Typical Course of Study

Annotated links for the typical course of study for to help you cover each topic and check mastery of that skill. This is a work in progress that I assume will take a while to complete. I will be adding links and pages periodically.

• Our African, Asian, and European backgrounds
• Exploration and discovery
• Growth and development of the United States
  - Colonial life
  - Struggle for independence
  - U. S. Constitution and Bill of Rights
  - Westward movement in America
  - American Civil War
  - Reconstruction
  - U. S. as a world power
• Meaning of democracy
• Our American culture
• U. S. political system
• U. S. economic system
• U. S. government
• U. S. geography
• Advanced map and globe skills

8th Grade Course of Study

• Social Studies
• Science
• Language Arts
• Health/Safety
• Mathematics

Used by permission of World Book