Skill plan for the Redesigned STAAR - Social Studies 8th grade
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History
The student understands traditional historical points of reference in U.S. history through 1877.
8.1.A: Identify the major eras in U.S. history through 1877, including colonization, revolution, creation and ratification of the Constitution, early republic, the Age of Jackson, westward expansion, reform movements, sectionalism, Civil War, and Reconstruction, and describe their causes and effects.
Colonial rule
The Revolutionary War
The Constitution and Early Republic
Expansion
Jacksonian Democracy
Sectionalism
Reform movements
Causes of the Civil War
The Civil War
8.1.A: Identify the major eras in U.S. history through 1877, including colonization, revolution, creation and ratification of the Constitution, early republic, the Age of Jackson, westward expansion, reform movements, sectionalism, Civil War, and Reconstruction, and describe their causes and effects.
Colonial rule
The Revolutionary War
The Constitution and Early Republic
Expansion
Jacksonian Democracy
Sectionalism
Reform movements
Causes of the Civil War
The Civil War
The student understands the causes of exploration and colonization eras.
8.2.A: Identify reasons for English, Spanish, and French exploration and colonization of North America.
8.2.A: Identify reasons for English, Spanish, and French exploration and colonization of North America.
The student understands the foundations of representative government in the United States.
8.3.A: Explain the reasons for the growth of representative government and institutions during the colonial period.
8.3.A: Explain the reasons for the growth of representative government and institutions during the colonial period.
The student understands significant political and economic issues of the revolutionary and Constitutional eras.
8.4.A: Analyze causes of the American Revolution, including the Proclamation of 1763, the Intolerable Acts, the Stamp Act, mercantilism, lack of representation in Parliament, and British economic policies following the French and Indian War.
8.4.A: Analyze causes of the American Revolution, including the Proclamation of 1763, the Intolerable Acts, the Stamp Act, mercantilism, lack of representation in Parliament, and British economic policies following the French and Indian War.
8.4.C: Explain the issues surrounding important events of the American Revolution, including declaring independence; fighting the battles of Lexington and Concord, Saratoga, and Yorktown; enduring the winter at Valley Forge; and signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783.
8.4.C: Explain the issues surrounding important events of the American Revolution, including declaring independence; fighting the battles of Lexington and Concord, Saratoga, and Yorktown; enduring the winter at Valley Forge; and signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783.
8.4.D: Analyze the issues of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, including the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise.
8.4.D: Analyze the issues of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, including the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise.
The student understands the challenges confronted by the government and its leaders in the early years of the republic and the Age of Jackson.
8.5.A: Describe major domestic problems faced by the leaders of the new republic, including maintaining national security, creating a stable economic system, and setting up the court system.
Early Republic
Jacksonian Democracy
8.5.A: Describe major domestic problems faced by the leaders of the new republic, including maintaining national security, creating a stable economic system, and setting up the court system.
Early Republic
Jacksonian Democracy
8.5.C: Explain the origin and development of American political parties.
8.5.C: Explain the origin and development of American political parties.
8.5.E: Identify the foreign policies of presidents Washington through Monroe and explain the impact of Washington's Farewell Address and the Monroe Doctrine.
8.5.E: Identify the foreign policies of presidents Washington through Monroe and explain the impact of Washington's Farewell Address and the Monroe Doctrine.
The student understands westward expansion and its effects on the political, economic, and social development of the nation.
8.6.A: Explain how the Northwest Ordinance established principles and procedures for orderly expansion of the United States.
8.6.A: Explain how the Northwest Ordinance established principles and procedures for orderly expansion of the United States.
8.6.B: Analyze the westward growth of the nation, including the Louisiana Purchase and Manifest Destiny.
8.6.B: Analyze the westward growth of the nation, including the Louisiana Purchase and Manifest Destiny.
8.6.C: Explain the causes and effects of the U.S.-Mexican War and their impact on the United States.
8.6.C: Explain the causes and effects of the U.S.-Mexican War and their impact on the United States.
The student understands how political, economic, and social factors led to the growth of sectionalism and the Civil War.
8.7.C: Analyze the impact of slavery on different sections of the United States.
8.7.C: Analyze the impact of slavery on different sections of the United States.
The student understands individuals, issues, and events of the Civil War.
8.8.B: Explain the central role of the expansion of slavery in causing sectionalism, disagreement over states' rights, and the Civil War.
8.8.B: Explain the central role of the expansion of slavery in causing sectionalism, disagreement over states' rights, and the Civil War.
8.8.C: Explain significant events of the Civil War, including the firing on Fort Sumter; the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg; the Emancipation Proclamation; Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House; and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
8.8.C: Explain significant events of the Civil War, including the firing on Fort Sumter; the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg; the Emancipation Proclamation; Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House; and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
The student understands the effects of Reconstruction on the political, economic, and social life of the nation.
8.9.C: Explain the economic, political, and social problems during Reconstruction and evaluate their impact on different groups.
8.9.C: Explain the economic, political, and social problems during Reconstruction and evaluate their impact on different groups.
Geography
The student understands the location and characteristics of places and regions of the United States, past and present.
8.10.B: Compare places and regions of the United States in terms of physical and human characteristics.
New England colonies
Middle colonies
Southern colonies
8.10.B: Compare places and regions of the United States in terms of physical and human characteristics.
New England colonies
Middle colonies
Southern colonies
8.10.C: Analyze the effects of physical and human geographic factors such as weather, landforms, waterways, transportation, and communication on major historical events in the United States.
8.10.C: Analyze the effects of physical and human geographic factors such as weather, landforms, waterways, transportation, and communication on major historical events in the United States.
The student understands the physical characteristics of North America and how humans adapted to and modified the environment through the mid-19th century.
8.11.A: Analyze how physical characteristics of the environment influenced population distribution, settlement patterns, and economic activities in the United States.
8.11.A: Analyze how physical characteristics of the environment influenced population distribution, settlement patterns, and economic activities in the United States.
Economics
The student understands why various sections of the United States developed different patterns of economic activity through 1877.
8.12.B: Explain reasons for the development of the plantation system, the transatlantic slave trade, and the spread of slavery.
8.12.B: Explain reasons for the development of the plantation system, the transatlantic slave trade, and the spread of slavery.
8.12.C: Analyze the causes and effects of economic differences among different regions of the United States at selected times.
8.12.C: Analyze the causes and effects of economic differences among different regions of the United States at selected times.
The student understands how various economic forces resulted in the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century.
8.13.B: Identify the economic factors that brought about rapid industrialization and urbanization.
8.13.B: Identify the economic factors that brought about rapid industrialization and urbanization.
Government
The student understands the American beliefs and principles reflected in the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and other important historic documents.
8.15.A: Identify the influence of ideas from historic documents, including the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, the Mayflower Compact, and the Federalist Papers, on the U.S. system of government.
8.15.A: Identify the influence of ideas from historic documents, including the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, the Mayflower Compact, and the Federalist Papers, on the U.S. system of government.
8.15.C: Identify colonial grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence and explain how those grievances were addressed in the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
8.15.C: Identify colonial grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence and explain how those grievances were addressed in the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
8.15.D: Analyze how the U.S. Constitution reflects the principles of limited government, republicanism, checks and balances, federalism, separation of powers, popular sovereignty, and individual rights.
8.15.D: Analyze how the U.S. Constitution reflects the principles of limited government, republicanism, checks and balances, federalism, separation of powers, popular sovereignty, and individual rights.
The student understands the purpose of changing the U.S. Constitution and the impact of amendments on American society.
8.16.A: Summarize the purposes for amending the U.S. Constitution.
8.16.A: Summarize the purposes for amending the U.S. Constitution.
8.16.B: Describe the impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.
8.16.B: Describe the impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.
The student understands the dynamic nature of the powers of the national government and state governments in a federal system.
8.17.A: Analyze the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, including those of Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, James Madison, and George Mason.
8.17.A: Analyze the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, including those of Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, James Madison, and George Mason.
8.17.B: Explain constitutional issues arising over the issue of states' rights, including the Nullification Crisis and the Civil War.
8.17.B: Explain constitutional issues arising over the issue of states' rights, including the Nullification Crisis and the Civil War.
Citizenship
The student understands the rights and responsibilities of citizens of the United States.
8.19.A: Define and give examples of unalienable rights.
8.19.A: Define and give examples of unalienable rights.
8.19.B: Summarize rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
8.19.B: Summarize rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
Culture
The student understands the relationships between and among people from various groups, including racial, ethnic, and religious groups, during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
8.23.A: Identify racial, ethnic, and religious groups that settled in the United States and explain their reasons for immigration.
8.23.A: Identify racial, ethnic, and religious groups that settled in the United States and explain their reasons for immigration.
The student understands the major reform movements of the 19th century.
8.24.A: Describe and evaluate the historical development of the abolitionist movement.
8.24.A: Describe and evaluate the historical development of the abolitionist movement.
8.24.B: Evaluate the impact of reform movements, including educational reform, temperance, the women's rights movement, prison reform, the labor reform movement, and care of the disabled.
8.24.B: Evaluate the impact of reform movements, including educational reform, temperance, the women's rights movement, prison reform, the labor reform movement, and care of the disabled.
The student understands the impact of religion on the American way of life.
8.25.C: Analyze the impact of the First Amendment guarantees of religious freedom on the American way of life.
8.25.C: Analyze the impact of the First Amendment guarantees of religious freedom on the American way of life.
Science, technology, and society
The student understands the impact of science and technology on the economic development of the United States.
8.27.A: Explain the effects of technological and scientific innovations such as the steamboat, the cotton gin, the telegraph, and interchangeable parts.
8.27.A: Explain the effects of technological and scientific innovations such as the steamboat, the cotton gin, the telegraph, and interchangeable parts.
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