8th GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES OVERVIEW
FIRST SEMESTER
1st Quarter
*Colonization of the New World (different patterns of economics in US, location and characteristics of places and regions of US, traditional historical points in US history through 1877, foundations of US government)
*The American Revolution (rights and responsibilities of citizens, important historic documents, significant individuals of the revolution, landmark Supreme Court cases)
2nd Quarter
*The Constitution and the Bill of Rights (founding fathers, importance of 1787, historical documents, systems of government, checks and balances, individual rights, process of law, trial by jury?
SECOND SEMESTER
3rd Quarter
*The New Republic (political development, early foreign policy, expansion of the nation, War of 1812, Marbury vs. Madison, Monroe Doctrine)
*Expanding Nation (Jacksonian Democracy, spoils systems, Native American removal and resettlement, nullification crisis)
4th Quarter
*The Civil War and Reconstruction (causes of the Civil War, congressional conflicts and compromises, Civil War events and leaders, Amendments 13, 14 and 15)
*STAAR Review
FIRST SEMESTER
1st Quarter
*Colonization of the New World (different patterns of economics in US, location and characteristics of places and regions of US, traditional historical points in US history through 1877, foundations of US government)
*The American Revolution (rights and responsibilities of citizens, important historic documents, significant individuals of the revolution, landmark Supreme Court cases)
2nd Quarter
*The Constitution and the Bill of Rights (founding fathers, importance of 1787, historical documents, systems of government, checks and balances, individual rights, process of law, trial by jury?
SECOND SEMESTER
3rd Quarter
*The New Republic (political development, early foreign policy, expansion of the nation, War of 1812, Marbury vs. Madison, Monroe Doctrine)
*Expanding Nation (Jacksonian Democracy, spoils systems, Native American removal and resettlement, nullification crisis)
4th Quarter
*The Civil War and Reconstruction (causes of the Civil War, congressional conflicts and compromises, Civil War events and leaders, Amendments 13, 14 and 15)
*STAAR Review