GRADE 8 SOCIAL STUDIES

Listed below are the 10 LifePacs for Social Studies. Under each Pac is a title description indicating the subject content for that Pac.

PAC #801  EUROPEAN BACKGROUNDS
--EUROPE SETS THE STAGE
    Civilization Awakes from Darkness
    Exploration Catches Fire
--SPAIN LAUNCHES FORTH
    Columbus' Westward Sail
    Spain's Treasure Hunt
--RIVALS CHALLENGE SPAIN
    Early English and Dutch Efforts
    French Trading Interests

PAC #802  THE COLONIZATION OF AMERICA
--COMPETITION FOR COLONIAL CONTROL
    Spanish and French Protect Their Claims
    English and Dutch Face Unknown Horizons
--ESTABLISHMENT OF BRITISH COLONIES
    Thirteen British Colonies
    Colonial Governments
--DEVELOPMENT OF COLONIAL LIFESTYLES
    New England Towns
    Middle Bread Colonies
    Southern Plantations

PAC #803  WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE
--ENGLAND'S COLONIAL POLICIES CREATE RESISTANCE
    British Situation in 1763
    Discontent of the Indians
    British Economy
    Acts of Dismay
    Colonial Resistance
--WAR BEGINS
    Continental Congress
    Battles Which Led to War
    Declaration of Independence
--WAR SPREADS
    Victory in Defeat
    The Turning Point
    Valley Forge
    An Emerging Navy
--WAR ENDS
    Western and Southern Campaigns
    Yorktown
    Treaty of Paris 1783

PAC #804   THIRTEEN COLONIES BECOME THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
--THIRTEEN COLONIES BECOME A FREE NATION
    The Fight for Liberty
    The Peace Treaty of Paris
--COLONISTS ESTABLISH A GOVERNMENT WITH LIBERTY
    The Articles of confederation
    The United States Constitution
    The Bill of Rights
--THE UNITED STATES GROWS IN SIZE AND STATURE
    Our Country Receives Leadership
    Our Nation Suffers Growing Pains
    Americans Move Westward

PAC #805   THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT
--DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
    Industry Develops in 1he North
    Industrial Revolution
    Affects the South
--DEVELOPMENT OF SECTIONAL RIVALRIES
    The Nation's Problems
    The Nation's President
--DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN LANDS
    Manifest Destiny
    Mexican War

PAC #806  THE CIVIL WAR
--CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR
    Differences Divide the Country
    Slavery Becomes an Issue
    Slavery in the Territories
    Events Leading to Secession and the War Between the States
--EVENTS OF THE WAR
    Resources and Strategies of the North and South
    Battle Strategies
    The Emancipation Proclamation
    Significance of the War
--RECONSTRUCTION
    Johnson's Plan
    Republican Radicals
    Radical Reconstruction

PAC #807  THE INDUSTRIAL NATION
--EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY
    European Background
    Colonial Background
--INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
    Early Industry in the United States
    Later Industrial Achievements
--CHANGES OF THE INDUSTRIAL AGE
    Growth of Corporations
    Crisis of the Individual

PAC #808  A WORLD POWER IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
--OVERSEAS EXPLORATION
America's Foreign Policy
    World Awareness
--THE FIRST WORLD WAR
    Causes of the Conflict
    War on the Continent
--PEACE, PROSPERITY, AND DEPRESSION
    Search for Peace
    A Deceptive Prosperity

PAC #809  THE UNITED STATES IN A CHANGING WORLD
--WORLD WAR II
    Quest for Neutrality
    War in Europe and Africa
    War in Asia
    Allied Victory
--ATTEMPTS AT WORLD PEACE
    Allied Military Occupation
    United Nations
    Cold War in Europe
    Hot War in Asia
    Trouble Spots around the World
--CHALLENGES IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY
    Challenges of Technology
    Challenges of Society
    Challenges of Government
    Challenges of Religion

PAC #810  UNITED STATES HISTORY
--FROM EUROPE TO INDEPENDENCE
    European Background
    American Colonization
    American Revolution
--FROM INDEPENDENCE TO MATURITY
    Colonists Established a Government with Dignity
    The United States Grew in Size and Shape
    Sectional Rivalries Developed
    Western Lands Were Settled
    A Civil War Was Fought
--FROM MATURITY TO WORLD POWER
    A Changing Nation
    A World Power
    World War I
    Normalcy and Depression
    World War II