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Literacy: History/Social Studies
Literacy: History/Social Studies
LH.1: LEARNING OUTCOME FOR LITERACY IN HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES – Read and comprehend history/social studies texts independently and proficiently, and write effectively for a variety of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences
6-8.LH.1.1: Read and comprehend history/social studies texts within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 6-8 independently and proficiently by the end of grade 8.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideAncient China
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideAncient Greece
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideAncient Israel
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideAncient Rome
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideCanada
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideThe Vietnam War
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideWomen's Rights
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideWorld War I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideWorld War II
LH.3: STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS AND ORGANIZATION (READING) – Build understanding of history/social studies texts, using knowledge of structural organization and author’s purpose and message
6-8.LH.3.1: 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 GuideAncient China
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideAncient Greece
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideAncient Israel
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideAncient Rome
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideCanada
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideThe Vietnam War
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideWomen's Rights
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideWorld War I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideWorld War II
IN.8.United States History—Growth and Development (to 1877)
United States History—Growth and Development (to 1877)
8.1. History: Students examine the relationship and significance of themes, concepts and movements in the development of United States history, including review of key ideas related to the colonization of America and the revolution and Founding Era. This will
Historical Knowledge - The Civil War and Reconstruction Period: 1850 to 1877
8.1.24. Analyze the causes and effects of events leading to the Civil War, and evaluate the impact issues such as states’ rights and slavery had in developing America’s sectional conflict.
8.1.27. Describe causes and lasting effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction as well as the political controversies surrounding this time such as Andrew Johnson’s impeachment, the Black Codes, and the Compromise of 1877. (Government, Economics)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideThe Civil War
Historical Knowledge - The American Revolution and Founding of the United States: 1754 to 1801
8.1.1. Identify the major Native American Indian groups of eastern North America and describe early conflict and cooperation between European settlers and these Native American groups.
8.1.10. Analyze the influence of important individuals on social and political developments of the time (1775 – 1800) such as the Independence movement and the framing of the Constitution.
8.1.3. Explain the conditions, causes, consequences and significance of Britain’s struggle to maintain control of colonies during the French and Indian War (1754–1763).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideCanada
8.1.4. Identify and explain the reasons and actions for the resistance and rebellion against British imperial rule by the thirteen colonies in North America (1761–1775).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideCanada
8.1.5. Analyze the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War (1775–1783), including the ideas from the Declaration of Independence, the enactment of the Articles of Confederation and the Treaty of Paris (1783).
8.1.9. Identify the events leading up to the presidential and congressional election of 1800 and the transfer of political authority and power to the Democratic-Republican Party led by Thomas Jefferson (1801); Evaluate the significance of these events.
8.1.15. Define nationalism and understand the direction nationalism gave to domestic and foreign policy and to the development of an industrial economy during this period.
8.1.16. Identify the key ideas of Jacksonian democracy and explain their influence on political participation, political parties and constitutional government; analyze Jackson’s actions as President such as the destruction of the National Bank, the nullification
8.1.18. Describe the causes, courses, challenges, compromises, and consequences associated with westward expansion, including the concept of Manifest Destiny.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideThe Alamo
8.1.21. Give examples of the changing role of women, minorities, and immigrants in the northern, southern and western parts of the United States in the mid-nineteenth century, and examine possible causes for these changes.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideWomen's Rights
8.1.22. Describe the abolitionist movement and identify figures and organizations involved in the debate over slavery, including leaders of the Underground Railroad.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideWomen's Rights
8.2. Civics and Government: Students explain the major principles, values and institutions of constitutional government and citizenship, which are based on the founding documents of the United States and how the three branches of government share and check pow
Foundations of Government
8.2.1. Identify and explain essential ideas of constitutional government, which include limited government; rule of law; due process of law; separated and shared powers; checks and balances; federalism; popular sovereignty; republicanism; representative governme
8.2.10. Research and defend positions on issues in which fundamental values and principles related to the United States Constitution are in conflict such as: 1st and 2nd Amendment rights, the right to privacy, and the rights of the individual.
8.3. Geography: Students identify the major geographic characteristics of the United States and its regions. They name and locate the major physical features of the United States, as well as demonstrate a broad understanding of the states, capitals and major c
Human Systems
8.3.7. Using primary and secondary sources, identify ways people modified the physical environment as the United States developed and describe the impacts that resulted.
8.3.8. Analyze human and physical factors that have influenced migration and settlement patterns and relate them to the economic development of the United States.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideThe Alamo
8.4. Economics: Students identify, describe and evaluate the influence of economic factors on national development from the founding of the nation to the end of Reconstruction.
8.4.1. Identify economic factors contributing to European exploration and colonization in North America, the American Revolution and the drafting of the Constitution of the United States.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideThe Aztecs
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideThe Incas
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideThe Maya
8.4.2. Identify and explain the four types of economic systems (traditional, command, market, and mixed); evaluate how the characteristics of a market economy have affected the economic and labor development of the United States.
8.4.2.1. Traditional economy: an economy in which resources are allocated based on custom and tradition.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideEconomics
8.4.2.2. Command economy: an economy in which resources are allocated by the government or other central authority.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideEconomics
8.4.2.4. Mixed economy: an economic system combining private and public enterprise.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideEconomics
8.4.4. Analyze contributions of entrepreneurs and inventors in the development of the United States economy to 1877.
8.4.5. Relate how new technology and inventions brought about changes in labor productivity in the United States in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.