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New York State Social Studies

Grades Seven and Eight:

United States and New York State History

Curriculum Resources

 
 
 
GRADE SEVEN
Unit 1: The Global Heritage of the American People Prior to 1500
TRADE BOOK PROGRAM: Unit One Guide, Courtesy of the New York City Department of Education - "Early Encounters: Native Americans and Explorers"
 
Unit 2: European Exploration and Colonization of the Americas
TRADE BOOK PROGRAM: Unit Two Guide, Courtesy of the New York City Department of Education - "Colonial America and the American Revolution"
 
Unit 3: A Nation Is Created
TRADE BOOK PROGRAM: Unit Three Guide, Courtesy of the New York City Department of Education - "A New Nation"
 
Unit 4: Experiments in Government
TRADE BOOK PROGRAM: Unit Four Guide, Courtesy of the New York City Department of Education - "A Nation Grows"
 
Unit 5: Division and Reunion
TRADE BOOK PROGRAM: Unit Five Guide, Courtesy of the New York City Department of Education - "Civil War and Reconstruction"
 
GRADE EIGHT
Unit 7: An Industrial Society
TRADE BOOK PROGRAM: Unit One Guide, Courtesy of the New York City Department of Education - "An Industrial Society"
 
Unit 8: The United States As an Independent Nation in an Increasingly Interdependent World
 
 
Unit 9: The United States between the Wars
 
 
Unit 10: The United States Assumes Worldwide Responsibilities
 
 
Unit 11: The Changing Nature of the American People from
World War II to the Present
 
 
Miscellaneous
WEBSITE LINK: New York State Education Department Official Social Studies Curriculum, Grades 7 and 8