Valley Elementary / Middle School

8th Grade

Links to TEXTBOOK TOPICS and READING SHEETS

Topic 4.1 The Industrial Revolution Begins

Topic 4.3 The Second Industrial Revolution

Topic 6.1 The New Imperialism

Topic 7.1 World War I Begins

Causes of World War I READING SHEET

Topic 7.2 Fighting the Great War

Big Bertha READING SHEET

Gallipoli READING SHEET

Battle of Verdun READING SHEET

Topic 7.3 World War I Ends

John J. Pershing READING SHEET

Paris Peace Conference READING SHEET  

Treaty of Versailles READING SHEET

Topic 8.5 The West After World War I

A 10-Year Spree READING SHEET

Tin Lizzie READING SHEET

America's New Toy READING SHEET

Slang of the 1920s

The Great Depression, Roosevelt, and the New Deal READING SHEET

Topic 8.6 Fascism Emerges in Italy

Topic 8.7 The Soviet Union Under Stalin

Topic 8.8 The Rise of Nazi Germany

Rise of a Dictator READING SHEET

Topic 9.1 Aggression, Appeasement, and War

Peace For Our Time READING SHEET

Blitzkrieg READING SHEET

Topic 9.2 The Axis Powers Advance

War and Uneasy Neutrality READING SHEET

Battle of Britain READING SHEET

The Blitz READING SHEET

Japan, Pearl Harbor, and the War READING SHEET

Topic 9.4 The Allies Turn The Tide

Midway READING SHEET

Operation Torch and the Battle of El Alamein READING SHEET

Stalingrad-One City Too Far READING SHEET

Operation Citadel and the Battle of Kursk READING SHEET

Operation Overlord READING SHEET

Battle of the Bulge READING SHEET

Topic 9.5 Victory for the Allies

Iwo Jima READING SHEET

Okinawa READING SHEET

Victory in the Pacific READING SHEET

Topic 10.1 A New Global Conflict

The Arms Race READING SHEET

Topic 10.2 The Western Democracies and Japan

Outline Map of Africa

Outline Map of Asia

Outline Map of Europe

Outline Map of North America

Outline Map of South America