Eighth Grade Social Studies Overview

 

 

 

 

 

UNITS

 

I. Introduction to World Civilization

   * World Religions

   * G.R.A.P.E.S

   * DBQ writing ( The Fall of Rome)

 

II. Germanic Kingdoms and the Byzantine Empire

 

III. Growth and Spread of Islamic Civilization

 

IV. Cultures and Kingdoms of Medieval Africa

 

V. Imperial China and the Mongol Empire

 

VI. Classical and feudal Japan

 

VII. Change and Turmoil in Western Europe

 

VIII. Age of Absolutism and Revolution