Eighth grade social studies

IXL offers more than 100 eighth grade social studies skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

IXL offers more than 100 eighth grade social studies skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

B. The Constitution

  1. 1
    The Constitution: structure and principles
  2. 2
    The Constitution: amendments
  3. 3
    The Constitution: interpretation
  4. 4
    The Bill of Rights

C. The legal system

  1. 1
    Laws and courts

D. Citizenship

  1. 1
    Citizenship and the naturalization process
  2. 2
    Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship
  3. 3
    The U.S. naturalization test

E. Basic economic principles

  1. 1
    What is economics?
  2. 2
    Costs and benefits
  3. 3
    Opportunity cost
  4. 4
    Trade and specialization
  5. 5
    What is a market?
  6. 6
    Economic systems

G. Financial literacy

  1. 1
    Banks
  2. 2
    Methods of payment
  3. 3
    Balance a budget

N. The Jacksonian period

  1. 1
    Jacksonian Democracy
  2. 2
    Tariff, nullification, and bank war
  3. 3
    Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears

Q. Reconstruction and Jim Crow

  1. 1
    Radical Reconstruction
  2. 2
    The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow
  3. 3
    Jim Crow

R. The Gilded Age

  1. 1
    Industrialization in the Gilded Age
  2. 2
    Cities in the Gilded Age
  3. •
    New! The Spanish-American War

S. The Progressive Era

  1. 1
    Progressive Era reform movements

T. World War I

  1. 1
    World War I: the road to war
  2. 2
    World War I: the Great War
  3. 3
    World War I: ending the war

U. The 1920s

  1. 1
    Politics and society of the 1920s

V. The Great Depression

  1. 1
    The Great Depression
  2. 2
    The New Deal

W. World War II

  1. 1
    World War II: the war begins
  2. 2
    World War II: U.S. involvement
  3. 3
    World War II: the European and Pacific theaters

X. The Cold War

  1. 1
    The Cold War begins
  2. •
    New! The Korean War
  3. 2
    The Vietnam War: part I
  4. •
    New! The Vietnam War: part II

Y. The civil rights movement

  1. 1
    The civil rights movement: school desegregation
  2. 2
    The civil rights movement: nonviolent protest

Z. Evaluate sources

  1. 1
    Identify primary and secondary sources
  2. 2
    Identify facts and opinions
  3. •
    New! Identify bias

AA. Chronology and causation

  1. 1
    Read and create timelines with BCE and CE

BB. Read maps

  1. 1
    Identify and use lines of latitude and longitude

CC. Physical geography

  1. 1
    Oceans and continents

DD. The Americas: society and environment

  1. 1
    Region profile: South America
  2. 2
    Country profile: Brazil
  3. •
    New! Country profile: Mexico
  4. 3
    Compare economic systems: Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico
  5. 4
    Compare forms of government: Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico

FF. Europe: society and environment

  1. 1
    Region profile: Europe
  2. •
    New! Compare economic systems: Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom

HH. Africa: society and environment

  1. 1
    Region profile: West and Central Africa

JJ. The Middle East: society and environment

  1. 1
    Region profile: the Middle East

KK. Asia: society and environment

  1. 1
    Region profile: East Asia
  2. 2
    Country profile: China
  3. 3
    Country profile: Japan

MM. Oceania: geography

  1. 1
    Identify and select countries of Oceania
  2. 2
    Name countries of Oceania