Social Studies

8th GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES

The eighth grade curriculum takes up where the seventh grade stops.  The year will begin with a quick review of exploration leading into colonization  and the Revolutionary War.  Next, is an in-depth study of the development of our Government and creation of the United States Constitution.  The primary focus for the remainder of the year will be to cover Westward Expansion, the Industrial Revolution, and Rising Tensions leading into the Civil War and Reconstruction.   Attention will be placed on the Ohio Social Studies Standards and benchmarks as they relate to these topics.  This will cover Geography, Government, Economics, History, Peoples in Societies, Skills and Methods, and Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities. 

Full Year / 2 Semester Course