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Welcome to the Social Studies Department at
Allendale Fairfax Middle School!!!

5 months ago
Welcome to the Social Studies Department at
Allendale Fairfax Middle School!!!
about 1 year ago
“The focus for social studies in grade eight is the history of South Carolina and the role that the state and its people have played in the development of the United States as a nation. Students learn about the state’s development during colonial times; the growth of the American ideal, which led to the break with England; and the rising controversy about slavery, which led to the Civil War.
The continued study of South Carolina from Reconstruction to the present, including the struggle for social and economic justice waged by the people of South Carolina, further allows students to see the progress that the state has made and also to visualize the future challenges yet to be met and overcome.” - From the South Carolina Social Studies Standards 2011.
Welcome to our 8th Grade Social Studies Class Website
Course Standards
8-1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the settlement of South Carolina and the United States by Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans
8-2 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the causes of the American Revolution and the beginnings of the new nation, with an emphasis on South Carolina’s role in the development of that nation.
8-3 The student will demonstrate an understanding of South Carolina’s role in the development of the new national government.
8-4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the multiple events that led to the Civil War.
8-5 The student will understand the impact of Reconstruction, industrialization, and Progressivism on society and politics in South Carolina in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
8-6 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the role of South Carolina in the nation in the early twentieth century.
8-7 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the impact on South Carolina of significant events of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Course Overview Tentative Dates*[1]
Unit 1 Two Worlds Meet August 19- September 10
Unit 2 Colonial SC September 11- October 9
Unit 3 SC and the American Revolution October 12- November 6
Unit 4 The Antebellum South November 9- December 8
Unit 5 A Nation Divided December 9- January 19
Unit 6 The Second Civil War January 20 – February 8
Unit 7 Expansion and Reform February 9- March 3
Unit 8 Conflict and Challenge March 4- April 7
Unit 9 Turbulence and Change April 8- April 29
Unit 10 Modern SC May 2- End of the Year
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