• Geography Review
• New York State Review
• Beginnings of American History
• Forming a New Nation
• The New Republic
• The Nation Expands
• Civil War and Reconstruction
• Current Events

8th grade social studies will cover the following units of study:

• Civil War and Reconstruction review
• Western Expansion
  
• An Age of Industry
• A new Role in the World
• Depression and War
• Moving Toward the Future
• Current Events 

Students are expected to bring the following items to class EVERY DAY:

• pens/pencils
• 3 ring binder with loose leaf paper
• covered textbook
  
• agenda
• completed homework, if assigned

Students are expected to uphold the following rules:

• Be respectful, reasonable, and responsible 
• Do the best you can
• Follow directions
• Do what is right