Grade 8TAC §113.20
US History
The Americas before contact through Reconstruction. Indigenous civilizations, colonization, revolution, Constitution, expansion, slavery, Civil War, and the unfinished promise of Reconstruction.
Units
14
Credit
1.0 credit
Weekly Hours
4 hrs
Duration
36 weeks
What You'll Learn
Primary Sources
Read the actual documents — the Declaration, the Constitution, slave narratives, and battlefield letters.
Multiple Perspectives
Examine the same events through Indigenous, African American, Tejano, and Anglo lenses.
TEKS §113.20 Aligned
Covers Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Grade 8 Social Studies.
Units (14)
1The Americas Before Contact2Exploration and Colonization3Colonial Society: Work, Religion, Identity4The Road to Revolution5The American Revolution6The Constitution: Compromise and Design7The Early Republic: 1789–18158Jacksonian Democracy and Expansion9Reform Movements and American Culture10Westward Expansion and Its Consequences11Slavery, Sectionalism, and the Road to War12The Civil War13Reconstruction: Promise and Betrayal14The Unfinished Revolution