Welcome to Ms. Lopez's 8th Grade Georgia Studies

Welcome to Georgia History!

The curriculum for 8th Grade Social Studies centers around the study of Georgia's geography, history, and government.

We will study the following topics:

Geography, Prehistory and the Age of Exploration, Colonization, American Revolution, American Government, Westward Expansion, Antebellum Era, Civil War & Reconstruction, Progressive Era – World War I, Great Depression, New Deal,

World War II, Modern Georgia, and State and Local Government.