American History 8

Course #:  04081002
Credit Type:  Social Studies
Credit:  Full Year
College Credit:  No
Grade Level:  08
Description:  Social Studies (grade 8) American History will review the major ideas, issues, and events of the founding of the nation and Constitutional Period. Students will then concentrate on the critical events, people, groups, ideas, and issues of the period from 1800 to 1900 - including Westward expansion, sectionalism, the Civil War Reconstruction, Populism, and Imperialism.  The course should be rigorous and relevant with instruction that integrates thinking skills, historical processes, and content so that students are able to apply the learning to their own lives. Instruction should include the integration of concepts and principles from history, economics, geography, civics, and the humanities.