8th Pacing Guide

August

(15 days available in the month)


Intro to Class expectations etc (4 days)


Unit 1/Topic 1: Review & Prehistory

-ESP-Economic, Social and Political

Geography and Map Skills

-Introduction to Primary Source and Secondary Sources

-First People (Native Americans)

-Big game hunters/Beringia

(X flex days, Y assessment days)

History and prehistory | The Origin of Humans and Human Societies | World History | Khan Academy

What is a Map? Crash Course Geography #2

Map Skills: Geography, Latitude and Longitude

Primary vs Secondary Sources

Where Did The First Americans Come From?

Extended Trailer | Native America: A Documentary Exploring the World of America’s First Peoples

September

(19 days available in the month)


+Constitution Day -September 17th


Unit 1/Topic 1:

-First People (Native Americans)


Unit 2/Topic 2: -Exploration and Colonization


-Jamestown

-Roanoke

-Plymouth

-Slavery

-Jamestown 1619

(X flex days, Y assessment days)

Constitution Day: Forming the United States

America the Story of Us: Life in Jamestown | History

America Unearthed: New Clues to the Lost Colony of Roanoke

Life Aboard a Slave Ship | History

October

(21 days available in the month)


Unit 2/Topic 2 Cont:

-Exploration and Colonization

-Slavery

-Jamestown 1619

French and Indian War 1754



Unit 3/Topic 3: -American Revolution

-Articles of Confederation

-Constitutional Convention

-Republic

-Constitution

-Federalists v. Anti-Federalists

-Slavery

-Southern plantations


(X flex days, Y assessment days)