8th Grade Social Studies

 

Teacher:   Mrs. Catherine Kollars, ckollars@stclarepdx.org

Curriculum:   American History from Recontruction through the late 20th Century; U.S. Constitution; Current Events

 

Eighth grade social studies will continue the study of American history from Reconstruction following the Civil War through the late 20th century.  this year our annual U.S. Constitution unit will be focused on the 2012 Presidential election.  The eighth grade class will carry out a mock election for the entire school which will include campaigning for candidates, registering all the voters (students as well as teachers) and conducting the actual election.  The Presidential elections  will also be highlighted in the Current Events project, due in early November and through monthly readings in the Junior Scholastic/Current Events magazine. Throughout the year, a very strong theme of the development of civil rights from the 1860s through the 1970s will be analyzed. 

Mrs. Kollars’s
8th Grade Social Studies Plan
2012-2013
This plan is subject to change based on teacher discretion.

Textbook:  America: History of Our Nation Civil War to the Present, Prentice Hall 2009

  CURRICULUM   ASSESSMENTS
1st Trimester,
50 days		    
  Introduction
  Current Events Intro and Oral Current Events Project, due Nov. 8
  Recite Gettysburg Address Recitation, due Oct. 7
  Recite Preamble to U.S. Constitution
Unit 5: continued  
     Chapter 16 Reconstruction Test
     U.S. Constitution Unit Test/Mini Project
  Unit 6:    
     Chapter 17 The West Transformed   Test
     Chapter 18 Industry and Urban Growth   Test
2nd Trimester,
48 days		    
  Geography Bee Preliminary & School Round
     Chapter 19 Political Reform and the
   Progressive Era		 Test
Project: Creative Report
  Unit 7:  
     Chapter 20 U.S. Looks Overseas Test and Political Cartoon
     Chapter 21 World War I Test
     Chapter 22 The Roaring 20s   Quiz only
   Unit 8:  
     Chapter 23 Great Depression and New Deal   Test
3rd Trimester,
50 days		    
     Chapter 24 World War II Test/Project, Multi Media Presentation
     Chapter 25 U.S. in Cold War Test
  Unit 9:
     Chapter 26 Civil Rights
   I Have a Dream recitation
     Chapter 27 Vietnam War Test/Project, Scrapbook