1. Social Studies
Grade 8 – Ms. Dina Coppes

3. The Big Apple

4. THE ESOL EDUCATION SCHOOLS

5. Essential Question: What is the meaning of history?
Semester 1
Semester 2
Intro to Historiography
Nation-Building
Revolution
Service-Learning Project (KIVA)
Research Process

6. Historiography: What makes the document true?
Skills of a Historian
Sourcing
Contextualization
Corroboration
Close Reading

7. Sourcing
How do I determine the reliability of a historical document?

8. Contextualization
How might the circumstances in which the document was created affect its content?

9. Corroboration
Do the multiple historical documents agree? If not, why?

10. Close Reading
How does the document’s language indicate the author’s perspective?

11. The Concept of Revolution
Why do people revolt?

12. The Research Process
Why must we follow steps in the research process?

13. The Concept of Nation-Building
How does a nation rebuild itself?

14. Our Service Learning Project: KIVA

15. How Kiva Works

16. Blog Information

17. Google Classroom
Ask your kids to give you their login information for Google Classroom.