Jackson Hole Middle School Course Syllabus
Teacher: David Wells
Course Title: US History pre-Columbian to 1865
Course Standards/Objectives:
8th grade History content standards are undergoing revision due to adoption of new curriculum.
Objectives:
* Students will practice and develop critical thinking and analysis skills as they relate to various historical materials and media.
*Students will develop, note-taking, writing and research skills using school-wide writing, and writing assessment systems.
* Students will examine cause and effect in early US History and its connection to the present.
* Thematic Focuses include:
Constitution
Community
Cultures
Conflict
Contours of Freedom
Current Events