The Arkansas Journey is a brand-new 8th grade Arkansas History textbook. Because the outline for this book was based on the Arkansas Social Studies Curriculum Framework, it teaches geography, civics, history, and economics. The student edition has many features such as Linking the Past to the Present, Arkansas Portraits, timelines, maps, charts, graphs, and chapter reviews that engage students in special people, periods, or events that have influenced Arkansas history. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 The Natural State
Chapter 2 The First People
Chapter 3 Explorers and Invaders
Chapter 4 A Land Called Arkansas
Chapter 5 Antebellum On the Road to Statehood
Chapter 6 The Civil War
Chapter 7 Rebuilding the State; Rebuilding the Nation