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The 8th Grade curriculum focuses on United States and North Carolina History. On top of the state curriculum, we will be incorporating our magnet theme of Global Studies by incorporating the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs). The rest of this page is going to give a breakdown of the 8th Grade Units, including standards, SDGs and unit overviews.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests. Click United Nations SDGs above for more information.
Unit 1: Thinking Like A Historian
Unit 1: Thinking Like A Historian
The Thinking like a Historian unit allows eighth-grade students to reflect on the concepts that they learned in sixth and seventh grade and prepare to learn more about United States history and through the modern era.
Unit 2: Native Populations, Exploration and Colonization
Unit 2: Native Populations, Exploration and Colonization
The Native Populations, Exploration, and Colonization unit allows students to contextualize the historic importance of Native Americans, and how the Age of Exploration and colonization have impacted North America.
Unit 3: Revolution and New Government
Unit 3: Revolution and New Government
The Revolution and New Government unit allows students to analyze the origin of the American Revolution, the role North Carolinians played, and the impacts of war. Students will explore the ideals on which the United States was built on with the first two governments: the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution.
Unit 4: Growth & Conflict: Compromises, Civil War and Reconstruction
Unit 4: Growth & Conflict: Compromises, Civil War and Reconstruction
In the Growth and Conflict unit students will contextualize the conflicts that emerge through the growth of the nation. Students should make the connection between westward expansion and the issues that arise to start the Civil War.
Unit 5: North Carolina and the New South
Unit 5: North Carolina and the New South
In this unit, students will explore the impact of the industrial revolution and the Progressive Era on the socio-cultural and political institutions of North Carolina. They will also learn about the unevenness of progress and the varied experiences of people across the state.
Unit 6: Progress: Industrialization and the Progressive Era
Unit 6: Progress: Industrialization and the Progressive Era
In the Progress: Industrialization and Progressive Era unit, students will explore the immense changes and growth made in America during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Unit 7: The World Stage: the World Wars, Boom & Bust
Unit 7: The World Stage: the World Wars, Boom & Bust
In The World Stage: World Wars, Boom and Bust unit, students will discuss and analyze how the United States emerged from its isolationist policy and became a player in world affairs.
Unit 8: Post-War NC: Civil Rights and the Fight for Equality
Unit 8: Post-War NC: Civil Rights and the Fight for Equality
In the decades following World War II, North Carolina and the nation grappled with a new economic and political order. Due to major destruction in Europe, the US became an economic and military superpower.
Unit 9: the Cold War Continues
Unit 9: the Cold War Continues
The Cold War may have started at the end of World War II, but the went on for decades afterwards arguably not ending until the 1990s.
Unit 10: Social and Political Change
Unit 10: Social and Political Change
The transition to the new millennium again marked a time of great changes for North Carolina. Buffeted by changes in technology and globalization, people in the state grappled with shifting economic, political and social contexts.
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