Class discussion/Demo - Lexington and Concord

8^th Grade History Study Topics

Brain Research
      Ancora Imparo
      The three Learning Styles

Study/Note taking Skills
      How often should you “read” your notes?
      The 2 Types of History

Introduction

– The Scientific Revolution
            Vocabulary
Oath of the Crusaders
Centers of Scientific Study
The Four “Eras”
The Father of Philosophy
The “Old Way” vs the “New Way”
Copernicus
Brahe
Kepler
Galileo
Bacon
Newton

Unit 1 – Age of Enlightenment
Vocabulary
René Descartes
Baruch Spinoza
Pierre Bayle
Rousseau
Cogito Ergo Sum
The “Machinistic”View
Liberalism
King Louis IV
King Louis V
Salons
Voltaire
Diderot
Hobbes
Locke
Montesquieu
Rousseau

Unit 2 – Age of Enlightened Despots
Pyotr The Great
The Great Northern War
Katerina the Great
The Seven Years War


Unit 3 – The Church before the Revolution
The Holy Roman Empire
Diet

The Seven Years War
            The Ohio Valley
            The Beaver Wars
            The Braddock Plan
The Impact of the Battle of Ft. Duquesne
“French and Indian War” vs. “the Seven Years War”
The “Jummonville Affair”
Albany Plan of Union
Ben Franklin’s “Weak Noodle” assessment
“Join or Die” graphic
Treaty of Paris, 1763
           
Lead up to the American Revolution
Royal Proclamation of 1763
Grievous Tyranny – Ben Franklin’s warning
The Great Awakening
Who’s Who of the Lead up to the Revolution
The Peter Zenger Trial
Stamp Act
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Plan for Conciliation
Patrick Henry’s Speech
Lexington and Concord
Declaration of Independence