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NE.SS.6.Grades 6-8 (United States/World)
Grades 6-8 (United States/World)
SS 8.1. Civics: Students will develop and apply the skills of civic responsibility to make informed decisions based upon knowledge of government at local, state, national and international levels.
Civic Participation
SS 8.1.2. Students will describe the roles, responsibilities, and rights as local, state, national, and international citizens and participate in civic service.
SS 8.1.2.a. Describe ways individuals participate in the political process (e.g., registering and voting, contacting government officials, campaign involvement)
SS 8.1.2.b. Describe the significance of patriotic symbols, songs and activities (e.g., Pledge of Allegiance, "The Star Spangled Banner", celebration of Memorial Day, Independence Day, Veteran’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, American Indian Day, Constitution Day)
SS 8.1.2.d. Evaluate how cooperation and conflict among people have contributed to political, economic, and social events and situations in the United States
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SS 8.1.2.e. Identify the roles and influences of individuals, groups, and the media on governments (e.g., Seneca Falls Convention, Underground Railroad, Horace Greeley, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jane Addams, Muckrackers, Booker T. Washington)
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Forms and Functions of Government
SS 8.1.1. Students will summarize the foundation, structure, and function of the United States government.
SS 8.1.1.a. Identify and describe different forms of government via the study of early and current civilizations (e.g., tribal, monarchy, democracy, republic, theocracy, and oligarchy)
SS 8.1.1.c. Identify the development of written laws and other documents (e.g., Hammurabi’s Code, Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution, Preamble and Bill of Rights)
SS 8.1.1.h. Explain the ways in which governments meet the needs of citizens, manage conflict, and establish order and security
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SS 8.2. Economics: Students will utilize economic reasoning skills to make informed judgments and become effective participants in the economy at the local, state, national and international levels.
Globalization
SS 8.2.12. Students will illustrate how international trade benefits individuals, organizations, and nations.
SS 8.2.12.a. Differentiate between exports and imports
SS 8.2.1. Students will explain the interdependence of producers and consumers in a market economy.
SS 8.2.1.a. Understand the relationship between consumers and producers in a market economy (e.g., circular flow)
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SS 8.2.1.b. Illustrate how individuals are both consumers and producers (buyers and sellers) in a market economy
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SS 8.2.1.c. Describe the development and effects of technology in economic history (e.g., increased productivity, increased standard of living, increased employment)
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SS 8.2.2.b. Illustrate how consumers will demand more at lower prices and suppliers will produce more at higher prices (law of supply and demand) (e.g., Adam Smith, Invisible Hand)
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SS 8.3. Geography: Students will develop and apply spatial perspective and geographic skills to make informed decisions regarding issues and current events at local, state, national and international levels.
Application of Geography to Issues and Events
SS 8.3.6. Students will analyze issues and/or events using geographic knowledge and skills to make informed decisions.
SS 8.3.6.a. Analyze the physical or human geographic factors explaining the spatial pattern of world events. (e.g., water scarcity and conflict in the Middle East, contrasting demographic trends in developed and developing countries)
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Human Systems
SS 8.3.4. Students will analyze and interpret patterns of culture around the world.
SS 8.3.4.a. Compare and contrast characteristics of groups of people/settlements (e.g., population density, distribution and growth, migration patterns, diffusion of people, places, and ideas, westward expansion of immigrants, Homestead Act)
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SS 8.3.4.b. Analyze purpose of population centers, (e.g., function of cities as providers of goods and services, economic activities and interdependence, trade and transportation)
SS 8.3.2.e. Identify the location of major world regions (e.g., Arctic, Caribbean, Central America, Balkans, Horn of Africa, East Asia, South Asia), countries, and cities
SS 8.3.5. Students will analyze how humans have adapted to different physical environments.
SS 8.3.5.b. Identify and evaluate how humans utilize the physical environment (e.g., irrigation, levees, terraces, fertile soils, mechanized agriculture, changes in land use)
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SS 8.3.5.d. Examine world patterns of resource distribution and utilization (e.g., major source regions for coal, iron ore, oil, natural gas, and the major industrial regions in which they are utilized)
SS 8.3.1.b. Use and interpret the results of mapping technologies, parts of a map and map projections (e.g., cartography/ Geographic Information Systems)
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SS 8.3.1.c. Compare world views using mental maps (e.g., students sketch a map to demonstrate their personal perception of the world and compare it to previous personal maps)
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NE.SS.6.(US)Grades 6-8 (United States: Colonial America to the Progressive Era)
Grades 6-8 (United States: Colonial America to the Progressive Era)
SS 8.4.(US) History: Students will develop and apply historical knowledge and skills to research, analyze, and understand key concepts of past, current, and potential issues and events at the local, state, national, and international levels.
Historical Analysis and Interpretation
SS 8.4.4.(US) Students will identify causes of past and current events, issues, and problems.
SS 8.4.4.b.(US) Evaluate alternative courses of action in United States history (e.g., Why and how was land acquired?)
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SS 8.4.4.d.(US) Identify and analyze multiple causes and effects upon key events in US history (e.g., Antebellum, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Civil War/Reconstruction, Wounded Knee Massacre)
SS 8.4.2.(US) Students will analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon US history using multiple types of sources.
SS 8.4.2.a.(US) Analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols, including various cultures and ethnic groups, on history in the United States by era (e.g., Establishing a Nation: Revolutionary War: Founders and Founding Documents: unique nature of the creation
SS 8.4.3.(US) Students will analyze and interpret historical and current events from multiple perspectives.
SS 8.4.3.a.(US) Analyze and interpret how multiple perspectives facilitate the understanding of the full story of US history (e.g., Dawes Act, Chinese Exclusion Act, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, The Emancipation Proclamation, Organized Labor, Women's Suffrage)
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SS 8.4.3.b.(US) Compare and contrast primary and secondary sources to better understand multiple perspectives of the same event (e.g., The Bill of Rights, slavery, Gettysburg Address, The New Colossus Poem, images, political cartoons, photographs, newspapers)
SS 8.4.1.(US) Students will analyze how major past and current US events are chronologically connected, and evaluate their impact(s) upon one another.
SS 8.4.1.a.(US) Describe concepts of time and chronology (e.g., Three Worlds Meet, Colonial America, Establishing a Nation, Expansion and Reform, Civil War & Reconstruction, Industrialization)
NE.SS.6.(WLD)Grades 6-8 (World: Beginnings to 1000 CE)
Grades 6-8 (World: Beginnings to 1000 CE)
SS 8.4.(WLD) History: Students will develop and apply historical knowledge and skills to research, analyze, and understand key concepts of past, current, and potential issues and events at the local, state, national, and international levels.
Historical Analysis and Interpretation
SS 8.4.4.(WLD) Students will identify causes of past and current events, issues, and problems.
SS 8.4.4.b.(WLD) Evaluate alternative courses of action in world history (e.g., How were ideas and products diffused to other regions?)
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SS 8.4.4.c.(WLD) Analyze how decisions affected events across the globe (e.g., migrations, declarations of war, treaties, alliances)
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SS 8.4.4.d.(WLD) Identify and analyze multiple causes and effects upon key events in world history (e.g. Fall of Roman Empire, Fall of Mayan Civilization, Unification of China, Boxer Rebellion)
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Historical Comprehension
SS 8.4.2.(WLD) Students will analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon world history using multiple types of sources.
SS 8.4.2.a.(WLD) Analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols, including various cultures and ethnic groups, on history throughout the world by era (e.g., Early Societies and Civilizations: culture prior to urbanization, Chavin, Toltecs, River Valley Civilizat
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SS 8.4.2.b.(WLD) Analyze how global civilizations have changed over the course of time, using maps, documents, and other artifacts
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Multiple Perspectives
SS 8.4.3.(WLD) Students will analyze and interpret historical and current events from multiple perspectives.
SS 8.4.3.a.(WLD) Analyze and interpret how multiple perspectives facilitate the understanding of the full story of world history (e.g., Chinese Foot Binding, Three Gorges Dam, Caste System, Alexander the Great, Latin American Revolutions, Division of Pakistan, Blood Diamo
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Chronological Thinking
SS 8.4.1.(WLD) Students will analyze how major past and current world events are chronologically connected, and evaluate their impact(s) upon one another.
SS 8.4.1.a.(WLD) Describe concepts of time and chronology (e.g., Early Civilizations & Rise of Pastoral People 4000-1000 BCE, Rise of Giant Empires & Major Religions 1000-300CE, Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter 300-1000 CE)
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