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.

A. Government

1
Purposes of government

2
The Legislative Branch

3
The Executive Branch

4
The Judicial Branch

5
Checks and balances

6
State and local government

7
Identify levels and branches of government

B. The Constitution

1
The Constitution: structure and principles

2
The Constitution: amendments

3
The Constitution: interpretation

4
The Bill of Rights

C. The legal system

1
Laws and courts

D. Citizenship

1
Citizenship and the naturalization process

2
Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship

3
The U.S. naturalization test

E. Basic economic principles

1
What is economics?

2
Costs and benefits

3
Opportunity cost

4
Trade and specialization

5
What is a market?

6
Economic systems

F. Supply and demand

1
Understand quantity supplied and quantity demanded

2
Understand overall supply and demand

3
Create and use supply and demand curves

4
Identify shortage and surplus

5
Identify shortage and surplus with graphs

6
Identify shortage and surplus with data

G. Financial literacy

1
Banks

2
Methods of payment

3
Balance a budget

H. Native peoples of North America

1
Pre-contact Native peoples: introduction

2
Native peoples of the Great Plains

3
Native peoples of the Southwest

4
Native peoples of the Great Basin and Plateau

5
Native peoples of the Pacific Northwest

6
Native peoples of California

7
Native peoples of Alaska

I. Early modern Europe

1
Renaissance origins

2
Italian Renaissance: achievements in literature and art

3
The Reformation

4
The Scientific Revolution

5
The Enlightenment: origins and natural rights

6
The Enlightenment: influences on government

J. Age of exploration

1
The Age of Exploration: origins

2
Portuguese and Spanish expeditions: part I

3
Portuguese and Spanish expeditions: part II

4
French and English expeditions: part I

5
French and English expeditions: part II

6
The Columbian Exchange

K. Colonial America

1
Life as a colonist

2
Identify the Thirteen Colonies

3
Select the Thirteen Colonies

4
Name the Thirteen Colonies

5
New England Colonies: founding and government

6
New England Colonies: economy and interactions with Native Americans

7
Middle Colonies: founding and government

8
Middle Colonies: economy and society

9
Southern Colonies: founding and government

10
Southern Colonies: economy and slavery

L. The American Revolution

1
Causes of the American Revolution: the French and Indian War

2
Causes of the American Revolution: politics and society

3
Causes of the American Revolution: introduction to mercantilism and the Navigation Acts

4
Causes of the American Revolution: new taxes and colonial response

5
The Revolutionary War: preparing for war

6
The Revolutionary War: struggle for independence

7
The Revolutionary War: turning the tide of war

8
The Revolutionary War: conclusion and aftermath

9
Source analysis: the Boston Massacre

10
Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence

M. The early republic

1
The Articles of Confederation

2
The Constitutional Convention

3
Washington's presidency: part I

4
Washington's presidency: part II

5
The first party system: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

6
The Marshall Court

7
The Louisiana Purchase

8
The War of 1812

N. The Jacksonian period

1
Jacksonian Democracy

2
Tariff, nullification, and bank war

3
Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears

O. The antebellum period

1
Industrial and Transportation Revolutions

2
Comparing the North and the South

3
Antebellum reform movements

4
Antebellum immigration

5
Slavery in the South

6
The abolitionists

7
Texas independence and annexation

8
The U.S.-Mexican War

9
Causes of the Civil War: Missouri Compromise to Bleeding Kansas

10
Causes of the Civil War: Dred Scott to secession

P. The Civil War

1
The Civil War: the beginning of the war

2
The Civil War: Bull Run to the Emancipation Proclamation

3
The Civil War: Gettysburg to the election of 1864

4
The Civil War: the conclusion of the war

5
Source analysis: the Gettysburg Address

Q. Reconstruction and Jim Crow

1
Radical Reconstruction

2
The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow

3
Jim Crow

R. The Gilded Age

1
Industrialization in the Gilded Age

2
Cities in the Gilded Age

S. The Progressive Era

1
Progressive Era reform movements

T. World War I

1
World War I: the road to war

2
World War I: the Great War

3
World War I: ending the war

U. The 1920s

1
Politics and society of the 1920s

V. The Great Depression

1
The Great Depression

2
The New Deal

W. World War II

1
World War II: the war begins

2
World War II: U.S. involvement

3
World War II: the European and Pacific theaters

X. The Cold War

1
The Cold War begins

2
The Vietnam War: part I

Y. The civil rights movement

1
The civil rights movement: school desegregation

2
The civil rights movement: nonviolent protest

Z. Evaluate sources

1
Identify primary and secondary sources

2
Identify facts and opinions

AA. Chronology and causation

1
Read and create timelines with BCE and CE

BB. Read maps

1
Identify and use lines of latitude and longitude

CC. Physical geography

1
Oceans and continents

DD. The Americas: society and environment

1
Region profile: South America

2
Country profile: Brazil

3
Compare economic systems: Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico

4
Compare forms of government: Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico

EE. The Americas: geography

1
Identify and select countries of Northern and Central America

2
Name countries of Northern and Central America

3
Identify and select countries of the Caribbean

4
Name countries of the Caribbean

5
Identify and select countries of South America

6
Name countries of South America

FF. Europe: society and environment

1
Region profile: Europe

GG. Europe: geography

1
Identify and select countries of Europe: region 1

2
Name countries of Europe: region 1

3
Identify and select countries of Europe: region 2

4
Name countries of Europe: region 2

5
Identify and select countries of Europe: region 3

6
Name countries of Europe: region 3

7
Identify and select countries of Europe: region 4

8
Name countries of Europe: region 4

9
Identify and select countries of Europe: region 5

10
Name countries of Europe: region 5

11
Identify countries of Europe: review

12
Select countries of Europe: review

13
Name countries of Europe: review

HH. Africa: society and environment

1
Region profile: West and Central Africa

II. Africa: geography

1
Identify and select countries of Africa: region 1

2
Name countries of Africa: region 1

3
Identify and select countries of Africa: region 2

4
Name countries of Africa: region 2

5
Identify and select countries of Africa: region 3

6
Name countries of Africa: region 3

7
Identify and select countries of Africa: region 4

8
Name countries of Africa: region 4

9
Identify and select countries of Africa: region 5

10
Name countries of Africa: region 5

11
Identify countries of Africa: review

12
Select countries of Africa: review

13
Name countries of Africa: review

JJ. The Middle East: society and environment

1
Region profile: the Middle East

KK. Asia: society and environment

1
Region profile: East Asia

2
Country profile: China

3
Country profile: Japan

LL. Asia: geography

1
Identify and select countries of Asia: region 1

2
Name countries of Asia: region 1

3
Identify and select countries of Asia: region 2

4
Name countries of Asia: region 2

5
Identify and select countries of Asia: region 3

6
Name countries of Asia: region 3

7
Identify and select countries of Asia: region 4

8
Name countries of Asia: region 4

9
Identify and select countries of Asia: region 5

10
Name countries of Asia: region 5

11
Identify and select countries of Asia: region 6

12
Name countries of Asia: region 6

13
Identify countries of Asia: review

14
Select countries of Asia: review

15
Name countries of Asia: review

MM. Oceania: geography

1
Identify and select countries of Oceania

2
Name countries of Oceania