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WA.8.1.CIVICS - The student understands and applies knowledge of government, law, politics, and the nation’s fundamental documents to make decisions about local, national, and international issues and to demonstrate thoughtful, participatory citizenship.
CIVICS - The student understands and applies knowledge of government, law, politics, and the nation’s fundamental documents to make decisions about local, national, and international issues and to demonstrate thoughtful, participatory citizenship.
8.1.1. Understands key ideals and principles of the United States, including those in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and other fundamental documents.8.1.1.1. Understands key ideals and principles outlined in the Declaration of Independence, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, the U.S. Constitution, including the rule of law, separation of powers, representative government, and popular sovere
8.1.1.2. Evaluates efforts to reduce discrepancies between key ideals and reality in the United States, including:8.1.1.2.a. How amendments to the Constitution have sought to extend rights to new groups.
8.1.3. Understands the purposes and organization of international relationships and U.S. foreign policy.8.1.3.1. Analyzes how the United States has interacted with other countries in the past or present.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
WA.8.2.ECONOMICS - The student applies understanding of economic concepts and systems to analyze decision-making and the interactions between individuals, households, businesses, governments, and societies.
ECONOMICS - The student applies understanding of economic concepts and systems to analyze decision-making and the interactions between individuals, households, businesses, governments, and societies.
8.2.1. Understands that people have to make choices between wants and needs and evaluate the outcomes of those choices.8.2.1.1. Analyzes examples of how groups and individuals have considered profit and personal values in making economic choices in the past or present.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics
8.2.2. Understands how economic systems function.8.2.2.1. Analyzes how the forces of supply and demand have affected the production, distribution, and consumption of goods, services, and resources in the United States in the past or present.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics
8.2.3. Understands the government’s role in the economy.8.2.3.1. Understands and analyzes the influence of the U.S. government’s taxation, creation of currency, and tariffs in the past or present.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Economics
WA.8.3.GEOGRAPHY The student uses a spatial perspective to make reasoned decisions by applying the concepts of location, region, and movement and demonstrating knowledge of how geographic features and human cultures impact environments.
GEOGRAPHY The student uses a spatial perspective to make reasoned decisions by applying the concepts of location, region, and movement and demonstrating knowledge of how geographic features and human cultures impact environments.
8.3.2. Understands human interaction with the environment.8.3.2.3. Understands and analyzes migration as a catalyst for the growth of the United States in the past or present.
WA.8.4.HISTORY - The student understands and applies knowledge of historical thinking, chronology, eras, turning points, major ideas, individuals, and themes of local, Washington State, tribal, United States, and world history in order to evaluate how history sh
HISTORY - The student understands and applies knowledge of historical thinking, chronology, eras, turning points, major ideas, individuals, and themes of local, Washington State, tribal, United States, and world history in order to evaluate how history sh
8.4.1. Understands historical chronology.8.4.1.1. Understands how the following themes and developments help to define eras in U.S. history from 1776 to 1900:8.4.1.1.a. Fighting for independence and framing the Constitution (1776—1815).
8.4.1.1.b. Slavery, expansion, removal, and reform (1801—1850).
8.4.1.1.c. Civil War and Reconstruction (1850—1877).
8.4.1.1.d. Development and struggles in the West, industrialization, immigration, and urbanization (1870—1900).
8.4.2. Understands and analyzes causal factors that have shaped major events in history.8.4.2.1. Understands and analyzes how individuals and movements have shaped U.S. history (1776 —1900).
8.4.2.2. Understands and analyzes how cultures and cultural groups have contributed to U.S. history (1776—1900).
8.4.2.3. Understands and analyzes how technology and ideas have impacted U.S. history (1776—1900).
8.4.3. Understands that there are multiple perspectives and interpretations of historical events.8.4.3.1. Analyzes and interprets historical materials from a variety of perspectives in U.S. history (1776—1900).
8.4.3.2. Analyzes multiple causal factors to create positions on major events in U.S. history (1776 – 1900).
8.4.4. Uses history to understand the present and plan for the future.8.4.4.1. Analyzes how a historical event in United States history helps us to understand a current issue.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
WA.8.5.SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS - The student understands and applies reasoning skills to conduct research, deliberate, and form and evaluate positions through the processes of reading, writing, and communicating.
SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS - The student understands and applies reasoning skills to conduct research, deliberate, and form and evaluate positions through the processes of reading, writing, and communicating.
8.5.1. Uses critical reasoning skills to analyze and evaluate positions.8.5.1.1. Understands reasons based on evidence for a position on an issue or event.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
8.5.1.2. Evaluates the logic of reasons for a position on an issue or event.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
8.5.3. Deliberates public issues.8.5.3.1. Applies key ideals outlined in fundamental documents to clarify and address public issues in the context of a discussion.
WA.RH.6-8.Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies
Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies
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 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
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 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
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 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