Eighth Grade Lesson Plans

Titles that appear in bold represent the best of the "Share the Knowledge" units presented over the years at Core Knowledge National Conferences.

Language Arts/English

I. Writing, Grammar, and Usage

• Greek and Latin Root Words (2005)
• Essays and Speeches (2003)
• The Power of Words (2001)

II. Poetry

• Real Old Rap (2002)
• Poetry — The Essence of Life (2001)
• Shall I Compare Thee to a Jabberwocky? (2001)

III. Fiction, Nonfiction, and Drama

• Student-Based Oral Reading & Presentation Study of Shakespeare’s 12th Night (2007)
• Teachers See the Truth but Wait (2006)
• Composing a Life: Autobiography & Maya Angelou (2004)
• The Good Earth and The China Research Paper (Two for the Price of One!) (2003)
• Shall I Compare Thee to a Jabberwocky? (2001)
• Short Stories: The Puzzle Pieces of Life (2001)
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (2000)
• Brown Bagging with Short Stories (2000)
• Animals, Unite! (1999)

IV. Foreign Phrases Commonly Used in English

• Qu'est-ce que c'est? Foreign Phrases! (2006)

History and Geography

I. Decline of European Colonialism

• The Breakup of the British Empire (2004)
• Beyond Chopsticks and Rice (2002)

II. Cold War

• Washington, D.C.: The Ultimate Core Knowledge Field Trip (2004)
• Whose Business Is It Anyway? McCarthyism and Its Effect on Individual Rights (2003)
• Hitting the Cold War From All Angles (2001)
• The Cold War: Solving the Mystery of History with Voices on Vinyl (2001)
• The Cold War (1999)
• Turbulent Times of the Sixties (1998)
• Adapting a Core Knowledge Unit for the Inclusion of Special Education Students: The Kennedy Years (1998)

III. Civil Rights Movement

• Turbulent Times of the Sixties (1998)

IV. Vietnam War and the Rise of Social Activism

• The Vietnam War (2006)

V. Middle East and Oil Politics

• History of the Middle East (2007)

VI. End of the Cold War: Expansion of Democracy and Continuing Challenges

• Beyond Chopsticks and Rice (2002)

VII. Civics: The Constitution - Principles and Structure of American Democracy

VIII. Geography of Canada and Mexico

Visual Arts

I. Art History: Periods and Schools

II. Architecture Since the Industrial Revolution

Music

• The Cold War: Solving the Mystery of History with Voices on Vinyl (2001)

I. Elements of Music

• Africa: Small Sounds from a Big Country (2004)

II. Non-Western Music

• Africa: Small Sounds from a Big Country (2004)
• The Hidden Music of Southeast Asia (2003)

III. Classical Music: Nationalists and Moderns

• Operatunities (2008)

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