United States of America History

Grade 8

  1. U.S. History

  • Native American Cultures

  • Colonial America

  • Slavery

  • Revolutionary War

  • Forming United States of America Government

  • Westward Expansion (including Southwest)

  • Civil War Era

  • Reconstruction Era

  • Industrial Revolution

  • America as World Power

  • Cold War

  • Civil Rights Movement

  • Current Events

  1. Inquiry

  2. Map Skills:

  • Recognize that maps, globes and models represent real places, particular information, and particular events

  • Compare and contrast land and water on a physical map and globe.

  • Locate the seven continents and the four oceans on a political map and globe

  • Locate the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere, and Eastern Hemisphere on a globe

  • Locate the USA and Vermont on a map or globe

  • Identify cardinal directions

  • Identify longitudinal lines and latitudinal lines on a globe

  • Use longitude and latitude degrees to find locations on globes and maps

  • Recognize and use map symbols and distance scale

  • Trace routes on maps of differing scale and predict, then check, distance

  • Construct maps with legends

  • Compare and contrast information learned from climate maps, weather maps, precipitation maps, commerce maps, physical maps, migration maps

  • Use a compass correctly

  1. Continent Study

    1. Student will pick a country within each of these continents: South America, North America, and Africa.

    2. Students will study the place, the people, and the traditions.

    3. Students will also integrate the Arts into this work.