8th+Grade

8th Grade will be studying World History: Ancient times - 1500 CE. Wondering, "What's CE?" It's the new AD. Check out the [|Wikipedia page]. We will start with Adam and Eve and work our way up to the early stages of the Renaissance. In this class students will discover history is simply a series of men trying to take over the world. Some of them were quite successful. We will also look at the big world religions and how they spread throughout the world.

__(click links to view Wikipedia pages on each topic)__

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 * First Semester **__
 * [|Stone Age] and the [|Ice Age]
 * Ancient [|China] and Religion
 * Ancient [|India] and Religion
 * Civilization in [|Early Europe]

__**Second Semester **__
 * The [|Early Middle Ages]
 * The [|High Middle Ages]
 * The [|Byzantine Empire]
 * [|Russia]
 * [|Africa]

**Resources **
 * [|Continents map game.]
 * [|European Countries map game.]
 * [|Alabama Virtual Library] has an excellent search engine called "Kid Search" that is geared for middle school students. Students can find great sources here.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|On This Day in History] (History Channel)



For information on Class Procedures click here. For information on daily Homework click here. Photo by Miss Davis.



<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Hadrian's Wall] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">November 1 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Chapter 5 Test Guide – 8th Grade History

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">__Vocab__:


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Straits || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Polis || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Acropolis || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Monarchy || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Aristocracy ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Oligarchy || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Phalanx || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Democracy || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Tyrant || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Legislature ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Direct democracy || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Rhetoric || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Tragedy || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Comedy ||  ||

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">__Other__:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Homer

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Academic lineage of Plato, Socrates, Aristotle

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Alexander the Great

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Athens and Sparta

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Persian War

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Peloponnesian War