sources from the Smithsonian Museum website.

PBS

Use the many 8th grade resource relevant to early U.S. History until 1877 from PBS.

mAY 11-15, 2020

Standards Addressed

Student can describe the impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.

Primary Sources

Explore treasures of Congress from the National Archives and Records Administration.

Andrew Johnson

Watch the PBS 60-Second Presidents over Johnson's presidency.

Black Codes & Reconstruction.pdf

Article & Quiz

Learn more about how black codes played a role during Reconstruction.

mAY 4-8, 2020

Standards Addressed

Student can understands the effects of Reconstruction on the political, economic, and social life of the nation.

Quizlet

Learn and practice the vocabulary terms for the Reconstruction unit

Explore

Learn all about Reconstruction through this interactive website from Teaching American History

PBS

Check out the PBS series Reconstruction: After the Civil War (always receive parent permission first)

April 27-mAY 1, 2020

Standards Addressed

8.8 (D) analyze Abraham Lincoln's ideas about liberty, equality, union, and government as contained in his first and second inaugural addresses and the Gettysburg Address and contrast them with the ideas contained in Jefferson Davis's inaugural address

End of Civil War.pdf

Article & Quiz

Different reading levels and extension activities can be found at the articles direct link HERE. You will have to create an account and login first or you can download the article from the preview above.

INteractive Timeline

Explore some of Lincoln's most famous speeches. You will need to enable flash player. Website link.

Clara Barton

Check out the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum. Learn about her story, investigate on your own, and more!

April 20-24, 2020

Standards Addressed

Student can explain significant events of the Civil War, including the firing on Fort Sumter; the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg; the Emancipation Proclamation; Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House; and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Explore

Learn about the Civil War, explore the battle sites, and more through this interactive website.

Defining Civil War Battles.pdf

Article & Quiz

Different reading levels and extension activities can be found at the articles direct link HERE. You will have to create an account and login or you can download the article from the preview above.

April 13-17, 2020

Standards Addressed

Student can identify the major eras in U.S. history through 1877, including colonization, revolution, creation and ratification of the Constitution, early republic, the Age of Jackson, westward expansion, reform movements, sectionalism, Civil War, and Reconstruction, and describe their causes and effects.

Discovery Education

Students will need to login to their SSO in order to access these resources. The link will automatically prompt you to login to your SSO, and then it will take you straight to the Civil War & Reconstruction resources to explore and improve your knowledge!

Military Backgrounds.pdf

Article & Quiz

Different reading levels and extension activities can be found at the articles direct link HERE. You will have to create an account and login or you can download the article from the preview above.

April 6-10, 2020

Standards Addressed

Students can explain the central role of the expansion of slavery in causing sectionalism, disagreement over states' rights, and the Civil War.

Election of 1860.pdf

Article & Quiz

Different reading levels and extension activities can be found at the articles direct link HERE.

Spot the Errors.pdf

Spot the Error

Using your notes and resources, identify the error in each sentence. See if you can find all 25 errors!

Writing LEsson

Discover what the Underground Railroad was, the role it played in our county’s history, and why Northern Kentucky was such a key location. Students will need to create an account.

march 30-April 3, 2020

Standards Addressed

Students can explain the central role of the expansion of slavery in causing sectionalism, disagreement over states' rights, and the Civil War

Causes Graphic Organizer.pdf

Graphic Organizer

Summarize some of the main causes of the Civil War.

Slavery Compromises.pdf

Article & Quiz

Different reading levels and extension activities can be found at the articles direct link HERE. You will have to create an account and login or you can download the article from the preview above.

march 23-27, 2020

Standards Addressed

Student can identify the major eras in U.S. history through 1877, including sectionalism and the Civil War and describe their causes and effects.

Civil War Vocabulary

Use this Quizlet set to become familiar with terms, people, and events relevant to the Civil War.

gl-history-road-to-civil-war-30525-article_and_quiz.pdf

Article & Quiz

Different reading levels and extension activities can be found at the articles direct link HERE.

Overview Video

Watch this quick 5 minute video to learn briefly about some of the causes that led to the Civil War.

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