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SOCIAL STUDIES PROCESS AND SKILLS STANDARDS: GRADES 6-8
SOCIAL STUDIES PROCESS AND SKILLS STANDARDS: GRADES 6-8
P1. READING AND COMMUNICATION – READ AND COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY
P1.1. Use appropriate strategies to read and interpret basic social science tables, graphs, graphics, maps, and texts.
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P1.3. Express social science ideas clearly in written, spoken, and graphic forms, including tables, line graphs, bar graphs, pie charts, maps, and images.
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INTEGRATED U.S. HISTORY: GRADE EIGHT
INTEGRATED U.S. HISTORY: GRADE EIGHT
FOUNDATIONS IN U.S. HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY ERAS 1-2
F1. Political and Intellectual Transformations
F1.2. Using the Declaration of Independence, including the grievances at the end of the document, describe the role this document played in expressing:
F1.2.2. their reasons for separating from Great Britain.
P4.2. Civic Participation – Act constructively to further the public good.
8 – P4.2.1. Demonstrate knowledge of how, when, and where individuals would plan and conduct activities intended to advance views in matters of public policy, report the results, and evaluate effectiveness.
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U3. USHG ERA 3 – REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION
U3.3. Creating New Government(s) and a New Constitution – Explain the challenges faced by the new nation and analyze the development of the Constitution as a new plan for governing (Foundations for Civics HSCE Standard 2.1).
8 – U3.3.1. Explain the reasons for the adoption and subsequent failure of the Articles of Confederation.
8 – U3.3.2. Identify economic, political, and cultural issues facing the nation during the period of the Articles of Confederation and the opening of the Constitutional Convention.
8 – U3.3.4. Explain how the new Constitution resolved (or compromised) the major issues, including sharing and separation of power and checking of power among federal government institutions; dual sovereignty (state-federal power); rights of individuals; the Electora
8 – U3.3.6. Explain how the Bill of Rights reflected the concept of limited government, protection of basic freedoms, and the fear among many Americans of a strong central government.
8 – U3.3.7. Use important ideas and documents to describe the philosophical origins of constitutional government in the United States with an emphasis on the following ideals: social contract, limited government, natural rights, right of revolution, separation of pow
U4.1. Challenges to an Emerging Nation – Analyze the challenges the new federal government faced and the roles of political and social leaders in meeting those challenges.
8 – U4.1.2. Establishing America’s Place in the World – assess the changes in America’s relationships with other nations by analyzing the origins, intents, and purposes of treaties.
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U4.2. Regional and Economic Growth – Describe and analyze the nature and impact of territorial, demographic, and economic growth in the first three decades of the new nation, using maps, charts, and other evidence.
8 – U4.2.1. Comparing the Northeast and the South – compare and contrast the social and economic systems of the Northeast, the South, and the Western Frontier (Kentucky, Ohio Valley, etc.) with respect to geography, climate, and the development of:
8 – U4.2.1.2. industry, including the entrepreneurial development of new industries, such as textiles.
8 – U4.2.3. Westward Expansion – analyze the annexation of the west through the Louisiana Purchase, the removal of Indigenous Peoples from their ancestral homelands, the Mexican-American War, the growth of a system of commercial agriculture, and the idea of Manifest
8 – U4.2.4. Consequences of Expansion – develop an argument based on evidence about the positive and negative consequences of territorial and economic expansion on Indigenous Peoples, efforts to maintain and sustain the institution of slavery, and the relations betwe
U4.3. Reform Movements – Analyze the growth of antebellum American reform movements.
8 – U4.3.2. Describe the formation and development of the abolitionist movement by considering the roles of key abolitionist leaders and the response of southerners and northerners to the abolitionist movement.
8 – U4.3.3. Analyze the antebellum women’s rights (and suffrage) movement by discussing the goals of its leaders and comparing primary source documents from this era to the Declaration of Independence.
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U5. USHG ERA 5 – CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (1850-1877)
U5.1. The Coming of the Civil War – Analyze and evaluate the early attempts to abolish or contain slavery and to realize the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.
8 – U5.1.1. Compare the differences in the lives of free black people (including those who escaped from slavery) with the lives of free white people and enslaved people.
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8 – U5.2.3.3. The role of his significant writings and speeches, including the Gettysburg Address and its relationship to the Declaration of Independence.
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8 – U5.2.5. Construct generalizations about how the war affected combatants, civilians (including the role of women and Indigenous Peoples), the physical environment, and the future of warfare, including technological developments.
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U6. USHG ERA 6 – THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL, URBAN, AND GLOBAL UNITED STATES (1870-1930)
U6.1. America in the Last Half of the 19th Century – Analyze the major changes in communication, transportation, demography, and urban centers, including the location and growth of cities linked by industry and trade, in the last half of the 19th century. The p
8 – U6.1.1. America at Century’s End – compare and contrast the United States in 1800 with the United States in 1898, focusing on similarities and differences in:
8 – U6.1.1.1. territory.
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U6.2. Investigation Topics and Issue Analysis (P2) – Use the historical perspective to investigate a significant historical topic from U.S. History Eras 3-6 that also has significance as an issue or topic in the United States today.
8 – U6.2.1. U.S. History Investigation Topic and Issue Analysis, Past and Present – use historical perspectives to analyze issues in the United States from the past and the present; conduct research on a historical issue or topic, identify a connection to a contempor