TARGET SHOOT
GRADE 8 SOCIAL STUDIES
“AMERICAN
REVOLUTION”
Learning Targets & I Can Statements:
HISTORY LEARNING
TARGET #4: How were
civilizations during the 14th-18th
centuries affected by their
interactions?
I can describe conflicts among
colonial powers for control of North
America. I can describe how interactions
between American Indians & European
settlers led to alliances & conflict. I can
explain how early representative
governments & democratic practices
emerged (town meetings, colonial
assemblies, desire to have a say).
GEOGRAPHY LEARNING
TARGET #2: Can you identify &
define regions using human &
physical characteristics?
I can explain how land use,
population, politics, economy & social
practices in the US have changed since
colonial times.
HISTORY LEARNING
TARGET #5: What caused the
American Revolution from the
Colonial & British perspective?
I can explain how the following
caused the American Revolution from the
Patriot, Loyalist, Neutral & British
perspective: Proclamation of 1763,
Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act,
Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts,
boycotts, Sons of Liberty & petitions to
Parliament.
I can explain how the Declaration of
Independence impacted the American
Revolution. I can explain why the
Continental Army struggled in the North
during the early years of the
Revolutionary War & why fighting shifted
South after 1779. I can explain how
women, African Americans & American
Indians impacted the Revolutionary War.
I can explain why state constitutions
were created after the Revolutionary War.
GOVERNMENT LEARNING
TARGET #1: Why do we have
government, how can we influence
government & how do governments
get along?
I can explain how the principals of
self-government & natural rights
expressed in the Declaration of
Independence are related to
Enlightenment ideas.
CITIZENSHIP LEARNING
TARGET #1:
How do people influence their
government to attain civic & public
goals?
I can explain how the Sons of
Liberty & Committees of
Correspondence participated in civic life
to attain American independence.