8th Social Studies Syllabus
UNIT 1: Social Studies and Geography Refresher
Week 1/ Intro to Social Studies Refresher: 8/23-8/25
- Course and Class Introduction
- Historical Connect the Dots
- HW: Review course syllabus with parents/ guardians and return signed handout by 8/30
Week 2/ Cartography and Chronography and Perspective: 8/30-9/2
- Finish Historical Connect the Dots
- In-class writing prompt: Explain how the Spanish were able to conquer the Inca Empire and how this is related to the destruction of various Native socieites by European colonizers.
- Complete Map Elements in class
- Complete What Do You See? in class
Week 3/ Geography Basics
- Interactive chronographs
- Panorama Perspective: World Map Identification
Week 4/ Panoramic Maps: 9/13-9/16
- Complete World Map Identification - DUE 9/15
- The World in Relation to . . .
- Complete The World and Four HemispheresDUE 9/16
- Current Events: Crisis in Somalia
Week 5/ Geography and Events in Africa: 9/20-9/22
Unit 2: Nationalism and Religion, 1850-1914 - - - - - - - Unit 2 Student Outline
Week 6/ Development of Nationalism: 9/27-9/30
Week 7/ Nationalism, Imperialism, and Religion: 10/4-10/6
Week 8/ Nationalism, Imperialism, and Religion cont.: 10/11-10/14
- American Imperialism in the Philippines
- Mark Twain's "To a Person Sitting in Darkness" & "The War Prayer" - discussion
- European imperialism and the "Scramble for Africa"
- Nationalism and end of unit debate (Friday)
- HW: WWI Reading Guide DUE 10/18
Unit 3: World War I, 1900-1920 - - - - - - - - - Unit 3 Student Outline and Art Reflection Guideline
Week 9/ 20th Century Europe and Causes of WWI: 10/18-10/20
- Using art to understand the transformation of Europe in the early 20th Century
- Determining underlining causes of WWI
Week 10/ Causes of WWI & Technology and War: 10/25-10/28
- Determining underlining causes of WWI
- Technological Advancements and the Shifting Impact of War
- Life on the Front and Trench Warfare
Week 11/ WWI and Dramatic Shifts in Warfare: 11/1-11/3
- Life on the Front, cont.-
- All Quiet on the Western Front - Ideal vs. Reality of war
- Life on the Front - Sources
- Read Franke and Siegfried Sassoon: Two Soldiers View & respond to the three questions from the handout in your journal
Week 12/ WWI and Dramatic Shifts in Warfare: 11/8-11/10
REMINDER: Art Reflection Projects due 11/17. Presentations will be 11/17 & 11/22, however, essays will be collected 11/17 no exceptions.
- The "Christmas Truce"
- WWI: The Medical Front - Medicine at War
- Quiz - Using this image, answer the following questions: 1) What does this image suggest about the Germans? 2) How has the material you've learned so far contradicted the purpose of such propaganda?
- HW:
Week 13/ The End of WWI and the Russian Revolution: 11/15-11/17
- Historical Arguments - Reason for U.S. Involvement in WWI
- The Russian Revolution and End of WWI - In class discussion and review
- Begin Art Reflection Presentations; complete self-assessment for art project
- HW:
Week 14/ End of WWI: 11/22
- Finish WWI presentations!
- Then turkey and what not . . . at home, not here.
UNIT 4: Great Depression, 1929-1939 - - Student Unit Outline - Multi-Genre Research Project - MLA Citation Guide Lines - Citation Organizer
Week 15/ Overview of the Great Depression: 11/29-12/2
- Journal Entry 11/29:
- What does it mean to be poor? How do you think poverty differs from the U.S. to Third World countries?
- View excerpt from American Experience: The Crash of 1929
- Discussion of the Stock Market Crash and the economy of the 1920s
- Group work - Economic Conference: Review material and determine how to present information
Week 16/ Causes of the Great Depression: 12/6-12-8
- Hold Conference - Complete Causes of GD Graphic Organizer
- Journal Entry 12/8:
- If you had been part of one of these farm families during the ’30s, do you think you would have wanted to stay on your farm or leave? Why or why not? What would you lose by leaving? What would you gain?
- Begin "Surviving the Dust Bowl" articles
- HW:
- Complete blank U.S. map Due 12/13 (This is practice for the 12/15 map quiz)
Week 17/ Surviving the Dust Bowl and Migration: 12/12-12/16
- (Tues.) Snow Day
- (Thurs.) Finish "Surviving the Dust Bowl"
- (Friday) Review Multi-Genre Project & Current Events
- HW
- Over the break you are responsible for generating ideas for your multi genre project - you should come back from the break having narrowed down what you would like to focus on from this time period. Although you are not allowed to use Wikipedia as a legitimate research source, you may use it to help you generate topic ideas for your project. My suggestion is that you go to Wikipedia, type the phrase "great depression" into the search bar, and begin reading the overview and clicking around to topics that interest you. We will begin the rationale section of the project when we return from the break.
Week 18 & 19/ Winter Break
Week 20/ Poverty and Race During the Great Depression: 1/3-1/5
- TUESDAY:
- Alaphabet Brainstorm
- Begin Rationale for Multi-Genre Project in-class
- HW: Complete Rationale for Multi-Genre Project DUE 1/5
- THURSDAY:
- Discussion: Examining Poverty in the South via Photograghs in Have You Seen Their Faces vs. urban photos of the depression
Week 21/ Poverty and Race During the Great Depression: 1/9-1/13
- TUESDAY:
- THURSDAY & FRIDAY
- Watch Episode Three of The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
- US Map Quiz (Friday)
Week 22/ Poverty and Race During the Great Depression: 1/17-1/19
- TUESDAY
- Complete MLA Citation Worksheet DUE 1/17 IN CLASS
- Begin in-class research. Keep track of online information using the citation organizers
- THURSDAY
- Current Events: Race and Political Campaigning
Week 23/ Poverty and Race During the Great Depression/ Harlem Renaissance: 1/24-1/27
- TUESDAY
- In-class MG project research
- THURSDAY & FRIDAY
- Understanding race relations via the artworks of African Americans
- Understanding the sharecropping system and the common ground of poor whites and poor blacks
Week 24: Poverty and Race During the Great Depression/ Sharecropping: 1/31-2/3
- TUESDAY
- In-class MG project research
- THURSDAY
- LAST DAY In-Class internet research - use your time ever so wisely!
Week 25: Poverty and Race During the Great Depression/ Unions: 2/7-2/10
- TUESDAY:
- In your journal place the correct citations for the 6 examples provided. DUE In Class
- Create rough drafts of MLA citations for all of the sources used for your multi-genre paper. If you do not finish in class, it is homework and will be due in-class on THURSDAY
- MLA Citation Guidelines/References
- Quick Guide (short version of how to cite various types of sources)
- Website (thorough explanation with visual)
- Book (thorough explanation with visual)
- Film (thorough explanation with visual)
- Photo/Digital Image (thorough explanation with visual)
- THURSDAY & FRIDAY:
- Create a scene between two sharecroppers, as one tries to get the other to join an integrated union. You and your partner are being assessed on your effort, historical accuracy, ability to demonstrate empathy, and your use of voice.
Week 26: Poverty and Race During the Great Depression/ Unions: 2/14-2/16
- TUESDAY
- THURSDAY
- Union organizing re-enactments
- Introduction to the New Deal: How and why the role of the federal government changes during the Great Depression
- Discussion: Who are the most vulnerable members of our society?
Week 27: The New Deal and Changing Philosophies on Government: 2/21-2/24
- TUESDAY
- New Deal Programs and Roosevelt's Critics
- Discussion: What do you envision as the role of government in your society? In other words, what is government responsible for when it comes to the rights and securities of the nation's citizens?
- THURSDAY
- Conversation with FALA Council Student Representative Jospeh Alvarez: Short Term and Long Term Goals
Week 28: Great Depression Student Presentations and WWII Unit Intro: 2/28-3/1
- TUESDAY:
- THURSDAY:
- Begin Multi-Genre Presentations/ Projects Due in Full
Week 29: Lead Up to WWII and the Rise of Fascism: 3/6-3/9
- TUESDAY:
- Finish Multi-Genre Presentations
- HW:
- THURSDAY:
- Vocabulary: The Age of 'Isms
Week 30: Spring Break
Week 31: Rise of Fascism and Discrimination at Home: 3/22-3/24
- TUESDAY:
- The political and economic spectrum
- graphic organizer & 3-minute pause
- Rise of Dictators
- Read and annoate "Rebuilding the Fatherland"
- German Acquisition of Territory - Map Work DUE TUESDAY 3/27
- THURSDAY:
- A Three-Front War
- View excerpts from "The Century: Civilians at War"
- What is "total war"?
- What are the similarities and differences between the war in Europe and the war in the Pacific?
Week 32: The Human Cost of War and the Holocaust: 3/27-3/30
- TUESDAY:
- US Discrimination at Home - Japanese Internment
- Sources:
- HW:
- THURSDAY:
- Historical Background for the Holocaust - From Boycotts to Death Camps
- Discussion & Notes:
- Take notes to respond to the following question in a graphic organizer form: What lead to the Final Solution? Remember, this is less about specific events and more about general ideas and actions that allowed for the Final Solution to happen.
- FRIDAY:
- FInish notes and graphic organizer DUE 4/3 Tuesday
- View excerpts from The Courage to Care and discuss the difficulties of the doing the right thing
- Discussion: Read the quote below and explain whether you agree or disagree with Mr. Bauer. Do your best to stay away from a personal story and instead think in terms of societies as a whole.
- “Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.”
― Yehuda Bauer
Week 33: The Human Cost of War and the Holocaust: 4/3-4/5 ONLY EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR - 10 pts for bringing in at least 10 magazines
- TUESDAY:
- Anonymous Response: On a sheet of paper, no name included, describe a time when you were a bystander. Explain the situation and do your best to explain why you chose to standby instead of perpetrate or actively resist. The point is reflection, not for me or anyone else to judge you, so please be honest.
- Discussion: Exploring Personal and Collective Responsibility
- THURSDAY:
- Discussion/ Presentation: Using art to visualize the Human Cost of War
- HW
Week 34: The Cost of War - Collage Project: 4/10 -4/13
- TUESDAY:
- First Steps for the Collage Project:
- Identify your 3 words - review by me before moving on
- Lay out the organic or geometric shape of your collage on a separate sheet of paper - reviewed by me before moving on
- Create the rough draft for your Cinquain poem on a separate sheet of paper - reviewed by me before moving on
- THURSDAY:
- Second Steps for the Collage Project:
- Cut out the shape for your collage
- Write the final draft of your poem in the center
- Create the two holes used later for hanging; ensure name is on the back
- Begin selecting letters for your 3 words/ phrases
- FRIDAY:
- Map of Europe Quiz
- All countries & the Atlantic, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Mediterranean Sea
- When finished continue collage project
Week 35: AIMS: 4/16-4/19
Week 36: The Cost of War Collage Project: 4/24-4/26
- TUESDAY:
- Begin collecting images for your collage, as well as the letter needed for phrases
- THURSDAY:
- Collecting images and begin pasting your collage
- Reminder:
- Final Europe Map Quiz on Tuesday
Week 37: The Cost of War Collage Project: 5/1-5/4
- TUESDAY:
- Europe Quiz II
- Continue Working on Collages
- THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Week 38: The Cost of War Collage Project: 5/8-5/10
- TUESDAY:
- Continue to work on collage projects
- THURSDAY:
- LAST DAY to finish collage project in c lass
Week 39:Civil Rights: Historical Background: 5/15-5/18
- TUESDAY:
- THURSDAY:
- Read "The Civil Rights Movement" from A Young People's History of the United States
- FRIDAY:
- Student Activism First Person Improv Activity
Week 40: Movements for Justice: Freedom Summer Training: 5/22-5/24
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