U.S. History (8th grade)

Students will examine these periods of history as a historian.  Emphasis is placed on evaluating historical evidence, understanding different points of view, and creating historical interpretations of events that have shaped the U.S.  

Tools of a Historian                                                
America’s Founding Documents and Ideals         
Reconstruction                                                  
Settlement of the West                                     
Immigration                                                       
Rise of Industry and Labor’s Response
Progressivisim
Foreign Policy and Spanish American War
Realism v. Idealism
WWI
The 20s

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