Mr. Munzel's General Outline
for Social Studies 8 United States History
Here is a brief summary/timeline of some of the major themes/units covered in the 8th grade course of study. Dates are approximate.
August/September
Geography Review
First Americans
Columbian Exchange
Discovery to English Colonies
Life in Colonial America
Colonial Living Projects Due
October
Colonial Living Projects Due
Jamestown, Plymouth, Early Colonies
Governing the American Colonies
Seven Years War
Preliminary Events to Revolution
November
The Revolutionary War
Begin: The Constitution Convention (Federal Convention of 1787) Simulation
Delegate Report Due
State Report Due
December
The Constitution Convention Simulation
January
The Constitution
The Federalist Era
The Age of Jefferson
The Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark
February
War and Peace (1812)
Building America
First Industrial Revolution
Age of Jackson
Trail of Tears
March
Manifest Destiny
Slavery & Abolition
Reform and Romanticism
Antebellum America
April
Civil War Simulation
Reconstruction
May
Reconstruction
Westward Frontier
The Gilded Age
Foundations of Empire
Progressive Reform
June
Progressive Reform
Populism
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