8th Grade Social Studies Page

Welcome to the site of Mr. Murphy and Mr. Binette

Welcome to the website of the 8th Grade Social Studies teachers at the Ipswich Middle School. This year you will be studying what most historians agree is THE BEST PERIOD IN HISTORY the years 500-1700. Below is an overview of the units we will be studying this year:

1. Choosing to Participate: Identity and Membership
   2. Choosing to Participate: Understanding your Choices and Obligations
   3. The Dark Ages and Feudalism
   4. The Islamic World/Christianity and Crusade
   5.  The Renaissance
   6.   The Reformation
   7.  The Age of Discovery
   8.  Spanish conquest of the Inca and Aztec
  9.  Early America
10.  The age of Enlightenment and Reason

11.  The French Revolution