This download includes the unit study guide in both PDF format and fully-editable MS Word format. The document have been formatted perfectly to fit on one paper for easy printing (two pages on one paper, front and back).
 
This information-rich handout is meant to outline important items from each unit, to help teacher and/or students frame the unit, to guide conversations, to prepare for assessment, and more.
 
Each unit study guide has:
 
*** space for students to find a primary source to represent the unit (with room for a caption and explanation)
 
*** around 20 key terms and important people (with space for students to write definitions)
 
*** roughly 7-8 key concepts (main ideas to take away from the unit)
 
*** roughly 7-8 key questions. Verbally or in writing, the key questions could be answer by students in a sentence, a paragraph, or even an essay
 
Other units available for 8th grade U.S. History include:
 
1 COLONIES
2 REVOLUTION
3 CONSTITUTION
4 IDEALS & FOREIGN POLICY
5 THE WEST
6 ABOLITION
7 CIVIL WAR
8 RECONSTRUCTION