Us History Grade 8 Social Studies

Reporting Category: History
  • Major Eras (time periods) in American History through 1877
  • Economic, Social, Political and geographical reasons for the Exploration and Colonization of America
  • Identify and analyze the growth of representative government
-Magna Carta, The English Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Virginia House of Burgesses, Declaration of Independence, Federalist Papers
-7 Principles of government as reflected in the US Constitution and Bill of Rights
  • Causes of the American Revolution
  • Key Events of the American Revolution
  • Issues at the Constitutional Convention of 1787
-US Constitution, Bill of Rights
  • Domestic and Foreign policies of early American Presidents and the evolution of political parties
  • Economic, Social, and Political effects of Westward Expansion and Industrialization
  • Economic, Social, and Political causes & effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Reporting Category: Geography and Culture
  • Analyze the effects of physical and human geographic factors on major historical and current events in American history including the impact of :
-reform movements
- expansion of slavery
-religion.
Reporting Category: Government and Citizenship
  • Identify the origin of judicial review and the landmark Supreme Court Cases

Reporting Category Economics, Science, Technology, and Society
  • Able to explain, identify, and analyze the cause and effects of economic differences in regions throughout the United States.
  • Analyze impact of technology and communication on urbanization and American economic growth.

Social Studies Skills embedded throughout all categories /
  • Differentiate between, locate, and use valid primary and secondary sources
  • Analyze information by making generalizations and predictions, sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause and effect relationships, and drawing inferences and conclusions
  • Identify points of view in historical context and identifying bias
  • Support a point of view on a social studies issue or event.
  • Use appropriate mathematical skills to interpret social studies information such as maps and graphs
  • Pose and answer questions about geographic about geographic distributions and patterns shown on maps, graphs, charts, models, and databases
  • Able to use social studies terminology correctly