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      • Theodore Roosevelt
      • William Taft
      • Woodrow Wilson
  • Global Studies (9th Grade)
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      • Nuclear war
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      • Seasons & Map Projections
      • ZIka & Thematic Maps
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      • Thematic Map
      • Overview of Conflicts
      • Blood Diamonds
      • Technology's Demand on Africa
    • Rwanda Genocide >
      • Geography
      • Hutu and Tutsi
      • Conflict
      • Hate Radio
      • Now
    • Asia >
      • History of China
      • China's Transformation
      • Current China
      • Population
      • Globalization & Economy
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      • Afghanistan >
        • Brief History
        • 9/11
        • War
      • Iraq >
        • Brief HIstory
        • Operation Iraqi Freedom
      • ISIS
    • Monotheistic Religions >
      • Judaism
      • Christianity
      • Islam
  • American Sign Language
    • Unit 1: Introducing Oneself
    • Unit 2: Exchanging Personal Information
    • Unit 3: Talking about Surroundings
    • Unit 4: Telling Where You Live
    • Unit 5: Talking About Your Family
  • Social Studies
    • Unit 1-2: Getting Started
    • Unit 2: Before Columbus
    • Unit 3: The Settling of the Americas
    • Unit 4: Thirteen Colonies
    • Unit 5: Road to Revolution
    • Unit 6: Revolutionary War
    • Unit 7 Foundations of Government
    • Unit 8: Knowing Your Rights
    • Unit 9: The First Years of the United States
    • Chapter 10: Age of Jefferson and War of 1812
    • Chapter 11 & 12: The Making of Andrew Jackson's USA
    • Unit 13, 14, & 15 Causes of Civil War
    • Unit 16 Civil War
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    • Miniature Train

U.S. History (8th grade)

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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

Link to Syllabus

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