Grade 8 - Unit 2 - Paterson School District

1 Social Studies Curriculum Grade 8 2 Course Description Where the seventh Grade curriculum focuses on World History, eighth Grade highlighted selections from American history; specifically the following five units, the Origins of American Democracy and the Founding Fathers, the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War, The Constitution and the Bill of Rights, Native Americans: Tribes, Land and Relationships with Government 1776-1900, and finally Civil Rights: Race, Gender and Equality. As a means of reinforcing essential content and skill acquisition, the use of Grade level appropriate complex thinking types, strategies of critical thinking, creative thinking, problem solving and the metacogative process will be a key component in assisting students to gather and reinforce the essential knowledge being presented throughout the School year. 3 Pacing Guide The five-unit Eighth Grade curriculum is designed as a full-year (four-marking period) course.

2 Course Description Where the seventh grade curriculum focuses on World History, eighth grade highlighted selections from American history; specifically the following five units, the Origins of American Democracy and the Founding Fathers, the Declaration of Independence

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