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FL.LAFS.68.RH.READING STANDARDS FOR LITERACY IN HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES 6–12
READING STANDARDS FOR LITERACY IN HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES 6–12
LAFS.68.RH.2. Craft and StructureLAFS.68.RH.2.4. 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 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 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 World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
LAFS.68.RH.2.5. 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 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 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 World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
LAFS.68.RH.4. Range of Reading and Level of Text ComplexityLAFS.68.RH.4.10. 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 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 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 World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
FL.SS.8.A.American History
SS.8.A.1. Use research and inquiry skills to analyze American History using primary and secondary sources.SS.8.A.1.1. Provide supporting details for an answer from text, interview for oral history, check validity of information from research/text, and identify strong vs. weak arguments.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil Rights Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Expansionism Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Alamo Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Cold War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
SS.8.A.1.4. Differentiate fact from opinion, utilize appropriate historical research and fiction/nonfiction support materials.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil Rights Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Expansionism Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Alamo Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Cold War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
SS.8.A.1.5. Identify, within both primary and secondary sources, the author, audience, format, and purpose of significant historical documents.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil Rights Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Expansionism Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Alamo Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Cold War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
SS.8.A.1.6. Compare interpretations of key events and issues throughout American History.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil Rights Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Expansionism Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Alamo Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Cold War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
SS.8.A.1.7. View historic events through the eyes of those who were there as shown in their art, writings, music, and artifacts.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil Rights Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Expansionism Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Alamo Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Cold War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
SS.8.A.2. Examine the causes, course, and consequences of British settlement in the American colonies.SS.8.A.2.1. Compare the relationships among the British, French, Spanish, and Dutch in their struggle for colonization of North America.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Canada
SS.8.A.2.2. Compare the characteristics of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.
SS.8.A.2.4. Identify the impact of key colonial figures on the economic, political, and social development of the colonies.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Canada
SS.8.A.2.5. Discuss the impact of colonial settlement on Native American populations.
SS.8.A.2.6. Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the French and Indian War.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Canada
SS.8.A.2.7. Describe the contributions of key groups (Africans, Native Americans, women, and children) to the society and culture of colonial America.
SS.8.A.3. Demonstrate an understanding of the causes, course, and consequences of the American Revolution and the founding principles of our nation.SS.8.A.3.1. Explain the consequences of the French and Indian War in British policies for the American colonies from 1763 - 1774.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Canada
SS.8.A.3.11. Analyze support and opposition (Federalists, Federalist Papers, AntiFederalists, Bill of Rights) to ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
SS.8.A.3.12. Examine the influences of George Washington's presidency in the formation of the new nation.
SS.8.A.3.13. Explain major domestic and international economic, military, political, and socio-cultural events of John Adams's presidency.
SS.8.A.3.14. Explain major domestic and international economic, military, political, and socio-cultural events of Thomas Jefferson's presidency.
SS.8.A.3.15. Examine this time period (1763-1815) from the perspective of historically under-represented groups (children, indentured servants, Native Americans, slaves, women, working class).
SS.8.A.3.2. Explain American colonial reaction to British policy from 1763 - 1774.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Canada
SS.8.A.3.3. Recognize the contributions of the Founding Fathers (John Adams, Sam Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Mason, George Washington) during American Revolutionary efforts.
SS.8.A.3.4. Examine the contributions of influential groups to both the American and British war efforts during the American Revolutionary War and their effects on the outcome of the war.
SS.8.A.3.5. Describe the influence of individuals on social and political developments during the Revolutionary era.
SS.8.A.3.6. Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the American Revolution.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Canada
SS.8.A.3.7. Examine the structure, content, and consequences of the Declaration of Independence.
SS.8.A.3.8. Examine individuals and groups that affected political and social motivations during the American Revolution.
SS.8.A.3.9. Evaluate the structure, strengths, and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and its aspects that led to the Constitutional Convention.
SS.8.A.4. Demonstrate an understanding of the domestic and international causes, course, and consequences of westward expansion.SS.8.A.4.1. Examine the causes, course, and consequences of United States westward expansion and its growing diplomatic assertiveness (War of 1812, Convention of 1818, Adams-Onis Treaty, Missouri Compromise, Monroe Doctrine, Trail of Tears, Texas annexation, ManifestQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Expansionism Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Mexico Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Alamo
SS.8.A.4.10. Analyze the impact of technological advancements on the agricultural economy and slave labor.
SS.8.A.4.11. Examine the aspects of slave culture including plantation life, resistance efforts, and the role of the slaves' spiritual system.
SS.8.A.4.13. Explain the consequences of landmark Supreme Court decisions (McCulloch v. Maryland [1819], Gibbons v. Odgen [1824], Cherokee Nation v. Georgia [1831], and Worcester v. Georgia [1832]) significant to this era of American history.
SS.8.A.4.14. Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the women's suffrage movement (1848 Seneca Falls Convention, Declaration of Sentiments).
SS.8.A.4.16. Identify key ideas and influences of Jacksonian democracy.
SS.8.A.4.17. Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as each impacts this era of American history.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Alamo
SS.8.A.4.2. Describe the debate surrounding the spread of slavery into western territories and Florida.
SS.8.A.4.3. Examine the experiences and perspectives of significant individuals and groups during this era of American History.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Expansionism Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Mexico Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Alamo
SS.8.A.4.4. Discuss the impact of westward expansion on cultural practices and migration patterns of Native American and African slave populations.
SS.8.A.4.5. Explain the causes, course, and consequences of the 19th century transportation revolution on the growth of the nation's economy.
SS.8.A.4.6. Identify technological improvements (inventions/inventors) that contributed to industrial growth.
SS.8.A.4.7. Explain the causes, course, and consequences (industrial growth, subsequent effect on children and women) of New England's textile industry.
SS.8.A.4.8. Describe the influence of individuals on social and political developments of this era in American History.
SS.8.A.5. Examine the causes, course, and consequence of the Civil War and Reconstruction including its effects on American peoples.SS.8.A.5.1. Explain the causes, course, and consequence of the Civil War (sectionalism, slavery, states' rights, balance of power in the Senate).
SS.8.A.5.2. Analyze the role of slavery in the development of sectional conflict.
SS.8.A.5.3. Explain major domestic and international economic, military, political, and socio-cultural events of Abraham Lincoln's presidency.
SS.8.A.5.4. Identify the division (Confederate and Union States, Border states, western territories) of the United States at the outbreak of the Civil War.
SS.8.A.5.5. Compare Union and Confederate strengths and weaknesses.
SS.8.A.5.6. Compare significant Civil War battles and events and their effects on civilian populations.
SS.8.A.5.8. Explain and evaluate the policies, practices, and consequences of Reconstruction (presidential and congressional reconstruction, Johnson's impeachment, Civil Rights Act of 1866, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, opposition of Southern whites to ReconstQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil Rights
FL.SS.8.C.Civics and Government
SS.8.C.1. The student will evaluate the roles, rights, and responsibilities of United States citizens and determine methods of active participation in society, government, and the political system.SS.8.C.1.3. Recognize the role of civic virtue in the lives of citizens and leaders from the colonial period through Reconstruction.
SS.8.C.1.4. Identify the evolving forms of civic and political participation from the colonial period through Reconstruction.
SS.8.C.1.5. Apply the rights and principles contained in the Constitution and Bill of Rights to the lives of citizens today.
SS.8.C.1.6. Evaluate how amendments to the Constitution have expanded voting rights from our nation's early history to present day.
FL.SS.8.E.Economics
SS.8.E.1. Understand the fundamental concepts relevant to the development of a market economy.SS.8.E.1.1. Examine motivating economic factors that influenced the development of the United States economy over time including scarcity, supply and demand, opportunity costs, incentives, profits, and entrepreneurial aspects.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics
SS.8.E.2. Understand the fundamental concepts relevant to the institutions, structure, and functions of a national economy.SS.8.E.2.1. Analyze contributions of entrepreneurs, inventors, and other key individuals from various gender, social, and ethnic backgrounds in the development of the United States economy.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics
SS.8.E.3. Understand the fundamental concepts and interrelationships of the United States economy in the international marketplace.SS.8.E.3.1. Evaluate domestic and international interdependence.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics
FL.SS.8.FL.Financial Literacy
SS.8.FL.2. Buying Goods and ServicesSS.8.FL.2.1. Explain why when deciding what to buy, consumers may choose to gather information from a variety of sources. Describe how the quality and usefulness of information provided by sources can vary greatly from source to source. Explain that, while many sourceQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics
SS.8.FL.2.2. Analyze a source’s incentives in providing information about a good or service, and how a consumer can better assess the quality and usefulness of the information.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics
SS.8.FL.3. SavingSS.8.FL.3.1. Explain that banks and other financial institutions loan funds received from depositors to borrowers and that part of the interest received from these loans is used to pay interest to depositors for the use of their money.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics
SS.8.FL.3.7. Discuss the different reasons that people save money, including large purchases (such as higher education, autos, and homes), retirement, and unexpected events. Discuss how people’s tastes and preferences influence their choice of how much to save and forQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics
SS.8.FL.4. Using CreditSS.8.FL.4.1. Explain that people who apply for loans are told what the interest rate on the loan will be. An interest rate is the price of using someone else’s money expressed as an annual percentage of the loan principal.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics
SS.8.FL.4.2. Identify a credit card purchase as a loan from the financial institution that issued the card. Explain that credit card interest rates tend to be higher than rates for other loans. In addition, financial institutions may charge significant fees related toQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics
SS.8.FL.4.3. Examine the fact that borrowers who use credit cards for purchases and who do not pay the full balance when it is due pay much higher costs for their purchases because interest is charged monthly. Explain how a credit card user can avoid interest charges Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics
SS.8.FL.4.4. Explain that lenders charge different interest rates based on the risk of nonpayment by borrowers. Describe why the higher the risk of nonpayment, the higher the interest rate charged by financial institutions, and the lower the risk of nonpayment, the loQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics
FL.SS.8.G.Geography
SS.8.G.4. Understand the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations.SS.8.G.4.1. Interpret population growth and other demographic data for any given place in the United States throughout its history.
SS.8.G.4.2. Use geographic terms and tools to analyze the effects throughout American history of migration to and within the United States, both on the place of origin and destination.