Home Social Studies 8 8th grade topics Web Calendar > Search		8th grade assignments SOCIAL STUDIES:  GRADE 8 Topics/Daily Assignments Click on the Web Calendar tab to check for upcoming quizzes, projects, and tests. COURSE OF STUDY AMERICAN HISTORY         -Westward Expansion (1801-1853)         -Antebellum Period         - Civil War         -Reconstruction                  -The Emerging of the 20th Century         -World War I Overview         -Interwar Period Overview         -World War II Overview         -Active Citizenship in the 21st Century CURRENT EVENTS         -International News         -National News         -State and Local News September Topics         -Westward Expansion          Research Links Mississippi River <http://www.experiencemississippiriver.com/home.cfm> <http://www.mississippi-river.net/> Lewis and Clark/Louisiana Purchase <http:///www.nationalgeographic.com/west/main.html> <http://www.gatewayno.com/History/LaPurchase.html> <http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lewisandclark/virtualtour> <http://www.lewis-clark.org> <www.monticello.org/jefferson/lewisandclark/index.html> <www.pbs.org/lewisandclark> New Jersey: Transportation <http://njhistorypartnership.org/home_page.html> (click on video Transportation Revolution) New Jersey History <http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/njh/> Man's Inhumanity to Man Yad Vashem <www.yadvashem.org/education> Anti-Defamation League <www.adl.org> United States Holocaust Memorial Museum <www.ushmm.org> USC Shoah Foundation Institute  < www.college.usc.edu/vhi> The Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust  < www.mjhnyc.org> US Government The Supreme Court http://www.supremecourt.gov ASSIGNMENTS DUE: Thursday, September 2 None Friday, September 3 Participation/Homework Policy Handout must be signed. Required materials are due Tuesday, September 7th.
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