8th Grade Social Studies Year-at-a-Glance
Ongoing: ​Social Studies Skills-- Critical thinking skills (8.29); Written, oral, and visual forms of communication (8.30); Problem-solving and Decision-making skills (8.31)
First Six Weeks
History
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Traditional points of reference in U.S. history
through 1877 (8.1)
Causes of exploration and colonization era
(8.2)
Foundation of representative government in the
United States (8.3)
SIgnificant political and economic issues of the
revolutionary era (8.4)
Geography
★ Location and characteristics of places and
regions of the U.S., past and present (8.10)
★ Physical characteristics of North America and
how humans have adapted and modified the
environment through the mid-19th Century
(8.11)
Culture
★ Relationships between and among various
groups of people during the 17th, 18th, and
19th centuries (8.23)
★ Major reform movements of the 19th Century
(8.24)
★ Impact of religion on American life (8.25)
Citizenship
★ Importance of voluntary individual participation
in the democratic process (8.20)
Economics
★ Patterns of economic activity (8.12)
Second Six Weeks
History
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Traditional points of reference in U.S. history
through 1877 (8.1)
SIgnificant political and economic issues of the
revolutionary era (8.4)
Third Six Weeks
History
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Geography
★ Location and characteristics of places and
regions of the U.S., past and present (8.10)
Culture
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Relationships between and among various
groups of people during the 17th, 18th, and
19th centuries (8.23)
Citizenship
★ Importance of voluntary individual participation
in the democratic process (8.20)
Culture
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Traditional points of reference in U.S. history
through 1877 (8.1)
Foundation of representative government in the
United States (8.3)
SIgnificant political and economic issues of the
revolutionary era (8.4)
Challenges confronted by the government and
leaders in the early years of the republic and
the Age of Jackson (8.5)
Westward expansion and its effects on politics,
economy, and societal development (8.6)
Impact of religion on American life (8.25)
Government
★ Declaration of Independence, U.S.
Constitution, and other important historical
documents (8.15)
★ Process of changing the U.S. Constitution and
the impact of amendments (8.16)
★ Powers of the national government and state
governments in a federal system (8.17)
Citizenship
★ Rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens
(8.19)
★ Importance of voluntary individual participation
in the democratic process (8.20)
★ Expression of different points of view in the
constitutional republic (8.21)
★ Importance of effective leadership in a
constitutional republic (8.22)
Fourth Six Weeks
History
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Traditional points of reference in U.S. history
through 1877 (8.1)
Challenges confronted by the government and
leaders in the early years of the republic and
the Age of Jackson (8.5)
Westward expansion and its effects on politics,
economy, and societal development (8.6)
Factors that led to the growth of sectionalism
and the Civil War (8.7)
Geography
★ Physical characteristics of North America &
how humans have adapted & modified the
environment through the mid-19th Century
(8.11)
Culture
★ Relationships between and among various
groups of people during the 17th, 18th, and
19th centuries (8.23)
★ Major reform movements of the 19th Century
(8.24)
Government
★ Impact of landmark Supreme Court cases
(8.18)
Citizenship
★ Importance of voluntary individual participation
in the democratic process (8.20)
★ Importance of effective leadership in a
constitutional republic (8.22)
Economics
★ Patterns of economic activity (8.12)
★ Economic forces & Industrial Revolution (6.13)
★ Free enterprise system (8.14)
Science, Technology, and Society
★ Impact of science and technology on economic
development (8.27)
★ Impact of scientific discoveries and
technological innovations on daily life (8.28)
Fifth Six Weeks
History
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Traditional points of reference in U.S. history
through 1877 (8.1)
★ Westward expansion and its effects on politics,
economy, and societal development (8.6)
★ Factors that led to the growth of sectionalism
and the Civil War (8.7)
★ Individuals, issues and events of the Civil War
(8.8)
Geography
★ Location and characteristics of places and
regions of the U.S., past and present (8.10)
Culture
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Relationship between the arts and the times
during which they were created (8.26)
Government
★ Powers of the national government and state
governments in a federal system (8.17)
★ Impact of landmark Supreme Court cases
(8.18)
Citizenship
★ Importance of effective leadership in a
constitutional republic (8.22)
★ Major reform movements of the 19th Century
(8.24)
Economics
★ Patterns of economic activity (8.12)
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History
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Culture
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Sixth Six Weeks
Traditional points of reference in U.S. history
through 1877 (8.1)
Effects of Reconstruction (8.9)
Relationships between and among various
groups of people during the 17th, 18th, and
19th centuries (8.23)
Government
★ Process of changing the U.S. Constitution and
the impact of amendments (8.16)