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8th grade assignments




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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 (1801-1861)

        -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



September/October Topics
        -US Constitution review
        -Comparative Government/Economics
        -Westward Expansion

Research Links

Mississippi River



Lewis and Clark/Louisiana Purchase



ASSIGNMENTS DUE:

Monday, November 2

Lewis and Clark/Louisiana Purchase projects due.

On the left hand side of your interactive notebook:
        ~Define pirate (do not use a reference book)
        ~ Is piracy an ongoing problem or is it an activity of past eras?  Explain.



Tuesday, November 3

Election Day-No Classes



Wednesday, November 4

Media Center- research paper folders are required.


Thursday, November 5

School Closed


Friday, November 6

School Closed


Monday, November 9

Read pp. 316-319; complete handouts 1-33 and 1-34 (Guided Reading and Review Section 3 and Guided Reading and Review Section 4).











































































        




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