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8th grade assignments




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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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