8 th Grade Social Studies Instructional Guide Reviewed July 2017

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1 8 th Grade Social Studies Instructional Guide Reviewed July 2017 Quarter 1: Colonization to Development of an American Republic ( ) Colonization to Revolution Students will understand the social, political, and economic reasons for the movement of people from Europe to the Americas. Students will describe the impact of colonization by Europeans on American Indians. Students will explain the development of the land that eventually became the United States of America. Student will understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation. Student will relate major events preceding founding of the nation to the development of the American Republic. Students analyze slavery as it pertains to the settlement of our country. 1. How did the colonists develop their own way of life with strong roots in the past? 2. How did the English start colonies with distinct qualities in North America? 3. How did colonial life take shape? 4. How did the relationship between Britain and the colonies fall apart? 5. What was life like in Tennessee before the Revolution? 6. How did the American colonists gain their independence? 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 8.11, 8.12, 8.13, 8.14, 8.15, 8.16, 8.17, 8.18, 8.19, 8.20, 8.21, 8.22, 8.23, 8.24, 8.25, 8.26, 8.27 TNSS 8.1 Sample Prompt: Write a statement piece explaining the primary motivations for colonization of the New World, Including the rise of the middle class/joint-stock companies, movement of surplus population, and the search for religious freedom. TNSS 8.2 Sample Prompt: Write an informative essay tracing the founding of Jamestown. Supporting Chapters Chapters 1-6 TNSS 8.6 Sample Prompt: Write an essay analyzing the founding of Pennsylvania as a haven for Quakers and the newfound tolerance. TNSS 8.9 Sample Prompt: Write an essay examining the areas of conflict and cooperation between American colonists and Indians. Include examples in the areas of agriculture, trade, cultural exchanges, and military alliances and conflict. Use evidence provided [images, excerpts, or other] and your own knowledge of colonial America to support your answer. First Virginia Charter, The Mayflower Compact, Charter of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1629 Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639 Maryland Toleration Act, 1649 A Historie of Virginia, John Smith. Of Plymouth Plantation, William Bradford Poor Richard s Almanac and the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. The Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson Selected excerpts from Common Sense and The Crisis New England Articles of Confederation Patrick Henry Speech English Bill of Rights Common Sense, Thomas Paine The Crisis, Thomas Paine Joint-Stock Company Charter Burgess Headright Patroon System Mayflower Compact Theocracy Puritan Separatist Common Law Great Awakening Bacon s Rebellion Cooperation/ Conflict Import/Export Salutary Neglect Mercantilism Patriot Loyalist Unalienable Rights Declaration of Independence Hessians Mercenary Guerrilla Warfare Neutral Propaganda

2 TNSS 8.13 Sample Prompt: Write an essay analyzing the ideas and perspectives that had a significant impact on the development of self-government in the American Colonies. Use evidence provided [excerpts from source documents] and your own knowledge of colonial America to support your answer. TNSS 8.17 Sample Prompt: Write an informative essay evaluating the contributions of Benjamin Franklin to American society in science, writing/literature, and politics. Include an analysis of excerpts from Poor Richards Almanac, the Autobiography of Ben Franklin, the Albany Plan of Union, and Join or Die cartoon. Excerpts to Consider: The Creation of Cherokee Country Funeral Oration (Pericles) The Destruction of the Indies (Las Casas) The Magna Carta On Unlimited Submission to Rulers (Mayhew)\ Speech in the House of Burgesses (P Henry) The Battle of Lexington (W. Sutherland) His Excellency George Washington (Ellis) Virginia Statute for Religions Freedom (Jefferson) Andrew Hamilton closing argument in Peter Zenger trial TNSS 8.23 Sample Prompt: Write an essay identifying the central ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence and examining the impact of those ideas in today s society. Use evidence provided [source document] and your own knowledge of American history to support your answer.

3 Quarter 2: Constitution and the Foundation of the American Political System ( ), Growth of the Young Nation ( ), The United States on the World Stage ( ) and Sectionalism ( ) Foundation of American Political System, Constitution, Washington to Monroe Students analyze the political principles underlying the Constitution, 1. What problems might a new country face? compare the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government, and understand the foundation of the American political system and the 2. How did the United States Constitution overcome the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and provide for the organization of the new government? ways in which citizens participate. 3. How did America respond to internal and external changes? Students analyze the aspirations and ideals of the people of the new 4. How did American literature and art have an impact on American life? nation. 5. How did Jefferson and Madison deal with unresolved problems? Students analyze the United States foreign policy in the early Republic. 6. How did the nation reflect a growing sense of national pride and identity? Students analyze slavery as it pertains to the development of our country. 7. Why did Americans take different paths in the 1800s? 8. How did the nation reflect a growing sense of national pride and identity? 8.17, 8.28, 8.29, 8.30, 8.31, 8.32, 8.34, 8.35, 8.36, 8.37, 8.38, 8.39, 8.40, 8.41, 8.42, 8.43, 8.44, 8.45, 8.46, 8.47, 8.53, 8.64, 8.65, 8.73 TNSS 8.32 Sample Prompt: Write an informative essay explaining the ratification process and describing the conflict between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists over ratification of the Constitution. Be sure to include the need for a Bill of Rights and concern for states rights by citing evidence from the Federalist Papers and other primary texts. Use evidence provided [excerpts from source documents] and your own knowledge of colonial America to support your answer. TNSS 8.34 Sample Prompt: Write an essay arguing the importance of a particular right expressed in the Bill of Rights and its importance or impact on individuals/groups in the United States. Use evidence from the Bill of Rights and informational text provided [contemporary news article, essays, or other media] to support your answer. TNSS 8.42 Sample Prompt: Using the Lewis and Clark journals, write an essay describing the impact of the Lewis and Clark expedition and its lasting effects on America. TNSS 8.45 Sample Prompt: Write an informative essay analyzing the relationship with United States had with Europe and the influence of the Monroe Doctrine. the Articles of Confederation The U.S. Constitution The Federalist Papers #10 and #51 The Bill of Rights Washington s Farewell Address Journals of Lewis and Clark from decision in Marbury v Madison, John Marshall the Monroe Doctrine Eliza Bryan of the New Madrid Earthquakes Excerpts to consider: Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, Patrick Henry arguments against ratification Gibbons v Ogden and McCulloch v Maryland (Marshall) On Majority Rule (Jefferson) The Importance of Voting (Clinton) Speech at Vincennes (Tecumseh) The Star-Spangled Banner (Key) Democracy in America (de Tocqueville) A day Among the Seedes at Pine Lake (Bremer) The Sketchbook by Washington Irving The Last of the Mohicans and The Prairie by James Fennimore Cooper Depression Bicameral Depreciate 3/5ths Compromise Amendment Federalism Popular Sovereignty Habeas Corpus Enumerated Powers Reserved Powers Due Process Filibuster Precedent Ratify Impeachment Alien Act Sedition Acts Strict Constitution Judicial Review Embargo Jurisdiction Monopoly

4 Supporting Chapters Chapters 7-11 TNSS 8.53 Sample Prompt: Write a narrative essay describing the impact of the New Madrid Earthquakes of on the land and people of Tennessee. Use evidence provided [various excerpts of accounts, maps, and images] and your knowledge of Tennessee history to support your answer. Rip Van Winkle(lesson) and Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Irving Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, The Mayflower Compact, Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Tribute Impressment Neutral Rights

5 Quarter 3: Sectionalism ( ) and Slavery in America ( ) Jackson, Manifest Destiny, Age of Reform, Sectionalism, and Slavery Students analyze the aspirations and ideals of the people of the new nation. 1. What forces unite and divide a nation? Students analyze the paths of the American people in the three regions of the United States from 1800 to the mid-1800s and the challenges they faced as they became increasingly sectionalized. 2. How did reformers and writers inspire change and spark controversy? Students analyze the expansion of slavery and the resulting controversies. 3. How did western expansion change the geography of a nation and Students analyze the social, political, and economic transformation of America as a result of demonstrate the determination of its people? westward expansion. 4. How did the nation try but fail to deal with growing sectional differences? 8.48, 8.49, 8.50, 8.51, 8.52, 8.54, 8.55, 8.56, 8.57, 8.58, 8.59, 8.60, 8.61, 8.62, 8.63, 8.65, 8.66, 8.67, 8.68, 8.69, 8.70, 8.71, 8.72, 8.73 Supporting Chapters Chapters TNSS 8.57 Sample Prompt: Write a narrative essay describing the impact of the Indian Removal Act. Include examples and discussion on the struggle between the Cherokee Nation and the United States government. Use evidence from provided text and your knowledge of American history to support your answer. (Jackson s Response and Worchester v. Georgia) TNSS 8.58 Sample Prompt: Write an informative essay describing the concept of Manifest Destiny and its impact on the developing American Nation. Be sure to include its purpose, challenges, and economic incentives for westward expansion. TNSS 8.59 Sample Prompt: Write an informative essay describing the American settlements in Texas after 1821 and the causes for the Texas War of Independence. Be sure to include the roles of Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, and the legacy of the Alamo. TNSS 8.69 Sample Prompt: Write an informational essay analyzing the basis of the Dred Scott decision and its effect on both the North and the South. TNSS 8.70 Sample Prompt: Write an essay examining the arguments presented by Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln in the Illinois Senate race debate of Declaration of Sentiments and Seneca Falls Convention Nature and Self-Reliance (Emerson) Walden and Civil Disobedience (Thoreau) Ain t I A Woman (S. Truth) Uncle Tom s Cabin (Stowe) Lincoln-Douglas Debates Roger Taney s decision in the Dred Scott Case The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass (Douglass) Excerpts to Consider: Roughing It (Twain) A Narrative Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee (Crockett) Twelve Years a Slave (Northup) Manifest Destiny (O Sullivan) Gold Rush Journals (Bonniwell, Leeper, etc) Defiance of the Fugitive Slave Law Sectionalism Cede Joint Occupancy Spoils System Jacksonian Democracy Manifest Destiny 49er Tejano Annex Nullification (Crisis) Industrialization Trade Union Temperance Movement Abolitionist Underground Railroad Feminist Wilmot Proviso Sectionalism Dred Scott Decision Yeoman Martyr

6 Quarter 4: The Civil War, Reconstruction, and Westward Expansion ( ) Students analyze the growth and expansion of slavery and how it contributed to war. Students analyze the multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War. 1. How did geography, economics, and land boundaries in the North and South of the Civil War lead to over-rated confidence in perceptions of Students analyze the character and lasting consequences of Reconstruction. victory? Students analyze the social, political, and economic transformation of America as a result of 2. What were the short term and long term effects of the Civil War? westward expansion. 3. How did the growth of big business affect the development of the West? 8.67, 8.68, , 8.72, 8.73, 8.74, 8.75, 8.76, 8.77, 8.78, 8.79, 8.80, 8.81, 8.82, 8.83, 8.84, 8.85, 8.86, 8.87, 8.88, 8.89, 8.90, 8.91, 8.92, 8.93, 8.94, 8.95, 8.96 Supporting Chapters Chapters TNSS 8.79 Sample Prompt: Using Sam Watkins s account of the Civil War, analyze what life would have been like for the common soldier. TNSS 8.83 Sample Prompt: Write an informative essay analyzing the choice of Andrew Johnson as Vice-President, his succession to the Presidency, his plan for Reconstruction and his conflict with the Radical Republicans. TNSS 8.85 Sample Prompt: Write an essay explaining the effects of the Freedman s Bureau and the restrictions placed on the rights and opportunities of freedmen, including racial segregation and the Jim Crows Laws. TNSS 8.97 Sample Prompt: Write an essay examining the life of the Cowboy. Include details about his daily life, describing his skills, clothes, shelter, and day-today existence. Be sure to cite evidence from all sources. House Divided speech, 1858 Gettysburg Address, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 Lincoln s Inaugural Address, 1861 and 1865 The Respective of Co. Aytch (Watkins) 13 th, 14 th, and 15 th Amendments A Century of Dishonor (Jackson) Letter to His Sister (R.E. Lee) Letters from Soldiers O Captain, My Captain! (Whitman) What the Black Man Wants (Douglass) Civil War Secede Entrench Enlist/Draft Martial Law Calvary Prisoner of War Total War Emancipation Proclamation Gettysburg Address Ironclad Siege Black Codes Reconstruction Homestead Act Transcontinental Railroad Exoduster Carpetbagger Scalawag