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Social Studies Curriculum

  • Eighth Grade Units
    • Progressive Era
    • World Power
    • World War I
    • Depression
    • World War II
    • Holocaust/Genocide
    • Cold War
    • Civil Rights
    • Modern times
  • Resources
    • American History, McDougal Littell
    • DBQ Project: Students have to work with several documents on one topic to develop their own evaluation.
    • Newsela, Online historical and current events articles. Automatically adjusts to a child’s Lexile.
    • Non-fiction and Historical Fiction Book Clubs- Students will read in about March/April in small groups.
  • Current Events
    • Assigned about once every 2 weeks.
    • Topics are assigned to develop their critical thinking.
    • Students may bring in article for review prior to due date.
    • Should be an easy 100%, if they follow the format.