United States History and Geography:
Colonization of North America to Reconstruction and the American West
Eighth Grade Lesson Plans
8.10 - Locate and identify the first 13 colonies, and describe how their location and geo
graphic features influenced their development.
Lesson Plan - Colonies |
8grade_geographyofcolonies.docx |
8.53 - Write a narrative with supporting text describing the effects of the New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-12 on the land and people of Tennessee.
8grade_newmadridearthquakes.pptx |
Lesson Plan - New Madrid |
Lesson Plan - New Madrid |
Links to Primary Documents and Supporting Texts
8th_grade_primary_documents_and_supporting_texts.pdf |
Self-Guided Lessons from PBS Learning Media: These online self-paced lessons for blended learning, funded by the Walmart Foundation, are designed to enhance the literacy skills of struggling readers in grades 5–8. Each uses videos, interactive activities, note taking, reading, and writing to present students with an engaging science, social studies, mathematics, or English language arts topic. Each lesson addresses a range of literacy strategies, which are listed in the accompanying teacher's guide. Students need to be signed in to complete these lessons. To register your students, refer to "Student Help" through the Help tab on the PBS LearningMedia homepage or click here.
8th_grade_pbs_learning_media.pdf |
TED ED Lessons:
18 lessons featured on TED-Ed. You can create lessons from scratch around any YouTube video to “flip” your class and help jumpstart classroom discussions. Please preview the lessons and see if you find them suitable for your school community’s values. I encourage you to take the TED-ED TOUR prior to viewing any of the following lessons. If you like the lessons, please think about making your own: CREATE A TED-ED LESSON
8th_grade_ed.ted_lessons.pdf |
Discovery Education Interactive Investigations:
Discovery Education (DE) partners with 201 schools districts in Tennessee; providing services to 1116 schools. The TGA wants to highlight over 40 special features available of those online services provided. These DE resources are curated via Greentech Media are available even though you should use a DE account to access them. For those that have a DE account the Interactive Investigations Library can be found HERE (Login required).
8th_grade_discovery_education_interactive_investigations.pdf |
USEFUL WEBSITES
Tennessee Social Studies Standards: www.tn.gov/education/standards/index.shtml
USA Cities Data - www.city-data.com
Twitter & World Cup Soccer - sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/twitter-lights-up-worldwide-with-every-world-cup-goal-185246136.html
Population Reference Bureau - www.prb.org
Daily Satellite Photo - www.overv.eu
Religious Statistics - religions.pewforum.org - www.thearda.com
Zip Code Descriptions - www.esri.com/data/esri_data/ziptapestry
World Development - www.gapminder.org
Download Videos from Youtube - savefrom.net
Census Data - www.census.gov
Mapping 2010 Census Data - projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map
Germany Information - www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/prj/top/enindex.htm
Outline Maps - www.eduplace.com/ss/maps
Rich and Poor US Counties - storymaps.esri.com/stories/richpoor_embed
Where is My Milk From - whereismymilkfrom.com
USA Migration - www.forbes.com/special-report/2011/migration.html
USDA Agriculture Maps - www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps
USA Economic Maps - clustermapping.us
USA Presidential Election Atlas - atlas.esri.com/Atlas/VoterAtlas.html
USA Immigration Maps - www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html?_r=0
USA Census Ancestry PDF - www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/censusatlas/pdf/9_Ancestry.pdf
USA and Mexico Border - apps.npr.org/borderland
USA Foreign-born Workers - www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/04/07/us/20090407-immigration-occupation.html
9/11 - www.wherewereyouon911.com
Twitter Languages - bigthink.com/strange-maps/539-vive-le-tweet-a-map-of-twitters-languages
Names - names.whitepages.com
Where Children Sleep - jamesmollison.com/books/where-children-sleep
International Waters Map - donutholes.ch
Tennessee Civil War GIS Project: http://tnmap.tn.gov/civilwar/
GIS for History: http://www.gisforhistory.org/
Common Core Companion: http://www.socialstudiescms.com/
Tennessee Social Studies Standards: www.tn.gov/education/standards/index.shtml
USA Cities Data - www.city-data.com
Twitter & World Cup Soccer - sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/twitter-lights-up-worldwide-with-every-world-cup-goal-185246136.html
Population Reference Bureau - www.prb.org
Daily Satellite Photo - www.overv.eu
Religious Statistics - religions.pewforum.org - www.thearda.com
Zip Code Descriptions - www.esri.com/data/esri_data/ziptapestry
World Development - www.gapminder.org
Download Videos from Youtube - savefrom.net
Census Data - www.census.gov
Mapping 2010 Census Data - projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map
Germany Information - www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/prj/top/enindex.htm
Outline Maps - www.eduplace.com/ss/maps
Rich and Poor US Counties - storymaps.esri.com/stories/richpoor_embed
Where is My Milk From - whereismymilkfrom.com
USA Migration - www.forbes.com/special-report/2011/migration.html
USDA Agriculture Maps - www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps
USA Economic Maps - clustermapping.us
USA Presidential Election Atlas - atlas.esri.com/Atlas/VoterAtlas.html
USA Immigration Maps - www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html?_r=0
USA Census Ancestry PDF - www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/censusatlas/pdf/9_Ancestry.pdf
USA and Mexico Border - apps.npr.org/borderland
USA Foreign-born Workers - www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/04/07/us/20090407-immigration-occupation.html
9/11 - www.wherewereyouon911.com
Twitter Languages - bigthink.com/strange-maps/539-vive-le-tweet-a-map-of-twitters-languages
Names - names.whitepages.com
Where Children Sleep - jamesmollison.com/books/where-children-sleep
International Waters Map - donutholes.ch
Tennessee Civil War GIS Project: http://tnmap.tn.gov/civilwar/
GIS for History: http://www.gisforhistory.org/
Common Core Companion: http://www.socialstudiescms.com/