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
February/March Topics
-Basic Economic Systems
~Man's Inhumanity to Man
~Slavery/Civil War
Research Links
Mississippi River
Lewis and Clark/Louisiana Purchase
New Jersey: Transportation
New Jersey History
Man's Inhumanity to Man
The Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust < www.mjhnyc.org>
ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
Monday, March 15
Work on Holocaust Studies project; project due March 17th.
Tuesday, March 16
Work on Holocaust Studies project, due March 17th.
Wednesday, March 17
Holocaust Studies project is due.
IN CLASS: Read JS Holocaust issue; answer critical thinking questions on a separate sheet (double-space) and the political cartoon.
Thursday, March 18
None
Friday, March 19
Monday, March 22
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