8 Social Studies  8

Below are a list of activities that have been compiled to enhance the classroom curriculum, while giving students the opportunity to address the eight intelligences identified by Howard Garner.  In most cases, activities are closely related to the topics and themes covered in the curriculum.  Some activities, however, may divert from textbook content. 
The supporting links can be found on the United State History Timeline Page.  The have been arranged chronologically to align with the TN State Curriculum Frameworks. These links will take the viewer outside the Greene County Schools Web Page. 
New!  These pages are now linked to the Tennessee SPI's.

Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Note: Some of the activities require video and audio plug ins, ex. Shockwave and Direct X. 
You must install these programs once downloaded.

Unit 1
American's Beginnings
Prehistory - 1700

Chapter 1  The Geography of the Americas
Chapter 2  The First Americans: Prehistory to 1492
Chapter 3  Explorers Reach the Americas
Chapter 4  European Empires in the Americas




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Unit 2
Colonial Settlement
1587 - 1775
Chapter 5  The 13 English Colonies
Chapter 6  Life in the 13 Colonies
Chapter 7  The Road to Revolution



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Unit 3
A New Nation
1776 - 1791
Chapter 8  The American Revolution
Chapter 9  Creating a Nation



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Unit 4
Early Years of the Republic
1789-1830
Chapter 10  The Federalist Era
Chapter 11  The Age of Jefferson
Chapter 12  The Nation Grows



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Unit 5
The Nation Expands
1820 - 1877
Chapter 13  The Age of Jackson
Chapter 14  Manifest Destiny
Chapter 15  The Spirit of Reform



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Unit 6
Rift and Reunion
1820 - 1877
Chapter 16  Sectional Differences
Chapter 17  Road to Civil War
Chapter 18  The Civil War
Chapter 19  Reconstruction


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Unit 7
Modern American Emerges
1877 - Present
Chapter 20  Reshaping the Nation
Chapter 21  The Twentieht Century


EXTRAS
The Great Depression and World War II
Postwar United States
Contemporary United States


 



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Linda Hensley and John David Shanks,    Gifted Education Teachers, Greene County Schools
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