8th Grade History

First Semester

Relationship building
       What do you Bring to the Table/fight?
Review-
     Brain Research
     Note-Taking/Study Skills
     Purpose of Studying History
     Geography Overview
      Native America Overview/Culture impact
Civics intro and overview
Scientific Revolution
Early Exploration – overview/review
Crusades to Renaissance (Review) 
Age of Discovery
Age of Enlightened Despots
Age of Colonization
        Spanish 
       French 
      Spain vs. England
      England – VA
      Dutch / Swede / German
         Compare Colonial/Nation attitudes
       Religious Reform / Protestantism
         England – New England (13 Col)
         Middle / Southern Colonies
         Early Colonial Life/Culture
Age of Enlightenment
The Church Before the Revolution
Conditions Leading up to Amer. Rev.
      F&I War
      Lead up to Revolution - Civics
American Revolution
      “Was it a Revolution?”

Second Semester
The New Nation
         Washington’s World and the US
         The Constitution - Civics
The Jeffersonian Era
         LA Purchase / Lewis and Clark
Industrial Revolution
War of 1812
Era of Good Feelings
The Early Republic
The Age of Jackson - Civics
Mex/Amer War & Manifest Destiny
West Expansion / Fur Trade
Sectionalism
19^th Cent. Reform Movements
Events/Attitudes leading to Civil War
         Civics
Civil War
Lincoln Assassination
Reconstruction
Implications/Impact on Modern World