SOCIAL STUDIES - GRADE 8

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    THE MISSION OF THE GRAND ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IS TO FOSTER ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE,

    PERSONAL GROWTH, AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

     

     

    Grade 8 Social Studies - Topics of Study:

    The Reconstruction Era- Growth in the West - Industrialization and Urban Growth -

    The Progressive Era - Imperialism - WWI - The United States through Depression and WWII -

    The Cold War - The Civil Rights Era - Vietnam to Present

     

     

       

    Mr. "Dutch" Van Kirk and Ms. Hayes

    Mr. Van Kirk is the famous United States Army Air Force navigator of the Enola Gay

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Ms. Hayes and Mr. F. Anthony Keating,

    Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army.

    (in attendance at dinner in Mr. Keating's honor at Fort Drum, New York)

     

     

     

     

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