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CA.6-8.HSSA.Historical and Social Sciences Analysis Skills: The intellectual skills noted below are to be learned through, and applied to, the content standards for grades six through eight. They are to be assessed only in conjunction with the content standards in gr
Historical and Social Sciences Analysis Skills: The intellectual skills noted below are to be learned through, and applied to, the content standards for grades six through eight. They are to be assessed only in conjunction with the content standards in gr
6-8.CST. Chronological and Spatial Thinking6-8.CST.1. Students explain how major events are related to one another in time.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Archaeology Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Holocaust Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Aztecs Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Cold War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Incas Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Maya Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Urbanization Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
6-8.CST.3. Students use a variety of maps and documents to identify physical and cultural features of neighborhoods, cities, states, and countries and to explain the historical migration of people, expansion and disintegration of empires, and the growth of economic Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome
6-8.HI. Historical Interpretation6-8.HI.1. Students explain the central issues and problems from the past, placing people and events in a matrix of time and place.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Archaeology Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Canada Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil Rights Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Expansionism Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Holocaust Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Panama Canal Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Alamo Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Aztecs Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Cold War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Incas Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Maya Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide TVA Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Urbanization Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
6-8.HI.2. Students understand and distinguish cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including the long-and short-term causal relations.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Archaeology Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Holocaust Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Aztecs Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Cold War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Incas Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Maya Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Urbanization Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
6-8.HI.3. Students explain the sources of historical continuity and how the combination of ideas and events explains the emergence of new patterns.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Archaeology Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Aztecs Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Cold War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Incas Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Maya Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
6-8.HI.4. Students recognize the role of chance, oversight, and error in history.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Archaeology Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Aztecs Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Cold War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Incas Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Maya Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
6-8.HI.5. Students recognize that interpretations of history are subject to change as new information is uncovered.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Archaeology Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Aztecs Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Cold War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Incas Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Maya Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
6-8.HI.6. Students interpret basic indicators of economic performance and conduct cost-benefit analyses of economic and political issues.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics
6-8.REP. Research, Evidence, and Point6-8.REP.1. Students frame questions that can be answered by historical study and research.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Archaeology Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Aztecs Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Cold War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Incas Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Maya Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
CA.7.World History and Geography: Medieval and Early Modern Times
World History and Geography: Medieval and Early Modern Times
7.1. Students analyze the causes and effects of the vast expansion and ultimate disintegration of the Roman Empire.7.1.1. Study the early strengths and lasting contributions of Rome (e.g., significance of Roman citizenship; rights under Roman law; Roman art, architecture, engineering, and philosophy; preservation and transmission of Christianity) and its ultimate internal weQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome
7.1.2. Discuss the geographic borders of the empire at its height and the factors that threatened its territorial cohesion.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome
7.1.3. Describe the establishment by Constantine of the new capital in Constantinople and the development of the Byzantine Empire, with an emphasis on the consequences of the development of two distinct European civilizations, Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic
7.10. Students analyze the historical developments of the Scientific Revolution and its lasting effect on religious, political, and cultural institutions.7.10.1. Discuss the roots of the Scientific Revolution (e.g., Greek rationalism; Jewish, Christian, and Muslim science; Renaissance humanism; new knowledge from global exploration).
7.10.2. Understand the significance of the new scientific theories (e.g., those of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton) and the significance of new inventions (e.g., the telescope, microscope, thermometer, barometer).Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors
7.10.3. Understand the scientific method advanced by Bacon and Descartes, the influence of new scientific rationalism on the growth of democratic ideas, and the coexistence of science with traditional religious beliefs.
7.11. Students analyze political and economic change in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries (the Age of Exploration, the Enlightenment, and the Age of Reason).7.11.5. Describe how democratic thought and institutions were influenced by Enlightenment thinkers (e.g., John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, American founders).
7.11.6. Discuss how the principles in the Magna Carta were embodied in such documents as the English Bill of Rights and the American Declaration of Independence.
7.2. Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Islam in the Middle Ages.7.2.1. Identify the physical features and describe the climate of the Arabian peninsula, its relationship to surrounding bodies of land and water, and nomadic and sedentary ways of life.
7.2.5. Describe the growth of cities and the establishment of trade routes among Asia, Africa, and Europe, the products and inventions that traveled along these routes (e.g., spices, textiles, paper, steel, new crops), and the role of merchants in Arab society.
7.3. Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of China in the Middle Ages.7.3.1. Describe the reunification of China under the Tang Dynasty and reasons for the spread of Buddhism in Tang China, Korea, and Japan.
7.3.2. Describe agricultural, technological, and commercial developments during the Tang and Sung periods.
7.3.4. Understand the importance of both overland trade and maritime expeditions between China and other civilizations in the Mongol Ascendancy and Ming Dynasty.
7.3.5. Trace the historic influence of such discoveries as tea, the manufacture of paper, wood-block printing, the compass, and gunpowder.
7.4. Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the sub-Saharan civilizations of Ghana and Mali in Medieval Africa.7.4.3. Describe the role of the trans-Saharan caravan trade in the changing religious and cultural characteristics of West Africa and the influence of Islamic beliefs, ethics, and law.
7.4.4. Trace the growth of the Arabic language in government, trade, and Islamic scholarship in West Africa.
7.6. Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe.7.6.1. Study the geography of the Europe and the Eurasian land mass, including its location, topography, waterways, vegetation, and climate and their relationship to ways of life in Medieval Europe.
7.6.2. Describe the spread of Christianity north of the Alps and the roles played by the early church and by monasteries in its diffusion after the fall of the western half of the Roman Empire.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome
7.6.3. Understand the development of feudalism, its role in the medieval European economy, the way in which it was influenced by physical geography (the role of the manor and the growth of towns), and how feudal relationships provided the foundation of political
7.6.4. Demonstrate an understanding of the conflict and cooperation between the Papacy and European monarchs (e.g., Charlemagne, Gregory VII, Emperor Henry IV).
7.6.5. Know the significance of developments in medieval English legal and constitutional practices and their importance in the rise of modern democratic thought and representative institutions (e.g., Magna Carta, parliament, development of habeas corpus, an ind
7.6.6. Discuss the causes and course of the religious Crusades and their effects on the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish populations in Europe, with emphasis on the increasing contact by Europeans with cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean world.
7.6.8. Understand the importance of the Catholic church as a political, intellectual, and aesthetic institution (e.g., founding of universities, political and spiritual roles of the clergy, creation of monastic and mendicant religious orders, preservation of the
7.7. Students compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Meso-American and Andean civilizations.7.7.1. Study the locations, landforms, and climates of Mexico, Central America, and South America and their effects on Mayan, Aztec, and Incan economies, trade, and development of urban societies.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Aztecs Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Incas Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Maya
7.7.2. Study the roles of people in each society, including class structures, family life, war-fare, religious beliefs and practices, and slavery.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Aztecs Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Incas Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Maya
7.7.3. Explain how and where each empire arose and how the Aztec and Incan empires were defeated by the Spanish.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Aztecs Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Incas
7.7.5. Describe the Meso-American achievements in astronomy and mathematics, including the development of the calendar and the Meso-American knowledge of seasonal changes to the civilizations' agricultural systems.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Aztecs Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Incas Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Maya
7.8. Students analyze the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance.7.8.1. Describe the way in which the revival of classical learning and the arts fostered a new interest in humanism (i.e., a balance between intellect and religious faith).
7.8.2. Explain the importance of Florence in the early stages of the Renaissance and the growth of independent trading cities (e.g., Venice), with emphasis on the cities' importance in the spread of Renaissance ideas.
7.8.3. Understand the effects of the reopening of the ancient 'Silk Road' between Europe and China, including Marco Polo's travels and the location of his routes.
7.8.4. Describe the growth and effects of new ways of disseminating information (e.g., the ability to manufacture paper, translation of the Bible into the vernacular, printing).Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors
7.8.5. Detail advances made in literature, the arts, science, mathematics, cartography, engineering, and the understanding of human anatomy and astronomy (e.g., by Dante Alighieri, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo di Buonarroti Simoni, Johann Gutenberg, William SQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors
7.9. Students analyze the historical developments of the Reformation.7.9.1. List the causes for the internal turmoil in and weakening of the Catholic church (e.g., tax policies, selling of indulgences).
7.9.2. Describe the theological, political, and economic ideas of the major figures during the Reformation (e.g., Desiderius Erasmus, Martin Luther, John Calvin, William Tyndale).
7.9.3. Explain Protestants' new practices of church self-government and the influence of those practices on the development of democratic practices and ideas of federalism.
7.9.4. Identify and locate the European regions that remained Catholic and those that became Protestant and explain how the division affected the distribution of religions in the New World.
7.9.5. Analyze how the Counter-Reformation revitalized the Catholic church and the forces that fostered the movement (e.g., St. Ignatius of Loyola and the Jesuits, the Council of Trent).
7.9.6. Understand the institution and impact of missionaries on Christianity and the diffusion of Christianity from Europe to other parts of the world in the medieval and early modern periods; locate missions on a world map.
CA.CC.RH.6-8.Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies
Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies
Range of Reading and Level of Text ComplexityRH.6-8.10. By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Archaeology Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Canada Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil Rights Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Egypt Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Expansionism Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Holocaust Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Mesopotamia Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Mexico Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Panama Canal Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Phoenicia Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Alamo Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Aztecs Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Cold War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Incas Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Maya Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide TVA Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Urbanization Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
Craft and StructureRH.6-8.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Archaeology Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Canada Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil Rights Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Egypt Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Expansionism Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Mesopotamia Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Mexico Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Panama Canal Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Phoenicia Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Alamo Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Aztecs Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Cold War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Incas Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Maya Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide TVA Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
RH.6-8.5. Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally).Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Archaeology Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Canada Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil Rights Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Egypt Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Expansionism Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Holocaust Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Mesopotamia Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Mexico Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Panama Canal Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Phoenicia Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Alamo Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Aztecs Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Cold War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Incas Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Maya Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide TVA Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Urbanization Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II