SOCIAL STUDIES: GRADE 8
Topics/Daily Assignments
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COURSE OF STUDY
AMERICAN HISTORY
-Westward Expansion (1801-1861)
-Slavery
- Civil War and Reconstruction
-World War I and II Overview
ECONOMICS
-Changing Wants and Needs
-Basic Economic Systems
-How Governments Raise and Spend Money
MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN
-Prejudice and Discrimination Throughout History
-Causes and Effects of Genocide
-Resistance and the Triumph of the Human Spirit
CURRENT EVENTS
-International News
-National News
-State and Local News
October/November Topics
-US Constitution review
-Comparative Government/Economics
-Westward Expansion
Research Links
Mississippi River
Lewis and Clark/Louisiana Purchase
ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
Monday, November 16
Test on chapter 10, sections 3,4,5.
Tuesday, November 17
Make-up tests (see Monday).
Complete #2-1 Pre-reading guide ch. 11, sec. 1, pp. 330-335.
Take notes on section 1; use the left-side of your interactive notebook.
Wednesday, November 18
Media Center- research paper folders are required.
Thursday, November 19
Review notes on Ch. 11, section 1.
Review Current Events Review handout.
Friday, November 20
Complete Guided Reading and Review, Ch. 11, sec. 1.
Read and take notes on Ch. 11, sections 2 and 3, pp. 337-346. (left side of notebook)
In interactive notebook, left side, answer assessment questions, p.341, # 1-5 and p.346, #1-6.
Monday, November 23
8-4 Junior Scholastic, read pp. 8-10.
In interactive notebook answer answer questions 1 and 2, p.10 and #1-10, p. 15.
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