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Welcome to Mr. Hoehna's 7th and
8th Grade Social Studies Classes for 2009/10
Data Dashboard Updated 11/19
7th and 8th Grade Unit Plan with Unit Focus:
7th Grade
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Geography
*Globes and
Maps
*Map
Projections
*Hemispheres
*Latitude/Longitude
*Great
Circles
*Parts of a Map
*Scale
*Types of Map
*Location, Place, Environment, Movement and
Region
12
Weeks – Washington State
History
- WSH State/Fed
Governments
*Three
Branches
*Bill Becomes
Law
*Forms of
Government
*Washington State
Cabinet
*Famous Washington
Politicians
*Differences between
State/Fed
*Similarities between
State//Fed
- WSH Current
Events
- WSH Illustrated
Timeline
*British Fur Trade
*Whitman Massacre
*Oregon Territory 1848
*Washington Territory 1853
*Pig War
*Yakama Wars
*Nez Perce Retreat
*Washington Statehood
*Klondike Gold Rush
- WSH Newspaper
Project
1880-1889
• Statehood and Constitution (1889)
• Seattle Fire and Rebuilding of Seattle
(1889)
• Elisha Ferry elected 1st governor of
Washington (1889)
1890-1899
• Klondike Gold Rush (1897-1898)
• Great Northern Transcontinental Railroad
is completed to Seattle, led by James Hill (1893)
1900-1909
• Growth of Lumber Industry (Weyerhauser
company is formed)
• Creation of the Industrial Workers of the
World (IWW) “The Wobblies” (unions)
• Washington’s Suffrage Movement
– Women in Washington gain right to vote in 1910
1910-1919
• Boeing is founded (1916) – early
years of the company
• Washington State during World War I
(1917-1918)
• Seattle General Strike (1919)
• Everett Massacre (1916)
• May Arkwright Hutton dies (1915) look back
at her life and accomplishments
1920-1929
• Bertha Landes (Seattle’s first
female mayor)
• Political Leaders – Mark Reed and
Roland Hartley
1930-1939
• Construction of Grand Coulee Dam (begins
1933)
• Prohibition ends in Washington (1933)
• The New Deal in Washington State and
Governor Clarence Martin
• The Great Depression in Washington State
(Hoovervilles)
1940-1949
• Washington State’s role in
supporting the country in World War Two (1941-1945)
• Japanese Internment
• Hanford Atomic Project during World War
Two
1950-1959
• William Boeing dies (1956) look back at
his life
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge completed (1950)
1960-1969
• World’s Fair and building of Space
Needle (1962)
• Anti-Vietnam War protests in Washington
State
1970-1979
• U.S. v. Washington, Boldt Decision (1974)
involves Native American disputes over fishing rights
• William O. Douglas retires from U.S.
Supreme Court in 1975 (look back on his life and career)
• Dixie Lee Ray elected, only female
governor in state history (1976)
1980-1989
• Eruption of Mt. St. Helens (May 18,
1980)
• Growth of Microsoft company
• Warren Magnuson dies (1989) U.S. Senator
from Washington State – look back at his life
1990-1999
• Impact and influence of Paul Allen on
Seattle
• Norm Rice serves as 1st African-American
mayor of Seattle (1989-1997) look at his life/career
• Building of Safeco Field – Raising
of $, construction, etc. (completed in 1999)
2000-2009
• Bill Gates biography (look back on his
career up until the present day)
• Gary Locke finishes final term as governor
(look back at his career)
• Women in politics in Washington –
Christine Gregoire, Patty Murray, and Maria Cantwell
11
Weeks
- Roman Empire
- Feudalism
- Crusades
- European
Renaissance
6
Weeks
- Middle East
8th Grade
3
weeks
- American
Colonies
*John Smith, William Penn, George Calvert,
James, Duke of York
*Jamestown, Plymouth, and Roanoke
*New England, Middle and Southern Colonies
*Puritans, Separatist, and Pilgrims
*Mayflower Compact, Town Hall Meetings, House of
Burgesses.
*Salem Witch Trials
*Colonial Punishments
5
Weeks
- American
Revolution
*French and Indian War
*Stamp, Quartering, and Intolerable Acts
*Boston Tea Party
*Lexington and Concord
*Colonist versus British Policies
*Major Battles
*Influential People of the Revolution
5
Weeks
- U.S.
Constitution
*Roman Republic, Magna Carta, and Mayflower
Compact
*Preamble, Articles, and Bill of Rights
*Checks and Balances
*The Great Compromise
- Comparative
Government
*Articles of Confederation versus U.S.
Constitution
*State versus Federal
7
Weeks
- Nation Building
- Expansion and
Industrialization
6 Weeks
- Slavery, Secession and Civil
War
- Reconstruction
3 Weeks
- Economics
6 Weeks
- Immigration and
Reform
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