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SOCIAL SCIENCE-8th Grade U.S. History


OUTCOME/ ESSENTIAL QUESTION

 

CONTENT

 

OBJECTIVE/SKILL

 

ASSESSMENT

 
1. How does the rule of law apply to family, school, local, state, and national governments?
2. How are ideas shared by the diversity of American society and political culture?
3. What are the rights, privileges, and responsibilities in becoming an active civic participant?
4. What are the various systems of government?
 
Constitution-laws, creating a republic and civics overview
 
1. Distinguishes between state and federal law as it applies to individuals. (C8B1I1) Distinguishes between criminal and civil law as it applies to individuals. (C8B1I2) Explains how juveniles and adults are treated differently under the law. (C8B1I3)
2. Defines rights and guarantees, granted/protected by Constitution and the Bill of Rights. (C8B2I4)
3. Identify privileges and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship (vote, hold public office, serve on jury). (C6B4I3) Identify criteria and processes to attain naturalized citizenship (residence requirement, proof of moral character, required knowledge and skills). (C6B4I3, C8B4I5) Compare methods of elections (popular vote, electoral college). (C6B4I4) Examine steps to becoming an informed voter. (Recognize candidates, stands taken by candidates on issues personal choices, voting) (C6B4I5)
 
Graphic organizer
Lists
Court cases
Venn diagram
Alabama Literacy test
100 Common questions of citizenship test
 
   
skills-continued-
4. Compare systems of government (Federal and state, branches) (C6B5I2)
 		  
1. How did the difference in policy and philosophy give rise to political parties?
2. How do different economic systems, institutions, incentives affect people?
3. How do the individual, groups, ideas, developments, and turning points effect the beginning of the Republic? What were the attitudes of government, army, missionaries, settlers toward American Indians?
4. How did expansion affect relations with other nations (Native Americans and Latin America)?
 
New Republic/ westward expansion, The New Government Begins, The Jefferson Era
 
1. Cause and effect of type of government (C6B2I8)
2. Discuss/explain how positive incentives affect the way people behave (gives examples of changes that might influence international trade-driver's ed to reduce insurance, seeking job with higher wages, fine for late library books). (E8B3I1) Describes the types of specialized economic institutions found in market economies (corporate, partnership, labor union, bank, nonprofit organization). (E8B3I2) Gives examples of changes that might influence international trade (U.S. sanction, weather, war, boycott, embargoes) (E8B3I3)
3. Explain territorial expansion 1801-1861 in relation to Native Americans and external powers (Louisiana Purchase, Manifest Destiny) (U8B1I1)
4. Cause and effect with American Indian/Latin American neighbors. (U8B1I1) 
 
Family tree
Charts
Maps
Graphic organizers
 
   
skills-continued
Collect, organize data for immigrant groups of the first half of the 19th century utilizing library resources and family. (U8B1I4)
 		  
1. How did various groups influence life in the U.S.?
2. How did technology impact society?
3. How does the market economy work in the U.S.?
 
Industrial Age first half of 19th century, Years of Growth and Development, Jacksonian
 
1. Using historical references (Abolition, women's suffrage, transcendentalism)
2. Can explain how interchangeable parts, inventions, cotton gin, railroad, and steamboats opened up the country. (U8B1I3)
3. Describe 4 basic types of earned income. (E8B2I3) Explain the facts that cause employment.  (E8B2I4) Illustrate the relationship of price to supply and demand. (E6B2I1) Illustrate effect of changes in supply and demand on prices. (E6B2I2)
 
Charts
Graphic organizers
 
1. How does the individual, groups, ideas, developments, and turning points effect the young nation?
2. What are our rights, privileges, and responsibilities in becoming an active civic participant (with greater suffrage)?
3. How did differences in policy and philosophy give rise to the political parties?
4. What is the role of government in the economy?
5. How can you make effective decisions as a consumer, producer, saver, inventor, and citizen?
6. How did expansion effect other nations (Native Americans, Mexico)?
 
Westward movement/ Jacksonian, Sea From Sea
 
1. Define and give examples of Jacksonian Democracy (expansion of suffrage, appeal to common man, justification of spoil system, anti-elite, opposition to the bank). (U8B1I6)
2. Identify how to obtain citizenship (birth, residence, moral character). (C6B4I2) Identify privileges of U.S. citizenship (vote, hold public office, serve on jury). (C6B4I3) Compare methods of election (electoral college, popular vote). (C6B4I4) Examine steps to become an informed voter (recognizing candidate, stands taken by candidates on issues personal choices, voting). (C6B4I5)
3. Explain differences with frontier political outlook and other areas. (U8B1I6)
4. Give examples of the choices the government must make with limited resources. (E8B4I1)
 
Charts
Maps
Graphic organizers
Small group projects
Tests
 
   
skills continued-
5. Use product information to identify and cost and benefits to make informed choices among alternative. (C8B5I1) Use concept of trade-off to make a decision. (E8B5I2)
6. Evaluate Jackson's policy toward the Cherokee (Trail of Tears). Explain how the War with Mexico increased our holdings and how it affected our relationship with Mexico.
 		  
1. How do the individual groups, ideas, developments, and turning points in Civil War through Industrial Era?
2. How do the individual groups, ideas, developments and turning points in the Civil War?
 
1. Events leading to Civil War
Sea to Shining Sea, The Worlds of North & South, The Road to Civil War
2. Major Events Civil War
Torn by War
 
1. Retrace events led to sectionalism and secession (Compromise of 1820 and 1850, KS/NE Act, Dred Scott v Sanford). (U8B2I1) Explain how popular sovereignty pushed the country to separate further.
2. Explain the circumstances that shaped the Civil War outcome (economic, technological, human resources of the North and South).  (U8B2I2) Collecting, organizing, sequencing, and presentation of historical materials. (U8B3I1)
 
Reenactment
Charts
Court cases
Maps
Editorials
Mobiles
Diary entries
Letters
 
1. How do the individual groups, ideas, developments, and turning points affect American society during the Reconstruction?
2. How did Reconstruction change life?
3. How will we engage in historical thinking skills?
4. What was the federal policy concerning Native Americans?
5. What were the attitudes of government, army, missionaries, and settlers towards Native Americans?
 
Reconstruction, Rebuilding the Nation
Westward movement/1800-1900
 
1. Compare and contrast different plans for Reconstruction (President Lincoln/congressional leaders, President Johnson). (U8B2I4)
2. Evaluating historical documents, using primary and secondary sources. Looking at Black codes, sharecropping, Amendments 13, 14, 15, Plessy v. Ferguson.
3. Examines historical material during the 1800s to analyze and make inferences for cause and effect
4. Describe Federal Indian policy, recall.
5. Compare biases using historical documents.
 
Small group projects
Charts
Reenactments
Graphic organizers
Court cases
ABC test
Projects
Venn diagrams
 
1. How does the scarcity of resources require choices?
2. How did the rise of big business, heavy industry and mechanized farm change/transform American Society?

 
Industrial Revolution, The Frontier West, The Rise of Industry

 
1. Make connections, show that economic specialization occurs when people produce a narrower range of goods and services than they consume. (E4B1I5)
2. Analyze different view of industry and workers using historical document.

 
Chart
Graphic organizers
Oral presentation

 
1. How did the settling of the frontier change American life?
2. How has the American society changed its viewpoint on its societal responsibility?
3. How did the immigrants effect American life?
4. What were the experiences of the immigrant groups?
5. What were cities like?

 
Gilded Age late 1800s, A Diverse Nation

 
1. Compare how life had changed since the opening of the west using secondary and primary sources.
2. Comparisons lineal pre 1860 with Progressive's goals and life now.
3. Discuss positive effects that immigrants have brought us- New, Old, and recent immigration.
4. Evaluation of historical documents
5. Map areas of cities correlating to economic status.

 
Graphic organizers
Journal entries
Poster
Project
Map

 
1. How did Progressive reforms change the country?
2. What goals did minorities and women seek?
3. What factors helped the U.S. expand?
4. Why did the Spanish-American War take place and what were the results?

 
Progressive Era in early 20th century/Expansion, Progressive Reformers, Expanding Overseas

 
1. List/discuss the ways government helped the society both business and government itself.
2. List methods and goals of suffrage movement. Explain how women aided in the Progressive movement.
3. Discuss reasons why Americans favored overseas expansion.
4. Explain why the Spanish-American War took place and rest of expansion.

 
Chart
Maps
Graphic organizers
Time lines
Projection/prediction