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Themes in History for Grade 8 - 1763-1877

USING PRIMARY SOURCES

MAPS OF THE US

Five Themes of Geography and Current Events 

Five Themes of Geography Info and Exercise

Online Map Creator and Rubric

National Geographic Lessons

 

GEOGRAPHIC REVIEW OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES

Colonial Challenge

 

ANGLO-FRENCH STRUGGLE FOR EMPIRE

 

 

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Games for the Philadelphia Campaign 1777

REVOLUTIONARY WAR UNIT

Kids Page for Valley Forge

Fun Activities for Battle of Brandywine

Fun with Franklin

You Say you Want a Revolution Webquest - offers loyalist and patriot perspectives

Data Based Questions on Revolutionary Era

What Happened to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence?

American Revolution History Guide

A Royal Charter from the King: Revolutionary War Era Web Quest

African Americans and Women of the Revolutionary War: A Web Quest

Washington at War - Smithsonian Lesson

Revolutionary War Internet Scavenger Hunt

 

TOWARD THE CONSTITUTION

THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

Who wants to Marry A Founding Father?

What Happens When the Penalty is Too Harsh?

Religion:  Liberty and Equality:  Mutually Exclusive

Expression:  Citizenship and Character Lesson:  Respect

Property:  Citizenship and Character Lesson:  Honor

Personal Liberty: Primary Source Activity: The Bill of Rights in Times of National Crisis

Federalism:  Primary Source Activity-Federalism and the Question of Slavery

Debate on RATIFICATION

 

THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT

UNIT PLAN CONSTITUTION

CONSTITUTION SITES

Presidents

Government Action Timelines:  Newspaper Activity

Impact of Government on the Individual:  Opening Activity

Our Constitution at Work

How a Bill Becomes a Law: Creative Dramatics

 

THE CREATION OF A PARTY SYSTEM

THE MATURING REPUBLIC

THE WEST

Lewis and Clark Web Quest

Manifest Destiny Simulation

Journeys West

THE NORTH

Industrial Revolution - Division of Labor

Lowell Workers and Producers Respond to Incentives

Supply and Demand

Reform Movement

 

THE SOUTH

THE CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR

Finding Your Way on The Underground Railroad Through New Jersey

ON THE TRAIL OF JOHN BROWN'S BODY

A NATION DIVIDED

Important Events and People of the Civil War Game

Civil War and Related Events Quiz

Underground Railroad Activity

Slavery Web Quest

Civil War Unit:  Internet and Literature

Mini Unit:  Harriet Tubman

Civil War Unit-Lesson A-Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad