8th Grade Social Studies Curriculum Overview
Unit 1: Theme: Conflict
Content:
-World War II
-Cold War
-Exit Project Research Paper
-World War II
-Cold War
-Exit Project Research Paper
Unit 2: Theme: Civil Rights
Content:
-Slavery and the Civil War
-The Reconstruction Era
-Segregation
-Plessy vs. Ferguson
-Brown vs. Board of Education
-Barriers vs. Methods
-Women's Suffrage Movement
-Slavery and the Civil War
-The Reconstruction Era
-Segregation
-Plessy vs. Ferguson
-Brown vs. Board of Education
-Barriers vs. Methods
-Women's Suffrage Movement
Unit 3: Theme: Change
Content:
-Industrialization
-Immigration
-Urbanization
-Industrialization
-Immigration
-Urbanization