8th Grade Unit Plans

ART

Art: Expression through Writing and Illustration

Art: Linear Perspective


ELA

Advanced ELA: Influential People

ELA: Adversity, Diversity, and Respect

ELA: Anne Frank

ELA: Anne Frank's Legacy

ELA: Becoming an Upstander Narrative

ELA: The Boy on the Wooden Box*

ELA: Building a Better Future

ELA: Bullying: Then and Now

ELA: Cause/Effect

ELA: Current Event Project*

ELA: Cyrano de Bergerac

ELA: Exploring Identity Through the Novel The Outsiders

ELA: Freedom and Education*

ELA: The Giver*

ELA: The Giver: Out of the Ashes

ELA: Hatchet

ELA: Historical Fiction

ELA: Holocaust*

ELA: Human Rights and The Diary of Anne Frank

ELA: Identity

ELA: Inclusion

ELA: Indifference and the Holocaust

ELA: Kindness (AVID)

ELA: Lord of the Flies

ELA :Man vs Water

ELA: Milkweed: Perspective Narrative

ELA/Advisory: Mindful Mondays (Mindset)

ELA: Mix of Grief and Joy

ELA: Narrative Writing and Respect

ELA: Night and the Holocaust

ELA: Omnivore's Dilemma*

ELA: The Outsiders

ELA: The Outsiders (2)

ELA: The Outsiders (3)

ELA: Petey: Overcoming Adversity

ELA: Persuasive/Argumentative Reading and Writing/What is it all about?

ELA: Reading Informational Texts

ELA: The Road Not Yet Taken

ELA: Stargirl

ELA: Those Who Have Persevered

ELA: Time Machine

ELA: Virtual Travel: Informational Writing Travel Blogs and Itinerary*

ELA: When do Kids Become Adults?

ELA: Why Do Other People Matter?

ELA/Library: Creating a Reading Community


Health

Health: Child Development

Health: Decision Making

Health: What is in our food?


History/Social Studies

History/Social Studies: Ancient Civilizations of Middle America

History/Social Studies: Ancient Greece

History/Social Studies: Culture and Society in China

History/Social Studies: Holocaust Rescue and Resistance

History/Social Studies: How Does Religion Shape Egyptian Culture

History/Social Studies: John Brown: Hero or Villian

History/Social Studies: Legislative Simulation

History/Social Studies: Magna Carta

History/Social Studies: Revolutionary Thinking (Animal Farm/Anthem)

History/Social Studies: US Civil War


Math

Math: Probability and Statistics

Math: Pythagorean


Science

Science: Animal Growth & Heredity

Science: Body Organization

Science: Electricity & Magnetism

Science: Extreme Weather

Science: Freshwater Analyses

Science: Geography: Eastern Hemisphere

Science: Geologic Time Scale

Science: Going Down the Drain is Just the Beginning

Science: Pros and Cons of Mining

Science: Solar System

Science: Space Exploration

Science: Weather Forecast

Science: What's With the Weather?


Special Education:

SPED: Humanitarians

SPED: Manners Matter


Theater

Theater: Modernizing Romeo and Juliet

*Indicates a unit that has been identified as exemplary.