Welcome to the First Course of 8th Grade Social Studies & World History!

In the first course, we will be covering a period of time spanning from the beginnings of human society all the way up to the Scientific Revolution.

We will be discussing famous figures in history like Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, and Alexander the Great. We will also be covering famous events like the Fall of Rome, the War of Roses, and the Black Death.

Additional outside work can be found in the World History workbook. Not every topic will have additional work, and all additional work is optional!

Reference Material

G8SSH – Reference Material

Section 1

G8SSH1.1 – Introduction to Prehistory
G8SSH1.2 – The Stone Age
G8SSH1.3 – Cro-Magnons of Europe
G8SSH1.4 – The Bronze Age
G8SSH1.5 – Ancient Cities of Catal Huyuk & Jericho
G8SSH1.6 – The Minoans
G8SSH1.7 – Intro to Ancient Mesopotamia
G8SSH1.8 – The Sumerians & The Akkadians
G8SSH1.9 – The Assyrians & The Babylonian
G8SSH1.10 – Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt
G8SSH1.11 – Egyptian Old Kingdom: Geography & Culture
G8SSH1.12 – Egyptian Old Kingdom: Pharaohs & Pyramids
G8SSH1.13 – Ancient Anatolia
G8SSH1.14 – The Hittite Empire: Culture
G8SSH1.15 – The Hittite Empire: Warfare

Section 2

G8SSH1.16 – Ancient Indus Valley Civilization
G8SSH1.17 – Uncovering the Indus Cities
G8SSH1.18 – Culture of the Indus Valley
G8SSH1.19 – Introduction to Ancient China
G8SSH1.20 – The First Ancient Chinese Dynasties
G8SSH1.21 – The Shang Dynasty
G8SSH1.22 – The Zhou Dynasty
G8SSH1.23.1 – Culture of Ancient China part 1
G8SSH1.23.2 – Culture of Ancient China part 2
G8SSH1.24 – Megalithic Stone-Building
G8SSH1.25 – Megaliths Across Europe
G8SSH1.26 – Discovering Stonehenge
G8SSH1.27 – Introduction to the Mycenaean Greeks
G8SSH1.28.1 – Mycenaean Greece: Culture & Customs part 1
G8SSH1.28.2 – Mycenaean Greece: Culture & Customs part 2

Section 3

G8SSH1.29 – Introduction to Ancient Phoenicians
G8SSH1.30 – Ancient Phoenician Trade & Culture
G8SSH1.31 – Ancient Phoenician Religion & Collapse
G8SSH1.32 – New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt
G8SSH1.33 – Ancient Egyptian Religion
G8SSH1.34 – Ancient Egyptian Culture
G8SSH1.35.1 – Pharaohs of the New Kingdom part 1
G8SSH1.35.2 – Pharaohs of the New Kingdom part 2
G8SSH1.36 – Ancient Egyptian Burial
G8SSH1.37 – Introduction to the Kingdom of Kush
G8SSH1.38 – Kushite Culture
G8SSH1.39 – Kushites in the Ancient World
G8SSH1.40 – Introduction to Nomadic Pastoralism
G8SSH1.41.1 – Nomadic Empires part 1
G8SSH1.41.2 – Nomadic Empires part 2

Section 4

G8SSH1.42 – Introduction to Ancient Persia
G8SSH1.43 – Kings of Ancient Persia
G8SSH1.44 – Culture of Ancient Persia
G8SSH1.45 – Introduction to Ancient Greece
G8SSH1.46 – Culture of Ancient Greece
G8SSH1.47 – Athens and Sparta
G8SSH1.48 – The Greco-Persian War
G8SSH1.49 – Battles of Marathon & Thermopylae
G8SSH1.50 – End of the Greco-Persian Wars
G8SSH1.51.1 – Alexander the Great part 1
G8SSH1.51.2 – Alexander the Great part 2
G8SSH1.51.3 – Alexander the Great part 3
G8SSH1.52.1 – The Hellenistic Age part 1
G8SSH1.52.2 – The Hellenistic Age part 2
G8SSH1.52.3 – The Hellenistic Age part 3

Section 5

G8SSH1.53 – Introduction to the Celts
G8SSH1.54 – Celtic Culture
G8SSH1.55 – The Gauls
G8SSH1.56.1 – Ancient Rome part 1
G8SSH1.56.2 – Ancient Rome part 2
G8SSH1.56.3 – Ancient Rome part 3
G8SSH1.57.1 – Julius Caesar part 1
G8SSH1.57.2 – Julius Caesar part 2
G8SSH1.57.3 – Julius Caesar part 3
G8SSH1.58 – Beware the Ides of March
G8SSH1.59.1 – The Roman Empire part 1
G8SSH1.59.2 – The Roman Empire part 2
G8SSH1.60 – Ptolemaic Egypt
G8SSH1.61 – Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
G8SSH1.62 – The Fall of Ancient Egypt