We have just started our unit on Early Humans.  In this unit students will learn how we study the past, what life was like during  the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages, and what a society needs in order to be considered a civilization.  During this unit, students will get the opportunity to be archaeologists and study a mock dig site, make some cave art, and see if they can survive living in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages.

In our upcoming unit, we will determine how the Continental Army could win the war for independence against Great Britain. First, students will be able to identify the advantages and disadvantages of both the Americans and the British during the Revolution. Then they will identify key details, points of view, and opposing bias on primary documents and visual sources, such as the famous painting called Washington Crossing the Delaware. The 2004 feature film National Treasure lends itself greatly to this unit. By viewing this film, students will deepen their understanding of the importance of and the meaning of the Declaration of Independence. 

In 8th Grade Social Studies, students are getting towards the end of their Progressive Era Unit. In this unit, students have been learning about different individuals who were considered "progressive" due to them wanting to making positive changes to society. Students will be starting the summative project for the unit, where they will need to pick a progressive individual that we have not talked about, research information on them, and create a Google Slideshow on them. Up next will be World War I!