8th Grade US History Curriculum Map
1st Unit - 6 Weeks -8/18 – 9/30 - Colonization Standards
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KEY TERMS/CONCEPTS
Colony
Region
Environment
Conquistadors
Spanish Colonies
Columbian Exchange
St. Augustine
Missions
British Colonies
Jamestown
Plymouth
New France
Indentured Servant
Dutch Colonies
John Smith
French and Indian War
Slavery
Economy
Triangular Trade
Middle Passage
Mercantilism
Cash crops
Mayflower Compact
Key Colonial figures
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
How did geography, economic issues, cultural and social institutions impact the development of the American Colonies?
What impact did the settlement of people in North America have on the Native American culture and way of life?
What was the impact of the Triangular Trade in Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
Resources :
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DBQ – Salem Witch Trials
TCI Chapter 3, 4
TCI – Colonial Fair
Create Colonial Flags based on the information about each of the colonies, and create an illustrated map of the original13 colonies.
TCI – colonial investigation/newspaper article “ What Life Is Really Like in the Colonies”
Or write a letter to the future you about your daily life in 1700’s in the colonies (RAFT)
Create a " hands on" museum for different aspects of colonial life.
Novels: Blood on the River
Copper Sun
www.plimoth.org (You are the Historian)
www.loc.gov (Library of Congress resources)
National Archives Virtual Exhibits:
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/twww/
Webquest: http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/mce/jhenry/13colonies/The%2013%20Colonies%20WebQuest.htm
Primary Source Documents:
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/early-settlements/resources/jamestown-settler-describes-life-virginia-1622
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/page2.html
Brain Pop:
Columbian Exchange
Thirteen Colonies
Pocahontas
The French and Indian War
2nd Unit - 4 Weeks- 10/01 – 10/28 - American Revolution
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LACC.68.WHST.4.10
KEY TERMS/CONCEPTS
Equality
Liberty
Taxation
Rights
Tyranny
Congress
Protest
Militia
Alliance
Strategy
Boycott
French and Indian War
Treaty of Paris 1763
Proclamation of 1763
Transferred ownership of
Florida
East and West Florida
King George III
Stamp Act
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Benjamin Franklin
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
1776
Women of the Revolution
Native Americans of the
Revolution
Florida loyal to Britain
Lexington/Concord
Tory/Loyalist
Patriot/Rebel
George Washington
Spanish regain West Florida
Yorktown
Treaty of Paris 1789
Other Key Individuals
Key Battles
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
When is it necessary for citizens to rebel against the government?
What principles of government are expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
How were women, Native Americans, and African Americans involved in the American Revolution and what was the effect on their lives?
RESOURCES:
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DBQ : How revolutionary was the American Revolution?
TCI Chapter 5, 6, 7
TCI – Colonial Town Meetings
Create the cause and effect timeline of the events that lead to the DOI including points of view (loyalists, patriots, neutralists, King
George III)
Create a children’s illustrated version of the Declaration of Independence for third grader.
TCI – Capture the Flag
Toggle War
Novel : My Brother Sam is Dad
www.loc.gov (Library of Congress resources)
Scavenger Hunt:
http://www.wyneken.org/faculty/drier/WebQuests/Revolutionary%20War/revolutionarywarscavengerhunt.htm
http://www.ivycreekes.com/amrevscavhunt.html
Other websites and Primary Sources:
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
http://www.smithsoniansource.org/display/primarysource/results.aspx?hId=1004
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collections/groupings/american-revolution-1763-1783
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/revolution-images/
http://americainclass.org/sources/makingrevolution/rebellion/text1/text1.htm
Pictures from the Revolutionary War:
http://www.archives.gov/research/military/american-revolution/pictures/
Brain Pop:
Declaration of Independence
Causes of the American Revolution
American Revolution
George Washington
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
3rd Unit - 3 Weeks - 10/29- 11/21 – Self-Government
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KEY TERMS/CONCEPTS
Confederation
Constitution
Republic
Democracy
Federalism
Rights
Citizenship
Amend
Political Parties
Bill of Rights
Constitutional Convention
Great Compromise
3/5 Compromise
James Madison
Federal System
Popular Sovereignty
Separation of Powers/3 Branches
Checks/Balances
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS :
What compromises emerged from the Constitutional Convention?
How has the Constitution created “a more perfect Union”?
What rights and freedoms does the Bill of Rights protect and why are they important?
Individual Rights
Power/Responsibilities
Amendments
Bill of Rights
Citizenship
Electoral College
Geo. Washington Presidency
RESOURCES:
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Civics in America book
TCI Chapter 8, 9, 10
Student’s created posters explaining each major issue and compromise of the Constitutional Convention with the extension of how
does the compromise work today.
Students create a law firm, and analyze different constitutional issues.
www.loc.gov (Library of Congress resources)
Scavenger Hunt:
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst213.html
http://www.lexrich5.org/m/content.cfm?subpage=81016&adminActivate=1
Federalists v. Anti-Federalists
http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/chart.fed.pdf
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/fed-antifed/
Primary Sources:
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/constitution/pdf/teacher_guide.pdf
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/constitution/
Brain Pop:
US Constitution
Branches of Government
Supreme Court
Democracy
How a Bill Becomes Law
Political Parties
Voting
James Madison
Bill of Rights
Court System
Presidential Power
Miranda Rights
Political Party Origins
Presidential Election Trials
Student Rights
4th Unit - 6 Weeks - 12/1 – 1/30 – Westward Expansion/ Manifest Destiny
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KEY TERMS/CONCEPTS
Manifest Destiny
Expansion
Nationalism
Sectionalism
Migration
Cede/Cession
Annex
Industry
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis & Clark Exploration
Corps of Discovery
York
Sacagawea
Industrial Revolution
Missouri Compromise
Trails West
Texas Revolution
Mexican War
California Gold Rush
East and West Florida
Andrew Jackson
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS :
How justifiable was US expansion in the 1800’s?
How did the Louisiana Purchase and the information from the Corps of Discovery affect westward expansion?
How well did Pres. Jackson promote democracy?
What impact did the rise of industries and inventions have on the economy, culture, and expansion of the US?
How did US settlement of the West affect their relationship with Mexico?
Indian Removal Act
Trail of Tears
Seminoles
Seminole Wars
Florida becomes U.S.
Territory
RESOURCES:
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DBQ: How democratic was Andrew Jackson?
DBQ – Was the United Justified in Going to War With Mexico?
TCI Chapter 14, 15, 16
Novel : Nightjohn
www.nationalgeographic.com/west - Lewis and Clark investigation
www.loc.gov (Library of Congress resources)
http://wrmsbwhites.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/5/13158473/trail_of_tears_dbq-1.pdf
http://www.educationworld.com/a_sites/sites019.shtml
http://mrnussbaum.com/trails_hunt/
The Louisiana Purchase:
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/louisianapurchase.htm
http://teacher.scholastic.com/webquest/ushist/louisiana.htm
http://www.am.dodea.edu/stewart/kessler/classpages/Classwebsite/Technology/webquest2.htm
The Industrial Revolution:
http://www.mpsaz.org/rmhs/staff/sksmith/sksmith/files/3-webquest.pdf
Trail of Tears
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-newnation/4532
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/age-jackson/resources/perspectives-trail-tears
Rise of Sectionalism:
http://www.slideshare.net/marinelamartinez/rise-of-american-sectionalism
http://quizlet.com/1448407/rise-of-nationalism-and-sectionalism-flashcards/
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Missouri.html
Brain Pop:
Thomas Jefferson
Industrial Revolution
Andrew Jackson
Seminole Wars
Mexican-American War
Lewis and Clark
Trail of Tears
Iroquois Confederacy
Gold Rush
Railroad History
5th Unit - 3 Weeks - 2/2 – 2/24 – Changing America
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KEY CONCEPTS/TERMS
Immigration
Prejudice
Reform Movements
Abolition
Slavery
Transcendentalism
Abolitionist
Sojourner Truth
Fredrick Douglass
Dorothea Dix
William Lloyd Garrison
Horace Mann
Harriet Tubman
Underground Railroad
Seneca Falls Convention
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS :
To what extent did the reform movements of the mid-1800’s improve life for Americans?
How did African Americans face slavery and discrimination in the mid-1800’s?
What rights did women begin working towards in the mid 1800’s?
RESOURCES:
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DBQ: Was the US justified in going to war with Mexico?
TCI – Chapter 18, 19, 20
www.loc.gov (Library of Congress resources)
Brain Pop:
Frederick Douglass
Slavery
Underground Railroad
Suffrage
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Second Great Awakening
6th Unit - 5 Weeks – 2/25 – 4/13 - Civil War
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KEY CONCEPTS/TERMS
Sectionalism
States’ Rights
Slavery
Florida Statehood
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Fugitive Slave Act
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Dred Scott
Abraham Lincoln
Election of 1860
Secession
CSA/Confederate/ Rebel
USA/Union/Yankee/African
Americans
Emancipation Proclamation
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Women in the Civil War
Battle of Natural Bridge
Gettysburg Address
Appomattox
Advantages/Disadvantages
Fort Mose’
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
How did the North and South differ in terms of population, economy, and resources in the years leading up to the Civil War?
How did the Compromise of 1850 and ensuing events further divide the nation?
What factors and events influenced the outcome of the Civil War?
RESOURCES:
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DBQ: How free were free blacks in the North?
DBQ: The Battle of Gettysburg: Why was it a turning point?
TCI – Chapter 21, 22
Novels : Across Five Aprils
Sarny
www.loc.gov (Library of Congress resources)
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/faq/
http://www.barrow.k12.ga.us/hes/classrooms/html/civil_war_webquest.html
http://questgarden.com/45/67/6/070227071016/evaluation.htm
Primary Sources:
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/primarysources/
http://www.ket.org/civilwar/primary.html
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/CivilWarRecon.html
Brain Pop:
Civil War Causes
Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
7th Unit 6 - 2 weeks - 4/14 – 4/30- Reconstruction
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LACC.8.SL.1.1 – 1.3
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KEY CONCEPTS/TERMS
Reconstruction
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
Lincoln’s Assassination
Ku Klux Klan
Sharecropping
Election of 1876
Compromise of 1877
Freedman’s Bureau
Jim Crow Laws/Black Codes
Civil Rights
Andrew Johnson
Carpetbagger
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What lasting social and economic changes occurred in the South during and as a result of Reconstruction?
RESOURCES:
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DBQ: North or South? Who killed Reconstruction?
TCI – Chapter 23
www.loc.gov (Library of Congress resources)
Primary Sources:
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/civil-war-reconstruction.html
Radical Republicans
Scalawags
Finance Park 4 Weeks – 5/1 – 5/29
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KEY CONCEPTS/TERMS
Budget
Taxes
Financial Institutions
Income
Career
Stock Market
Budget
Credit/Debit Card
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What are the functions of financial institutions?
What factors are involved in developing a monthly budget?
RESOURCES:
Finance Park Kit
Gross Income (GMI, GAI)
Net Income (NMI, NAI)
Savings/PYF
Social Security/FICA
Local, State, & Federal Taxes