8th Grade Social Studies Curriculum Overview

Unit 1: Theme: Conflict 

Content: 
-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

Unit 3: Theme: Change

Content:
-Industrialization
-Immigration
-Urbanization