History in 8th Grade
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The eighth grade history curriculum is about United States History. The first part of U.S history is introduced in Fifth grade and it ends with the Revolutionary War. After two years, the California state standards bring U.S history back to the eighth grade level, and it requires that we cover the rest of United States history, from the Civil War to the present.
In class, we have to review the Revolutionary War to establish the connection to what events transpired then, that led the country to the Civil War. Students learn about the major factors and leaders that prominently played a big role in this war. We study the Industrial Revolution and the progress that our country rapidly went through. We explore the problems that beset the United States through the two world wars, the alliances they made with other countries and the position that it has achieved throughout the world. Students study the role of politics and economics in the lives of all Americans through this period of time. An important aspect of the eighth grade program is a study of U.S government through the study of its Constitution. We learn about how our government works through the three branches that work through the process of checks and balances. We study the preamble and analyze its meaning to the citizens then and now; the rights that all Americans enjoy and the limitations of the practice of these rights
The skills that students develop through the history curriculum include the application of reading and comprehension skills, analyzing historical documents and quotations of famous people in our history, map and geography skills, communication skills , application of technology skills for research and power point presentations, integration of history in the religion, math and art classes. Students make meaningful projects that require them to imagine the historical situations then and make them come alive today, through, dioramas, role- playing, and singing patriotic songs.