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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 (1801-1853)

        -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



Lewis and Clark/Louisiana Purchase

New Jersey: Transportation
<http://njhistorypartnership.org/home_page.html> (click on video Transportation Revolution)

New Jersey History

Man's Inhumanity to Man


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


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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