8th Grade Unit Plans
ART
Art: Expression through Writing and Illustration
ELA
Advanced ELA: Influential People
ELA: Adversity, Diversity, and Respect
ELA: Becoming an Upstander Narrative
ELA: The Boy on the Wooden Box*
ELA: Exploring Identity Through the Novel The Outsiders
ELA: The Giver: Out of the Ashes
ELA: Human Rights and The Diary of Anne Frank
ELA: Indifference and the Holocaust
ELA: Milkweed: Perspective Narrative
ELA/Advisory: Mindful Mondays (Mindset)
ELA: Narrative Writing and Respect
ELA: Petey: Overcoming Adversity
ELA: Persuasive/Argumentative Reading and Writing/What is it all about?
ELA: Reading Informational Texts
ELA: Those Who Have Persevered
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
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
Science
Science: Animal Growth & Heredity
Science: Electricity & Magnetism
Science: Geography: Eastern Hemisphere
Science: Going Down the Drain is Just the Beginning
Science: Pros and Cons of Mining
Science: What's With the Weather?
Special Education:
Theater
Theater: Modernizing Romeo and Juliet
*Indicates a unit that has been identified as exemplary.