We are on the eighth grade cycle (U.S. history) for 2022-2023.

For Social Studies, we mostly use the text:

​A Young People's History of the United States
by Howard Zinn

A copy is available online via: http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html 

Supplemental texts used this school year include:
  • A Different Mirror, For Young People: A History of MultiCultural America
         by Ronald Takaki
  • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz​
  • Junior Scholastic
  • ​Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi

Websites Supporting Voting Rights:
One way to counter the harm caused by voter suppression is to encourage activism and information around the right to vote. Nonprofit organizations, including:
Websites for creating a bibliography/works cited page:
Useful Websites:
  • Biography Website: For Historical Person Project
​​​http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/famous_historical_people.htm
  • NY Times Student Connection
This education portion of the New York Times site offers great tools for research and current events.
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/
  • Newsweek
A credible news source for research and information.
http://www.newsweek.com
  • ABC NewsA great news source for current events.
http://abcnews.go.com/
  • CNN News
A great news source for current events.
http://www.cnn.com/
  • MSNBC
Another great site for current events.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
  • National Archives
The National Archives for our government.  Great for research.
http://www.archives.gov
  • Library of Congress
Another great site for history research.
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
  • History Channel
Great site for history videos, "this day in history," and research.
http://www.history.com/
  • PBS History
A  great page for history research.
http://www.pbs.org/history
  • The World Factbook
Great site for finding statistics and facts for research.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
  • Best History Sites
A great collection of history sites.
http://www.besthistorysites.org
Textbook:
TCI History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism

The below chapters are from PPS's most current Social Studies textbook adoption (note this text,TCI History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism is 15 years old and does not support 2022 Oregon State Standards). We are awaiting the districts new text book adoption.

​The Americas
"The Native Americans" (chapter 1: pages 1-15
"European Exploration and Settlement" (chapter 2: pages 16-33)
"Columbus and the Indians" (Zinn chapter 1: pages 1-17)

Colonial Life
"The English Colonies in America" (chapter 3: pages 34-47)
"Life in the Colonies" (chapter 4: pages 48-61)
"Black and White" (Zinn chapter 2: pages 18-33)
"Who Were the Colonists?" (Zinn chapter 3: pages 34-

​American Revolution
"Toward Independence" (chapter 5: pages 62-77)
"Declaration of Independence" (chapter 6: pages 78-85)
"American Revolution" (chapter 7: pages 86-101)
"Tyranny is Tyranny" (Zinn chapter 4: 52-66)

Constitution
"Creating the Constitution" (chapter 8: pages 102-117)
"Constitution: A More Perfect Union" (chapter 9: pages 118-131)
"The Bill of Rights" (chapter 10: pages 132-143)

Early America
"Political Developments in the Early Republic" (chapter 11: pages 144-159)
"Foreign Affairs in the Young Nation" (chapter 12: pages 160-173)
"A Growing Sense of Nationhood" (chapter 13: pages 174-183)

Manifest Destiny
"Andrew Jackson and the Growth of American Democracy" (chapter 14: pages 184-195)
"Manifest Destiny and the Growing Nation" (chapter 15: pages 196-209)
"Life in the West" (chapter 16: pages 210-227)
"Mexicano Contributions to the Southwest" (chapter 17: pages 228-239)
"Mexicano Contributions to the Southwest" guided reading notes
"An Era of Reform" (chapter 18: pages 240-251)

Civil War
"The Worlds of North and South" (chapter 19: pages 252-267)
"African Americans at Mid-Century" (chapter 20: pages 268-283)
"A Dividing Nation" (chapter 21: pages 284-301)
"The Civil War" (chapter 22: pages 302-321)

Reconstruction & Industrialization
"Reconstruction Era" (chapter 23: pages 322-335)
"Tensions in the West" (chapter 24: pages 336-351)
"Rise of Industry" (chapter 25: pages 352-369)
"The Great Wave of Immigration" (chapter 26: pages 370-383)
"Progressive Era" (chapter 27: pages 384-397)
"America Becomes a World Power" (chapter 28: pages 398-415)