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Unit Two
Our Colonial Heritage

  • The First Americans

  • European Exploration and Settlement

  • The English Colonies in North America

  • Life in the Colonies

  • Creating the Constitution

  • The Constitution: A More Perfect Union

  • The Bill of Rights

  • Toward Independence

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The American Revolution

Unit Four
Forming a New Nation
Unit Three
Revolution in the Colonies

8th Grade Social Studies Curriculum

 

Below you will find the 8th Grade Social Studies Curriculum Outline

 

History Alive! The United States Through Modern Times captures the story of the United States from the precolonial era to the 21st century. For more information,

  • Investigating the Past

  • From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers

  • The Rise of Sumerian City-States

  • Ancient Sumer

  • Exploring Four Empires of Mesopotamia

Unit One
Early Humans and the Rise of Civilization

  • Manifest Destiny and the Growing Nation

  • Life in the West

  • Political Developments in the Early Republic

  • Foreign Affairs in the Young Nation

  • A Growing Sense of Nationhood

  • Andrew Jackson and the Growth of American Democracy

Unit Six
An Expanding Nation
Unit Five
Launching the New Republic

  • An Era of Reform

  • The Worlds of North and South

  • African Americans in the Mid-1800s

Unit Seven
Americans in the Mid-1800s

  • Tensions in the West

  • The Rise of Industry

  • The Great Wave of Immigration

  • A Dividing Nation

  • The Civil War

  • The Reconstruction Era

Unit Nine
Migration and Industry
Unit Eight
The Union Challenged

  • The Progressive Era

  • The United States Becomes a World Power

  • The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression

Unit Nine
A Modern Nation Emerges

  • World War II

  • The Cold War

  • The Civil Rights Movement

  • Contemporary American Society

Unit Nine
The United States in the Modern Era

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