American History Overview 8th Grade Social Studies, Mrs. Perry Central Middle School

What are we learning about this year? American History Emphasis in Geography Colonization - The Civil War Colonization, The Revolutionary War, A New Nation, Westward Expansion, The Civil War Economic, Political and Social Issues How to be Responsible Citizens

Focus on Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening Textbook Primary Sources and Secondary Sources Writing Warm-up and Exit Writing In Class Assignments Projects – including research essay Speaking Presentations, debates, discussions, etc. Listening During Instruction Presentations

Our Goals For This Year Our classroom goal for this year will be to have an average of 80% on our unit post-assessments. What are some action steps we can do to achieve this?

Required Supplies Pens/Pencils Loose Leaf Paper Folder Notebook Binder Coloring Utensils Poster Board Kleenex and Hand Sanitizer

Assignment Types Notes Tests Quizzes Projects Homework Class work

Unit Overviews Unit 1: Colonization Unit 2: Road to Revolution Unit 3: Revolutionary War Unit 4: Creating a Nation Unit 5: Our Government Unit 6: Westward Expansion Unit 7: Slavery and the Civil War

Project Overviews Colonization: Group Talk Show Project Road to Revolution: Facebook Poster Project Revolutionary War: Expository Essay Creating a Nation: Power Point Presentation Our Government: Board Game Project Westward Expansion: Mini-Journal Project Slavery and the Civil War: End of the Year Culminating Project – History Fair

What past 8th Graders have said about being successful in my class… Come to class everyday. Talk less. Turn in work on time. Keep up with your notes and write them in a way you can understand. Be more organized. Pay more attention. Ask questions. Study. Use prior knowledge and build off what you learn. Take your education seriously, all that goofing around can wait.

Mrs. Perry’s Website Email: bperry@rgsd.k12.mo.us Go to school’s website rgsd.k12.mo.us Click on Central Middle School Click on Staff Click on Mrs. Perry Warm-ups, Homework, Daily Lesson Agendas, Vocabulary Words, Study guides, Project Information, Downloadable assignments

Exit Writing What are you looking forward to the most for this year in social studies? Remember: Use complete sentences, professional language and restate the question in the answer!!