Seneca Community Consolidated Grade School District #170 ~ School Improvement Plan
Grade: Eighth
Subject Area: Social Studies
Month
Framework
SGS Curriculum Map
Updated: 6/2/15
Unit/Topic
Examples of Skills/Activities
Assessment
August
September CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.1
 The Civil War
 Reconstruction
 Civil War Primary
Source Analysis
 Double Column Notes
and Questions
 Map: Choosing Sides
 The Battle of the
Ironclads
 Map: The Siege of
Vicksburg
 The Civil War in Four
Video Analysis
 Economics: The
Devastation of War
 Map: The
Reconstruction Acts
 The Gettysburg Address
iMovie
 Test
 Reconstruction Political
Cartoon
 Test
 The Illinois
Constitution
 Our Federal and State
Constitutions Workbook
Units 25-35
 Double Column Notes
and Questions
 Map: Conflicts with the
Native Americans
 Reading Workbook
Summary and Questions
 Map: Pullman’s
Company Town
 Double Column Notes
and Questions
 Interactive Tour of Ellis
Island
 Map: Patterns of
Immigration
 Literature: The Jungle
 IL Symbols Keynote
 IL Constitution Test
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.9
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.10
October
November CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.9
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.10
December CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.9
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.10
 Americans
Move West
 The Industrial
Age
 Immigrants and
Urban Life
 Document-Based Essay:
Analyze primary
sources and use
information to respond
to a question.
 Writing Thesis
Statements
 Test
Seneca Community Consolidated Grade School District #170 ~ School Improvement Plan
January
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.9
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.10
February
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.9
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.10
March
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.9
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.10
April
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.9
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.10
Excerpt
National Parks Research
and Presentation
Double Column Notes
and Questions
Literature: The Story of
Seward’s Folly
Map: Territories in
Latin America
 The
Progressive
Spirit of
Reform
 America as a
World Power

 World War I
 The Roaring
Twenties
 WWI in Europe PreTest
 Double Column Notes
and Questions
 Map: WWI Troop
Strength and Casualties
 Economics: Inflation:
The Road to Chaos
 War Horse
 Primary Source: from
How It Feels to Be
Colored Me
 Map: Harlem, 19131930
 Roaring Twenties
World Splash
 Guided Reading:
Understanding the Stock
Market
 Political Cartoon: FDR
and the New Deal
 Map: The Dust Bowl
 Stock Market
Simulation (in math)
 Double Column Notes
and Questions
 Political Cartoon:
Remembering Pearl
Harbor
 Map: World War II in
Europe, 1942-1945
 Economics: GDP:
Measuring Welfare

The Great
Depression
 World War II
 Early Years of
the Cold War



 National Parks Research
and Presentation
 Writing: Pros and Cons
Chart and Paragraph
(Should the United
States become more
involved in international
affairs?)
 Test
 Document-Based Essay:
Analyze primary
sources and use
information to respond
to a question.
 WWI: Discussion,
Causes, Reasons Round
Table Discussion
 1920s Radio Ad?
 Test
 Great Depression
Photo/Journal
Assignment
 Test
 Test
 Medal of Honor
Recipient Research and
Speech
 Cuban Missile Crisis
Simulation
Seneca Community Consolidated Grade School District #170 ~ School Improvement Plan
May

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.9
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.10
The Civil
Rights
Movement
 The Vietnam
War Years
 Primary Source Reader
 The Vietnam War
Webquset

 Document-Based Essay:
Analyze primary
sources and use
information to respond
to a question.