8th Grade Year at a Glance Unit Week Topic TEKS Welcome Back 1 Beginning of the Year Activities Colonial America 2 Reasons for settlement;; Jamestown, House of Burgesses;; Rise of representative government 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 3A, 10A, 10B, 11B, 11C, 20A, 23C, 23E Colonial America 3 Plymouth, Mayflower Compact, Founding documents, Self-­government 1C, 3B, 15A, 20A, 23A, 23D Colonial America 4 Celebrate Freedom Week;; Great Awakening 3C, 23A, 23D, 25A, 25B, 26A, 26B, 26C Colonial America 5 Political, social and economic comparisons 2B, 7B, 7C, 10C, 11A, 12A, 12B, 12D Pre-­Revolution 6 Triangle Trade, Mercantilism;; French and Indian War 1A, 4A, 12B, 28A Pre-­Revolution 7 Proclamation of 1763;; Taxation;; Mercantilism 4A Pre-­Revolution 8 Taxation Acts;; Civil Disobedience 1B, 20C, 26A, 26B, 26C Pre-­Revolution 9 Boston Tea Party, Sons of Liberty 20C, 21A, 21B Pre-­Revolution 10 Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, Grievances 1C, 15C, 19A, 20B Declaration of Independence and Revolution 11 Causes of the revolution, Revolutionary leaders, Lexington and Concord 1A, 4A, 4B, 22B, 23D, 23E D of I and Revolution 12 Battles;; Thomas Paine and Common Sense 19A, 26A, 26B D of I and Revolution 13 Battles, Leaders, Treaty of Paris of 1783 1B, 4C, 23D D of I and Revolution 14 Articles of Confederation;; Northwest Ordinance 4C 6A D of I and Revolution 15 Articles of Confederation, Need for new government 15B D of I and Revolution 16 Wrap up first semester;; District Assessment 15B Constitution 17 Founding Fathers;; Constitutional Convention;; Compromises 1A, 1B, 1C, 4D, 15B, 20B, 21C, 23E Constitution 18 Principles of government 15D Constitution 19 Federalists / Anti-­Federalists;; Political Parties 4E, 15A, 17A, 21A Constitution 20 Constitution, Bill of Rights, Amendments, Rights and responsibilities of citizens 4E, 15C, 16A, 19B, 19C, 19D, 19E, 19F, 21B, 25A, 25B, 25C Early Republic 21 Washington Farewell Address, Political parties, Leadership qualities 1A, 5A, 5C, 5E, 14A, 21A, 21B, 22A Early Republic 22 Louisiana Purchase, Marbury v. Madison, Judicial review C, 5E, 6E, 10A, 18A, 18B Early Republic 23 Problems in new republic, War of 1812, Star-­Spangled Banner, National Identity and Era of Good Feeling, Monroe Doctrine;; District Assessment 1B, 5B, 5D, 5E, 10A, 10B, 10C, 11A, 11B, 11C, 12A, 12D, 13A, 14B, 18B, 22B, 23C, 23D, 23E, 26A, 26B, 26C Age of Jackson 24 Political parties, Banking, Native Americans, Trail of Tears, Worcester v. Georgia 1A, 1B, 5B, 5C, 5F, 5G, 7D, 14A, 14B, 22A, 23C Westward Expansion 25 Manifest Destiny, Mexican War, Growth of the U.S. (land and population), Railroads 1A, 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 7C, 10A, 11A, 11B, 11C, 12C, 13B, 14A, 14B, 22B, 23A, 23B, 23C, 23D, 23E, 26B, 27D American Culture and Reform 26 Industrialization, Impact of science and technology on economic development of U.S. 1A, 1B, 10A, 10B, 12D, 13B, 14A, 14B, 23B, 27A, 27B, 27C, 27D, 28A, 28B American Culture and Reform 27 Reformers, Abolition, Suffrage, Temperance, American art, music and literature 7B, 10A, 10B, 20C, 21A, 21B, 22B, 23A, 23C, 23D, 23E, 24A, 24B, 25B, 25C, 26A, 26B, 26C, Sectionalism 28 STAAR Testing;; Sectional differences (economic, political and social);; Dred Scott;; Conflicts and compromises 1A, 1B, 5B, 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 8B, 10A, 10B, 12A, 12B, 12C, 12D, 13B, 14A, 14B, 17B, 18C, 21A, 21B, 21C, 27B, 27C, 27D, 28A, 28B Civil War 29 Battles, Leaders, Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation 1A, 1B, 1C, 8A, 8B, 8C, 12D, 17B, 21A, 23B, 23C Reconstruction 30 Reconstruction;; 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments;; Hiram Rhodes Revel;; Homestead, Dawes and Morrill Acts 1A, 1B, 1C, 8B, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D 12D, 16B, 22A STAAR 31 STAAR Review and Test Civil War and Reconstruction 32 Civil War 8A, 8B, 8C Civil War and Reconstruction 33 Civil War 10A, 10B, 10C, 26C, 27A, 27B, 27C Civil War and Reconstruction 34 Civil War 23D, 23E, 26A, 26B, 26C Civil War and Reconstruction 35 Reconstruction 9C, 21C, 26A, 26B, 26C Civil War and Reconstruction 36 Reconstruction;; District Assessment 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D, 28A, 28B 37 Last Week of School