Current Unit: Westward Expansion
Westward Expansion Vocab
Mexican-American War: An Overview
Mexican-American War Video
Previous Mysteries:
Mystery #5 Salty
Mystery #5 Fun
Mystery #5 Spicy
Mystery #5 Savage
Mystery #4 Salty
Mystery #4 Fun
Mystery #4 Spicys
Mystery #4 Savage
Mystery #3: Salty
Mystery #3: Fun
Mystery #3: Savages
Mystery #3: Spicys
Wagon Mystery #2: Salty
Wagon Mystery #2: Fun
Mystery # 2 Savages
Mystery #2: Spicys
Mystery #1: Salty
Mystery #1: Fun
Mystery #1: Savages
Mystery #1: Spicys
Mystery Points
Nichols Wagon Mystery Points
Wood Wagon Mystery Points
Welcome to 8th Grade Social Studies! This year, we will focus on American history beginning with the building of our New Nation after the Constitution and ending the school year with Reconstruction. We will examine the political, economic, and social events and issues related to the development of our nation during these time periods. We will be using a variety of rich primary and secondary source material including historical documents, biographies and autobiographies, novels, speeches, letters, and diaries, as well as poetry, songs, and artwork.
~Mr. Nichols & Mrs. Wood~
We can learn from history how past generations thought and acted, how they responded to the demands of their time, and how they solved their problems. We can learn by analogy, not by example, for our circumstances will always be different than theirs were. The main thing history can teach us is that human actions have consequences and that certain choices, once made, cannot be undone. They foreclose the possibility of making other choices and thus they determine future events. ~Gerda Lerner~
Our Schedule & Contact Info:
7:40-8:25 Conference Period
8:30-9:15 CESIT
9:20-10:05 CESIT
10:10-10:30 STREAM (Advisory, Monday Only)
10:35-12:30 Language Arts/ Social Studies, Rm 7A (Nichols) & Rm 7B (Wood)
12:30-1:00 Lunch
1:10-3:10 Language Arts/ Social Studies, Rm A219 (Nichols) & Rm A112 (Wood)
CSA Tel: 713.251.1600
FAX: 713.365.5787
Email Samuel.Nichols@SpringBranchisd.com
Email Catherine.Wood-Sponsel@SpringBranchISD.com