What are we studying?
Links:

New York State Education Department

 

 Curriculum:

Grade 8 Social Studies focuses on American History from Reconstruction after the Civil War to the Present day. Students are required to take a state exam in June.

 

Our exam in June is broken up into 2 days, each day has 1 booklet to complete. Day 1 is the multiple choice section which is 45 multiple choice questions along with 5 'constructed response' questions based on analyzing documents such as political cartoons or short speeches.

The Second day, booklet 2, is made of a Document Based Question (DBQ) where students will first analyze documents with short constructed responses and then write an essay.

Old State Exams:

2001 Booklet 1.

2002 Booklet 1

2003 Booklet 1

2004 Booklet 1

2005 Booklet 1

2006 Booklet 1

2007 Booklet 1

 2001 Booklet 2 (WW2's affect at Home)

2002 Booklet 2 (Progressive Era/Reformers)

2003 Booklet 2 (Transportation Erie Canal/Transcon. RR)

2004 Booklet 2 (Rights of Women)

2005 Booklet 2 (Civil Rights)

2006 Booklet 2 (Immigration)

2007 Booklet 2 (Great Depression)