Download 8th Grade Social Studies Unit Syllabi

Mrs. Formica 8th Grade Social Studies
Tentative Unit Syllabi
*Must be stabled into your Social Studies Notebook at the start of the new unit.*
Unit: World War I
Parent Signature: ____________________________
Essential Question:
How does a nation balance its own needs with the needs of the world?
Lesson #
30
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Lesson Topic
Causes of WWI
Trench Warfare
America Joins the
War
Fighting the War at
Home
Tensions on the
Home Front
Key Battles of WWI
“A Farewell to Arms”
~ Literary Exercise
Wilson’s 14 Points
Treaty of Versailles
If you receive additional resources (handouts), you should label which lesson # it goes with (on
the left side).
Homework:
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Causes of WWI original political Cartoon and Reflection foldable
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Trench Warfare sensory poetry
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“Sinking the Lusitania”- Comic Strip
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Using publisher: Write a news article detailing one of the Key Battles of WWI
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World War I- DBQ
Summative Unit Assessment:
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Propaganda Poster Contest- Students will create a Propaganda Poster detailing one of the methods
used to support the war effort.
Mrs. Formica 8th Grade Social Studies
Tentative Unit Syllabi
*Must be stabled into your Social Studies Notebook at the start of the new unit.*
Unit Vocabulary: * Glossary notebooks will be reviewed at the conclusion of each unit on test day for
a quiz grade.
Should be defined and logged into your Social Studies Glossary Book, organized by unit. During our unit
discovery you may encounter other words which you wish to incorporate into your glossary. This is
encouraged.
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Assassination, Nationalism, Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand, Gavrilo Princip,
Allied Powers, Central Powers, propaganda, Selective Service Act, Wheatless Mondays, Meatless Tuesdays,
Victory Gardens, Liberty Bonds, U-boats, Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegram, trench warfare, stalemate, No
Man’s Land, 14 Points, Self Determination, League of Nations, Versailles Treaty, reparations, Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, Harlem Hell Fighters, First Russian Revolution, Communist / Bolshevik Revolution, Treaty of
Brest-Litovsk, Communism, Karl Marx, bourgeois