8th Grade United States History Course Outline
Unit of Study1. Civil War Reconstruction 2.Industry, Immigration, and the Progressive Era 3. The Build up to WWI 4. WWI 5. The Great Depression 6. The Build up to WWII 7. WWII 8. The Aftermath and the Build up to the Cold War 9. The beginning of the Cold War 10. The Vietnam War 11. Civil Rights Movement 12. The End of the Cold War 13. 9/11 and the war on Terror 14. The United States today |
Classroom Descriptions1. Learn about the effects the war had on the country. Learn how the country the country recovered. How does the nation heal? How do they rebuild the South? What happens to the freed slaves? 2. Learn about the industrial revolution in America and its effects on the country. Learn about immigrants arriving in the U.S. and the hardships they faced. Learn about movements that were lead to change the country. How did the industrial revolution change America? Who lead the revolution? Where did many immigrants come from? What hardships did they face? Who lead the progressive movement? What changes did they push for? 3. Learn about the build up and causes of WWI. What caused WWI? 4. Learn about the battles and politics of WWI. Who fought in the war? What battles took place? Who won the war? What happened after? 5. Learn about the stock market crash and the dust bowl. What effects did these events have on the country? How did we get out of the depression? 6.Learn about the build up to WWII. What caused WWII? 7. Learn about the battles and politics of WWII. Who fought in the war? What battles took place? Who won the war? 8. Learn about the effects of WWII on the world and how it lead to the Cold War. What happened after WWII? How did Europe rebuild? How did the U.S. & U.S.S.R come out of WWII as superpowers? 9. Learn about the start of the cold war. Why is it called a "cold war"? Why didn't we get along with the U.S.S.R? What was the red scare? What was the containment theory? What was the Cuban missile crisis? Why did we fight in the Korean War? 10. Learn the reasons we got involved in Vietnam. Learn about the battles and politics of the War. Talk about how the war changed American culture. Why did we fight in Vietnam? Who did we fight against? Did we win or lose in Vietnam? How did the Vietnam War change America? 11. Learn about the people, politics and events that took place around The Civil Rights Movement. What was the Civil Rights Movement? Who lead the movement? Who was against it? What did the movement achieve? 12. Learn about the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. What happened to the Soviet Union? What effects did its collapse have on the modern world? 13. Learn about the events that took place on 9/11. Learn about the effects the attacks had on the world. Learn about the people, politics and events of the war on terror. What happened on 9/11? Why did it happen? Why did we go to war in Afghanistan and Iraq? 14. Talk about the state of the country today. What does the future hold for the United States of America? |