Please note that the beginning of the 8th grade year will pick up where the 7th grade left off the previous year.
Beginning of the Year Readings:
Why study history?
Why study history?
7th Reading:
what-is-history.pdf | |
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8th Reading:
why_study_history_-_sterns.pdf | |
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why_study_history__discussion_questions.pdf | |
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Unit 1: Early Continental Life and Natives
Required Text Reading for this Unit: Pages 30-55
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Required Text Reading for this Unit: Pages 30-55
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Worksheets for Unit: None
Unit 2: European Trade Explorations and Empire Building
Required Text Reading for this Unit: Pages 60-72; 78-83
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Required Text Reading for this Unit: Pages 60-72; 78-83
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Unit 3: Development of Early English Colonies and Growth of Slave Trade
Required Text Reading for this Unit: Pages 73-77; 84-89
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Required Text Reading for this Unit: Pages 73-77; 84-89
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Unit 4: New England, Middle and Southern Colonies-True Freedoms Gained?
Required Text Reading for this Unit: Pages 94-111
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Required Text Reading for this Unit: Pages 94-111
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anne-hutchinson.pdf | |
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Unit 5: Economic, Political and Social Life in the Colonies
Required Text Reading for this Unit: Pages 112-123
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Required Text Reading for this Unit: Pages 112-123
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mercantilism.pdf | |
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Unit 6: The French and Indian War and Its Consequences
Required Text Reading for this Unit: Pages 132-149
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Required Text Reading for this Unit: Pages 132-149
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problems_after_french_indian_war.pdf | |
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pontiacs_war_rs_2.pdf | |
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sons_of_liberty-terrorist_or_patriots.pdf | |
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the_boston_massacre_trial_dbq.pdf | |
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Unit 7: The American Revolution and Declaration of Independence
Required Text Reading for this Unit: Pages 150-183
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Required Text Reading for this Unit: Pages 150-183
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Unit 8: The Constitution!
Required Text Reading for this Unit: None
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Unit 9: Hamilton vs. Jefferson and the Rise of Political Parties
Required Text Reading for this Unit: 244-261
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Required Text Reading for this Unit: 244-261
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The song to the left concerns the leaving of Washington and his Farewell Address.
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Unit 10: Role of Government and Expansion of US Territory
Required Text Reading for this Unit: 266-275
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Required Text Reading for this Unit: 266-275
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Unit 11: Neutrality Unsustainable-War of 1812
Required Text Reading for this Unit: 276-289
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Unit 12: The Industrial Revolution: Changes locally, nationally and abroad
Required Text Reading for this Unit: 294-315
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Required Text Reading for this Unit: 294-315
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lowell_mill_girls_questions.pdf | |
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close_reading_monroe.pdf | |
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Unit 13: The Era of Jackson
Required Text Reading for this Unit: 324-341
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Required Text Reading for this Unit: 324-341
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Jackson and the Troubled Birth of Democracy
1:What is democracy? Who is in charge? 2: Why did Jackson believe the election of 1824 was going against democracy? 3: How did Jackson view the Bank War as a fight for democracy? 4: H. W. Brands mentioned the notion of "popular vs. good". What are your thoughts on that and democracy in general? 5: Brands mentioned the Nullification Crisis as a battle between which two levels of government in the United States? Did he believe that issue to be settled at the conclusion of the Crisis? |
Unit 14: Manifest Destiny Under Polk
Required Text Reading for this Unit: 346-364
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Required Text Reading for this Unit: 346-364
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Unit 15: A Fracturing Country
Required Text Reading for this Unit: 374-393
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Required Text Reading for this Unit: 374-393
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Unit 16: Slavery Becomes a Breaking Point-National Answers to the Slavery Question
Required Text Reading for this Unit: 403-407; 424-443
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Required Text Reading for this Unit: 403-407; 424-443
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Unit 17: Civil War
Required Text Reading for this Unit: 448-473
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Unit 18: Reconstruction and Its Challenges
Required Text Reading for this Unit: 478-495
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Required Text Reading for this Unit: 478-495
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Unit 19: Robber Barons or Captains of Industry?
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