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Skills available for District of Columbia eighth-grade social studies standards
Standards are in black and IXL social studies skills are in dark green. Hold your mouse over the name of a skill to view a sample question. Click on the name of a skill to practice that skill.
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- K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Global Opportunities for Action K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Global Opportunities for Action
- K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): How does the Government Function? K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): How does the Government Function?
- K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Media, Society, Government, and Digital Literacy K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Media, Society, Government, and Digital Literacy
- K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Power and Access to Power in Society K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Power and Access to Power in Society
- K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Protest and Resistance K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Protest and Resistance
- K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Rights of the People K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Rights of the People
- K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): The Role of Government in Society K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): The Role of Government in Society
- District of Columbia Social Studies Standards District of Columbia Social Studies Standards
- Common Core State Standards: Grades 6-8 Literacy in History/Social Studies Common Core State Standards: Grades 6-8 Literacy in History/Social Studies
Actions
7 Global Opportunities for Action
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8.63 Analyze the ways in which governments, organizations or individuals from at least three different countries impact policy beyond their borders.
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8.64 Compare the effectiveness of methods used by the United States government to enact foreign policy, including sanctions, aid, diplomacy, military force, coalition building and deterrence.
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8.65 Analyze common risk factors and warning signs that indicate a country is at risk for genocide or mass atrocity, and identify how they were present during the Holocaust and at least one other genocide, such as the Armenian Genocide, Cambodian genocide or Rwandan genocide.
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8.66 Evaluate the ways in which countries and international organizations recognize and respond to indications that a country is at risk for genocide or mass atrocity.
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8.67 Propose and advocate for a specific method of action that can be taken by the federal government to best respond to a current situation in which a country is at risk for genocide or mass atrocity.