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SS.8.1 History

• SS.8.1.1 Investigate and evaluate primary and secondary sources about United States history from the American Revolution through Reconstruction to formulate and defend a point of view with textual evidence.

  • SS.8.1.1.a Use and interpret documents and other relevant primary and secondary sources pertaining to United States history from multiple perspectives.

    • Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (8-L.9)

  • SS.8.1.1.b Analyze evidence from multiple sources including those with conflicting accounts about specific events in United States history.

    • Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (8-L.9)

  • SS.8.1.1.c Critique data for point of view, historical context, distortion, or propaganda and relevance to historical inquiry.

    • Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (8-L.9)
    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)
    • Source analysis: the Gettysburg Address (8-P.5)

  • SS.8.1.1.d Construct a written historical argument supported by evidence demonstrating the use or understanding of primary and secondary sources.

    • Identify primary and secondary sources (8-T.1)

• SS.8.1.2 The historical eras, individuals, groups, ideas and themes from the origins of the American Revolution through Reconstruction.

  • SS.8.1.2.a Determine and explain the historical context of key people and events from the origins of the American Revolution through Reconstruction including the examination of different perspectives.

    • Causes of the American Revolution: the French and Indian War (8-L.1)
    • Causes of the American Revolution: politics and society (8-L.2)
    • Causes of the American Revolution: introduction to mercantilism and the Navigation Acts (8-L.3)
    • Causes of the American Revolution: new taxes and colonial response (8-L.4)
    • The Revolutionary War: preparing for war (8-L.5)
    • The Revolutionary War: struggle for independence (8-L.6)
    • The Revolutionary War: turning the tide of war (8-L.7)
    • The Revolutionary War: conclusion and aftermath (8-L.8)
    • The Articles of Confederation (8-M.1)
    • The Constitutional Convention (8-M.2)
    • Washington's presidency: part I (8-M.3)
    • Washington's presidency: part II (8-M.4)
    • The first party system: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans (8-M.5)
    • The Marshall Court (8-M.6)
    • The Louisiana Purchase (8-M.7)
    • Jacksonian Democracy (8-N.1)
    • Tariff, nullification, and bank war (8-N.2)
    • Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears (8-N.3)
    • Industrial and Transportation Revolutions (8-O.1)
    • Comparing the North and the South (8-O.2)
    • Antebellum reform movements (8-O.3)
    • Antebellum immigration (8-O.4)
    • Slavery in the South (8-O.5)
    • The abolitionists (8-O.6)
    • The U.S.-Mexican War (8-O.8)
    • Causes of the Civil War: Missouri Compromise to Bleeding Kansas (8-O.9)
    • Causes of the Civil War: Dred Scott to secession (8-O.10)
    • The Civil War: the beginning of the war (8-P.1)
    • The Civil War: Bull Run to the Emancipation Proclamation (8-P.2)
    • The Civil War: Gettysburg to the election of 1864 (8-P.3)
    • The Civil War: the conclusion of the war (8-P.4)
    • Radical Reconstruction (8-Q.1)
    • The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow (8-Q.2)

  • SS.8.1.2.b Evaluate continuity and change over the course of United States history by examining various eras and determining major sources of conflict and compromise.

    • Causes of the American Revolution: the French and Indian War (8-L.1)
    • Causes of the American Revolution: politics and society (8-L.2)
    • Causes of the American Revolution: introduction to mercantilism and the Navigation Acts (8-L.3)
    • Causes of the American Revolution: new taxes and colonial response (8-L.4)
    • The Revolutionary War: preparing for war (8-L.5)
    • The Revolutionary War: struggle for independence (8-L.6)
    • The Revolutionary War: turning the tide of war (8-L.7)
    • The Revolutionary War: conclusion and aftermath (8-L.8)
    • The Articles of Confederation (8-M.1)
    • The Constitutional Convention (8-M.2)
    • Washington's presidency: part I (8-M.3)
    • Washington's presidency: part II (8-M.4)
    • The first party system: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans (8-M.5)
    • The Marshall Court (8-M.6)
    • The Louisiana Purchase (8-M.7)
    • Jacksonian Democracy (8-N.1)
    • Tariff, nullification, and bank war (8-N.2)
    • Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears (8-N.3)
    • Industrial and Transportation Revolutions (8-O.1)
    • Antebellum reform movements (8-O.3)
    • Antebellum immigration (8-O.4)
    • Slavery in the South (8-O.5)
    • The abolitionists (8-O.6)
    • The U.S.-Mexican War (8-O.8)
    • Causes of the Civil War: Missouri Compromise to Bleeding Kansas (8-O.9)
    • Causes of the Civil War: Dred Scott to secession (8-O.10)
    • The Civil War: the beginning of the war (8-P.1)
    • The Civil War: Bull Run to the Emancipation Proclamation (8-P.2)
    • The Civil War: Gettysburg to the election of 1864 (8-P.3)
    • The Civil War: the conclusion of the war (8-P.4)
    • Radical Reconstruction (8-Q.1)
    • The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow (8-Q.2)

  • SS.8.1.2.c Examine factors that motivated the military and economic expansion from the American Revolution through Reconstruction.

    • The Revolutionary War: preparing for war (8-L.5)
    • The Revolutionary War: struggle for independence (8-L.6)
    • The Revolutionary War: turning the tide of war (8-L.7)
    • The Revolutionary War: conclusion and aftermath (8-L.8)
    • The Articles of Confederation (8-M.1)
    • The Constitutional Convention (8-M.2)
    • Washington's presidency: part I (8-M.3)
    • The Louisiana Purchase (8-M.7)
    • Tariff, nullification, and bank war (8-N.2)
    • Industrial and Transportation Revolutions (8-O.1)
    • Comparing the North and the South (8-O.2)
    • The U.S.-Mexican War (8-O.8)
    • The Civil War: the beginning of the war (8-P.1)
    • The Civil War: Bull Run to the Emancipation Proclamation (8-P.2)
    • The Civil War: Gettysburg to the election of 1864 (8-P.3)
    • The Civil War: the conclusion of the war (8-P.4)

  • SS.8.1.2.d Evaluate the impact of gender, age, ethnicity and class during this time period and the impact of these demographic groups on the events of the time period.

    • Life as a colonist (8-K.1)
    • Antebellum reform movements (8-O.3)
    • Antebellum immigration (8-O.4)
    • Slavery in the South (8-O.5)

  • SS.8.1.2.e Analyze causes and effects of major conflicts from the origins of the American Revolution through Reconstruction.

    • Causes of the American Revolution: the French and Indian War (8-L.1)
    • Causes of the American Revolution: politics and society (8-L.2)
    • Causes of the American Revolution: introduction to mercantilism and the Navigation Acts (8-L.3)
    • Causes of the American Revolution: new taxes and colonial response (8-L.4)
    • The Revolutionary War: preparing for war (8-L.5)
    • The Revolutionary War: struggle for independence (8-L.6)
    • The Revolutionary War: turning the tide of war (8-L.7)
    • The Revolutionary War: conclusion and aftermath (8-L.8)
    • Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears (8-N.3)
    • Slavery in the South (8-O.5)
    • The abolitionists (8-O.6)
    • The U.S.-Mexican War (8-O.8)
    • Causes of the Civil War: Missouri Compromise to Bleeding Kansas (8-O.9)
    • Causes of the Civil War: Dred Scott to secession (8-O.10)
    • The Civil War: the beginning of the war (8-P.1)
    • The Civil War: Bull Run to the Emancipation Proclamation (8-P.2)
    • The Civil War: Gettysburg to the election of 1864 (8-P.3)
    • The Civil War: the conclusion of the war (8-P.4)
    • Radical Reconstruction (8-Q.1)
    • The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow (8-Q.2)

  • SS.8.1.2.f Analyze ideas that are critical to the understanding of American history.

    • The Constitution: structure and principles (8-B.1)
    • Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (8-D.2)
    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)

SS.8.2 Geography

• SS.8.2.1 Use geographic tools to research and analyze patterns in human and physical systems in the United States.

  • SS.8.2.1.a Interpret maps and other geographic tools as a primary source to analyze a historic issue.

    • The Louisiana Purchase (8-M.7)

  • SS.8.2.1.b Describe the nature and spatial distribution of cultural patterns.

  • SS.8.2.1.c Recognize the patterns and networks of economic interdependence.

    • Trade and specialization (8-E.4)
    • Comparing the North and the South (8-O.2)

  • SS.8.2.1.d Explain the establishment of human settlements in relationship to physical attributes and important regional connections.

    • New England Colonies: founding and government (8-K.5)
    • New England Colonies: economy and interactions with Native Americans (8-K.6)
    • Middle Colonies: founding and government (8-K.7)
    • Middle Colonies: economy and society (8-K.8)
    • Southern Colonies: founding and government (8-K.9)
    • Southern Colonies: economy and slavery (8-K.10)

  • SS.8.2.1.e Calculate and analyze population trends.

• SS.8.2.2 Competition for control of space and resources in early American History.

  • SS.8.2.2.a Analyze how economic, political, cultural, and social processes interact to shape patterns of human population, interdependence, cooperation and conflict.

    • The Louisiana Purchase (8-M.7)
    • Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears (8-N.3)
    • Industrial and Transportation Revolutions (8-O.1)
    • Comparing the North and the South (8-O.2)
    • Texas independence and annexation (8-O.7)
    • The U.S.-Mexican War (8-O.8)

  • SS.8.2.2.b Compare how differing geographic perspectives apply to a historic issue.

    • The U.S.-Mexican War (8-O.8)

  • SS.8.2.2.c Interpret from a geographic perspective the expansion of the United States by addressing issues of land, security, access, and sovereignty.

    • The Louisiana Purchase (8-M.7)
    • Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears (8-N.3)
    • Texas independence and annexation (8-O.7)
    • The U.S.-Mexican War (8-O.8)

SS.8.3 Economics

• SS.8.3.1 Economic freedom, including free trade was important for economic growth in early American History.

  • SS.8.3.1.a Give examples of international and regional differences in resources, productivity, and costs that provide a basis for trade.

    • New England Colonies: economy and interactions with Native Americans (8-K.6)
    • Middle Colonies: economy and society (8-K.8)
    • Southern Colonies: economy and slavery (8-K.10)
    • Industrial and Transportation Revolutions (8-O.1)
    • Comparing the North and the South (8-O.2)

  • SS.8.3.1.b Describe the factors that lead to a nation or a region having a comparative and absolute advantage in trade.

    • Trade and specialization (8-E.4)

  • SS.8.3.1.c Explain effects of domestic policies on international trade.

    • Trade and specialization (8-E.4)

  • SS.8.3.1.d Explain why nations sometimes restrict trade by using quotas, tariffs, and nontariff barriers.

    • Trade and specialization (8-E.4)

• SS.8.3.2 Examine the role of consumer decisions and taxes within the market economies of early American History (PFL).

  • SS.8.3.2.a Calculate how the value of money has changed over time impacting earning, spending, borrowing, and investing.

  • SS.8.3.2.b Explain factors that have impacted borrowing and investing over time.

    • Banks (8-F.1)

  • SS.8.3.2.c Analyze the changes in the development of human capital over time.

  • SS.8.3.2.d Analyze the impact of taxes on the people of the United States over time.

SS.8.4 Civics

• SS.8.4.1 Construct an understanding of the changing definition of citizenship and the expansion of rights of citizens in the United States.

  • SS.8.4.1.a Describe instances in which major political, social, economic, or cultural changes occurred and the reasons for the changes.

    • New England Colonies: founding and government (8-K.5)
    • New England Colonies: economy and interactions with Native Americans (8-K.6)
    • Middle Colonies: founding and government (8-K.7)
    • Middle Colonies: economy and society (8-K.8)
    • Southern Colonies: founding and government (8-K.9)
    • Southern Colonies: economy and slavery (8-K.10)
    • Causes of the American Revolution: the French and Indian War (8-L.1)
    • Causes of the American Revolution: politics and society (8-L.2)
    • Causes of the American Revolution: introduction to mercantilism and the Navigation Acts (8-L.3)
    • Causes of the American Revolution: new taxes and colonial response (8-L.4)
    • The Revolutionary War: preparing for war (8-L.5)
    • The Revolutionary War: struggle for independence (8-L.6)
    • The Revolutionary War: turning the tide of war (8-L.7)
    • The Revolutionary War: conclusion and aftermath (8-L.8)
    • The Articles of Confederation (8-M.1)
    • The Constitutional Convention (8-M.2)
    • Washington's presidency: part I (8-M.3)
    • Washington's presidency: part II (8-M.4)
    • The first party system: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans (8-M.5)
    • The Marshall Court (8-M.6)
    • The Louisiana Purchase (8-M.7)
    • Tariff, nullification, and bank war (8-N.2)
    • Industrial and Transportation Revolutions (8-O.1)
    • Comparing the North and the South (8-O.2)
    • The U.S.-Mexican War (8-O.8)
    • The Civil War: the beginning of the war (8-P.1)
    • The Civil War: Bull Run to the Emancipation Proclamation (8-P.2)
    • The Civil War: Gettysburg to the election of 1864 (8-P.3)
    • The Civil War: the conclusion of the war (8-P.4)
    • Radical Reconstruction (8-Q.1)
    • The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow (8-Q.2)

  • SS.8.4.1.b Analyze the changing definition of citizenship and give examples of the expansion of rights.

    • The Constitution: interpretation (8-B.3)
    • Citizenship and the naturalization process (8-D.1)
    • Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (8-D.2)
    • Jacksonian Democracy (8-N.1)
    • Antebellum reform movements (8-O.3)
    • The Civil War: the conclusion of the war (8-P.4)
    • Radical Reconstruction (8-Q.1)
    • The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow (8-Q.2)

  • SS.8.4.1.c Describe examples of citizens and groups who have influenced change in United States government and politics.

    • Antebellum reform movements (8-O.3)
    • The abolitionists (8-O.6)

  • SS.8.4.1.d Evaluate the result of various strategies for political change over time.

    • Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (8-L.9)
    • Antebellum reform movements (8-O.3)
    • The abolitionists (8-O.6)

  • SS.8.4.1.e Analyze primary sources supporting democratic freedoms and the founding of our government.

    • The Constitution: structure and principles (8-B.1)
    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)

  • SS.8.4.1.f Examine ways members of society may effectively voice opinions, monitor government, and bring about change nationally.

    • Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (8-D.2)
    • Antebellum reform movements (8-O.3)
    • The abolitionists (8-O.6)

• SS.8.4.2 The purpose and place of rule of law in a constitutional system.

  • SS.8.4.2.a Discern various types of law.

    • Laws and courts (8-C.1)

  • SS.8.4.2.b Evaluate the strengths of rule of law.

    • Purposes of government (8-A.1)
    • Laws and courts (8-C.1)

  • SS.8.4.2.c Describe and engage in various means of conflict management.

  • SS.8.4.2.d Explain the role and importance of the Constitution.

    • The Legislative Branch (8-A.2)
    • The Executive Branch (8-A.3)
    • The Judicial Branch (8-A.4)
    • Checks and balances (8-A.5)
    • The Constitution: structure and principles (8-B.1)
    • The Constitution: amendments (8-B.2)
    • The Constitution: interpretation (8-B.3)
    • The Bill of Rights (8-B.4)
    • The Constitutional Convention (8-M.2)

  • SS.8.4.2.e Discuss the tensions between individual rights, state law, and national law.

    • State and local government (8-A.6)
    • The Bill of Rights (8-B.4)
    • Laws and courts (8-C.1)

  • SS.8.4.2.f Explain how the state and federal courts' power of judicial review is reflected in the United States' form of constitutional government.

    • The Judicial Branch (8-A.4)
    • Checks and balances (8-A.5)
    • The Constitution: interpretation (8-B.3)
    • Laws and courts (8-C.1)

  • SS.8.4.2.g Use a variety of resources to identify and evaluate issues that involve civic responsibility, individual rights, and the common good.

    • Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (8-D.2)