8th Grade U.S. History
Class Overview: In 8th grade social studies we explore the history of the United States from the early English Colonization Era to the Reconstruction Era right before the turn of the 20th Century. The topics we will study include, but are not limited to:
- Colonization North America
- The Revolutionary War
- The Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights.
- The War of 1812, the Texas War for Independence, Mexican-American War.
- The Industrial Revolution
- United States Expansion and Manifest Destiny
- Immigration and the Growth of Cities
- The Gold Rush
- Slavery in the U.S.
- The Civil War
- The Reconstruction Era