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SS.8.A American History

• SS.8.A.1 Use research and inquiry skills to analyze American History using primary and secondary sources.

  • SS.8.A.1.1 Provide supporting details for an answer from text, interview for oral history, check validity of information from research/text, and identify strong vs. weak arguments.

  • SS.8.A.1.2 Analyze charts, graphs, maps, photographs and timelines; analyze political cartoons; determine cause and effect.

    • Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (8-L.9)
    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)
    • Reading and creating timelines with BCE and CE (8-T.3)

  • SS.8.A.1.3 Analyze current events relevant to American History topics through a variety of electronic and print media resources.

  • SS.8.A.1.4 Differentiate fact from opinion, utilize appropriate historical research and fiction/nonfiction support materials.

    • Identify facts and opinions (8-T.2)

  • SS.8.A.1.5 Identify, within both primary and secondary sources, the author, audience, format, and purpose of significant historical documents.

    • Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (8-L.9)
    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)
    • Identify primary and secondary sources (8-T.1)

  • SS.8.A.1.6 Compare interpretations of key events and issues throughout American History.

    • Source analysis: the Gettysburg Address (7-OO.5)
    • Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (8-L.9)
    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)

  • SS.8.A.1.7 View historic events through the eyes of those who were there as shown in their art, writings, music, and artifacts.

• SS.8.A.2 Examine the causes, course, and consequences of British settlement in the American colonies.

  • SS.8.A.2.1 Compare the relationships among the British, French, Spanish, and Dutch in their struggle for colonization of North America.

    • Portuguese and Spanish expeditions: part I (8-I.2)
    • Portuguese and Spanish expeditions: part II (8-I.3)
    • French and English expeditions: part I (8-I.4)
    • French and English expeditions: part II (8-I.5)
    • The Columbian Exchange (8-I.6)

  • SS.8.A.2.2 Compare the characteristics of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.

    • Life as a colonist (8-K.1)
    • 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.A.2.3 Differentiate economic systems of New England, Middle and Southern colonies including indentured servants and slaves as labor sources.

    • Life as a colonist (8-K.1)
    • New England Colonies: economy and interactions with Native Americans (8-K.6)
    • 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.A.2.4 Identify the impact of key colonial figures on the economic, political, and social development of the colonies.

    • Life as a colonist (8-K.1)

  • SS.8.A.2.5 Discuss the impact of colonial settlement on Native American populations.

    • Causes of the American Revolution: the French and Indian War (8-L.1)

  • SS.8.A.2.6 Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the French and Indian War.

    • Causes of the American Revolution: the French and Indian War (8-L.1)

  • SS.8.A.2.7 Describe the contributions of key groups (Africans, Native Americans, women, and children) to the society and culture of colonial America.

    • Life as a colonist (8-K.1)
    • Slavery in the South (8-O.5)

• SS.8.A.3 Demonstrate an understanding of the causes, course, and consequences of the American Revolution and the founding principles of our nation.

  • SS.8.A.3.1 Explain the consequences of the French and Indian War in British policies for the American colonies from 1763 - 1774.

    • 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)

  • SS.8.A.3.2 Explain American colonial reaction to British policy from 1763 - 1774.

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

  • SS.8.A.3.3 Recognize the contributions of the Founding Fathers (John Adams, Sam Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Mason, George Washington) during American Revolutionary efforts.

    • 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)

  • SS.8.A.3.4 Examine the contributions of influential groups to both the American and British war efforts during the American Revolutionary War and their effects on the outcome of the war.

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

  • SS.8.A.3.5 Describe the influence of individuals on social and political developments during the Revolutionary era.

    • The Revolutionary War: struggle for independence (8-L.6)
    • The Revolutionary War: conclusion and aftermath (8-L.8)

  • SS.8.A.3.6 Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the American Revolution.

    • 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)
    • Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (8-L.9)
    • The Constitutional Convention (8-M.2)

  • SS.8.A.3.7 Examine the structure, content, and consequences of the Declaration of Independence.

    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)

  • SS.8.A.3.8 Examine individuals and groups that affected political and social motivations during the American Revolution.

    • 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)

  • SS.8.A.3.9 Evaluate the structure, strengths, and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and its aspects that led to the Constitutional Convention.

    • The Articles of Confederation (8-M.1)
    • The Constitutional Convention (8-M.2)

  • SS.8.A.3.10 Examine the course and consequences of the Constitutional Convention (New Jersey Plan, Virginia Plan, Great Compromise, Three-Fifths Compromise, compromises regarding taxation and slave trade, Electoral College, state vs. federal power, empowering a president).

    • The Constitutional Convention (8-M.2)

  • SS.8.A.3.11 Analyze support and opposition (Federalists, Federalist Papers, AntiFederalists, Bill of Rights) to ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

    • The Constitutional Convention (8-M.2)

  • SS.8.A.3.12 Examine the influences of George Washington's presidency in the formation of the new nation.

    • Washington's presidency: part I (8-M.3)
    • Washington's presidency: part II (8-M.4)

  • SS.8.A.3.13 Explain major domestic and international economic, military, political, and socio-cultural events of John Adams's presidency.

    • The first party system: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans (8-M.5)

  • SS.8.A.3.14 Explain major domestic and international economic, military, political, and socio-cultural events of Thomas Jefferson's presidency.

    • The first party system: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans (8-M.5)
    • The Marshall Court (8-M.6)
    • The Louisiana Purchase (8-M.7)

  • SS.8.A.3.15 Examine this time period (1763-1815) from the perspective of historically under-represented groups (children, indentured servants, Native Americans, slaves, women, working class).

    • Slavery in the South (8-O.5)

  • SS.8.A.3.16 Examine key events in Florida history as each impacts this era of American history.

• SS.8.A.4 Demonstrate an understanding of the domestic and international causes, course, and consequences of westward expansion.

  • SS.8.A.4.1 Examine the causes, course, and consequences of United States westward expansion and its growing diplomatic assertiveness (War of 1812, Convention of 1818, Adams-Onis Treaty, Missouri Compromise, Monroe Doctrine, Trail of Tears, Texas annexation, Manifest Destiny, Oregon Territory, Mexican American War/Mexican Cession, California Gold Rush, Compromise of 1850, Kansas Nebraska Act, Gadsden Purchase).

    • 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)
    • Causes of the Civil War: Missouri Compromise to Bleeding Kansas (8-O.9)

  • SS.8.A.4.2 Describe the debate surrounding the spread of slavery into western territories and Florida.

    • The abolitionists (8-O.6)
    • Causes of the Civil War: Missouri Compromise to Bleeding Kansas (8-O.9)

  • SS.8.A.4.3 Examine the experiences and perspectives of significant individuals and groups during this era of American History.

    • Antebellum reform movements (8-O.3)
    • Antebellum immigration (8-O.4)
    • The abolitionists (8-O.6)
    • 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)

  • SS.8.A.4.4 Discuss the impact of westward expansion on cultural practices and migration patterns of Native American and African slave populations.

    • Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears (8-N.3)

  • SS.8.A.4.5 Explain the causes, course, and consequences of the 19th century transportation revolution on the growth of the nation's economy.

    • Industrial and Transportation Revolutions (8-O.1)
    • Industrialization in the Gilded Age (8-R.1)

  • SS.8.A.4.6 Identify technological improvements (inventions/inventors) that contributed to industrial growth.

    • Industrial and Transportation Revolutions (8-O.1)
    • Comparing the North and the South (8-O.2)

  • SS.8.A.4.7 Explain the causes, course, and consequences (industrial growth, subsequent effect on children and women) of New England's textile industry.

    • Comparing the North and the South (8-O.2)

  • SS.8.A.4.8 Describe the influence of individuals on social and political developments of this era in American History.

    • Jacksonian Democracy (8-N.1)
    • Tariff, nullification, and bank war (8-N.2)
    • Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears (8-N.3)
    • Antebellum reform movements (8-O.3)
    • The abolitionists (8-O.6)

  • SS.8.A.4.9 Analyze the causes, course and consequences of the Second Great Awakening on social reform movements.

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

  • SS.8.A.4.10 Analyze the impact of technological advancements on the agricultural economy and slave labor.

    • Comparing the North and the South (8-O.2)

  • SS.8.A.4.11 Examine the aspects of slave culture including plantation life, resistance efforts, and the role of the slaves' spiritual system.

    • Slavery in the South (8-O.5)

  • SS.8.A.4.12 Examine the effects of the 1804 Haitian Revolution on the United States acquisition of the Louisiana Territory.

    • The Louisiana Purchase (8-M.7)

  • SS.8.A.4.13 Explain the consequences of landmark Supreme Court decisions (McCulloch v. Maryland [1819], Gibbons v. Odgen [1824], Cherokee Nation v. Georgia [1831], and Worcester v. Georgia [1832]) significant to this era of American history.

    • The Marshall Court (8-M.6)
    • Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears (8-N.3)

  • SS.8.A.4.14 Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the women's suffrage movement (1848 Seneca Falls Convention, Declaration of Sentiments).

    • Antebellum reform movements (8-O.3)

  • SS.8.A.4.15 Examine the causes, course, and consequences of literature movements (Transcendentalism) significant to this era of American history.

  • SS.8.A.4.16 Identify key ideas and influences of Jacksonian democracy.

    • Jacksonian Democracy (8-N.1)
    • Tariff, nullification, and bank war (8-N.2)
    • Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears (8-N.3)

  • SS.8.A.4.17 Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as each impacts this era of American history.

  • SS.8.A.4.18 Examine the experiences and perspectives of different ethnic, national, and religious groups in Florida, explaining their contributions to Florida's and America's society and culture during the Territorial Period.

• SS.8.A.5 Examine the causes, course, and consequence of the Civil War and Reconstruction including its effects on American peoples.

  • SS.8.A.5.1 Explain the causes, course, and consequence of the Civil War (sectionalism, slavery, states' rights, balance of power in the Senate).

    • Comparing the North and the South (8-O.2)
    • The abolitionists (8-O.6)
    • 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.A.5.2 Analyze the role of slavery in the development of sectional conflict.

    • Comparing the North and the South (8-O.2)
    • The abolitionists (8-O.6)
    • 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)

  • SS.8.A.5.3 Explain major domestic and international economic, military, political, and socio-cultural events of Abraham Lincoln's presidency.

    • 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)
    • Source analysis: the Gettysburg Address (8-P.5)

  • SS.8.A.5.4 Identify the division (Confederate and Union States, Border states, western territories) of the United States at the outbreak of the Civil War.

    • The Civil War: the beginning of the war (8-P.1)

  • SS.8.A.5.5 Compare Union and Confederate strengths and weaknesses.

    • The Civil War: the beginning of the war (8-P.1)
    • The Civil War: the conclusion of the war (8-P.4)

  • SS.8.A.5.6 Compare significant Civil War battles and events and their effects on civilian populations.

    • 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.A.5.7 Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as each impacts this era of American history.

  • SS.8.A.5.8 Explain and evaluate the policies, practices, and consequences of Reconstruction (presidential and congressional reconstruction, Johnson's impeachment, Civil Rights Act of 1866, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, opposition of Southern whites to Reconstruction, accomplishments and failures of Radical Reconstruction, presidential election of 1876, end of Reconstruction, rise of Jim Crow laws, rise of Ku Klux Klan).

    • 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.CG Civics and Government (2021)

• SS.8.CG.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the origins and purposes of government, law and the American political system.

  • SS.8.CG.1.1 Compare the views of Patriots, Loyalists and other colonists on limits of government authority, inalienable rights and resistance to tyranny.

    • 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)
    • The Revolutionary War: preparing for war (8-L.5)
    • Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (8-L.9)

  • SS.8.CG.1.2 Compare and contrast the 1838 Florida Constitution and 1868 Florida Constitution.

  • SS.8.CG.1.3 Explain the importance of the rule of law in the United States' constitutional republic.

    • The Judicial Branch (8-A.4)
    • Checks and balances (8-A.5)
    • Laws and courts (8-C.1)
    • Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (8-D.2)

• SS.8.CG.2 Evaluate the roles, rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens, and determine methods of active participation in society, government and the political system.

  • SS.8.CG.2.1 Identify the constitutional provisions for establishing citizenship.

    • The Constitution: amendments (8-B.2)
    • Citizenship and the naturalization process (8-D.1)

  • SS.8.CG.2.2 Compare the responsibilities of citizens at the local, state and national levels.

    • Purposes of government (8-A.1)
    • The Legislative Branch (8-A.2)
    • The Executive Branch (8-A.3)
    • The Judicial Branch (8-A.4)
    • Checks and balances (8-A.5)
    • State and local government (8-A.6)

  • SS.8.CG.2.3 Analyze the role of civic virtue in the lives of citizens and leaders from the Colonial period through Reconstruction.

    • Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (8-D.2)
    • Washington's presidency: part I (8-M.3)
    • Washington's presidency: part II (8-M.4)
    • Jacksonian Democracy (8-N.1)
    • Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears (8-N.3)
    • Source analysis: the Gettysburg Address (8-P.5)

  • SS.8.CG.2.4 Explain how forms of civic and political participation changed from the Colonial period through Reconstruction.

    • The Bill of Rights (8-B.4)
    • New England Colonies: founding and government (8-K.5)
    • Middle Colonies: founding and government (8-K.7)
    • Southern Colonies: founding and government (8-K.9)
    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)
    • The Constitutional Convention (8-M.2)
    • Jacksonian Democracy (8-N.1)
    • Antebellum reform movements (8-O.3)
    • The abolitionists (8-O.6)
    • Radical Reconstruction (8-Q.1)

  • SS.8.CG.2.5 Analyze how the Bill of Rights guarantees civil rights and liberties to citizens.

    • The Constitution: amendments (8-B.2)
    • Laws and courts (8-C.1)
    • Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (8-D.2)

  • SS.8.CG.2.6 Evaluate how amendments to the U.S. Constitution expanded opportunities for civic participation through Reconstruction.

    • The Constitution: amendments (8-B.2)
    • The Constitution: interpretation (8-B.3)
    • Radical Reconstruction (8-Q.1)
    • The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow (8-Q.2)

• SS.8.CG.3 Demonstrate an understanding of the principles, functions and organization of government.

  • SS.8.CG.3.1 Trace the foundational ideals and principles related to the U.S. government expressed in primary sources from the colonial period to Reconstruction.

    • 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)
    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)

SS.8.C Civics and Government (2008)

• SS.8.C.1 The student will evaluate the roles, rights, and responsibilities of United States citizens and determine methods of active participation in society, government, and the political system.

  • SS.8.C.1.1 Identify the constitutional provisions for establishing citizenship.

    • Citizenship and the naturalization process (8-D.1)

  • SS.8.C.1.2 Compare views of self-government and the rights and responsibilities of citizens held by Patriots, Loyalists, and other colonists.

    • 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)
    • The Revolutionary War: preparing for war (8-L.5)
    • Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (8-L.9)

  • SS.8.C.1.3 Recognize the role of civic virtue in the lives of citizens and leaders from the colonial period through Reconstruction.

    • Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (8-D.2)
    • Washington's presidency: part I (8-M.3)
    • Washington's presidency: part II (8-M.4)
    • Jacksonian Democracy (8-N.1)
    • Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears (8-N.3)
    • Source analysis: the Gettysburg Address (8-P.5)

  • SS.8.C.1.4 Identify the evolving forms of civic and political participation from the colonial period through Reconstruction.

    • The Bill of Rights (8-B.4)
    • The Constitutional Convention (8-M.2)
    • Jacksonian Democracy (8-N.1)
    • Antebellum reform movements (8-O.3)
    • The abolitionists (8-O.6)
    • Radical Reconstruction (8-Q.1)

  • SS.8.C.1.5 Apply the rights and principles contained in the Constitution and Bill of Rights to the lives of citizens today.

    • 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)

  • SS.8.C.1.6 Evaluate how amendments to the Constitution have expanded voting rights from our nation's early history to present day.

    • The Constitution: amendments (8-B.2)
    • The Constitution: interpretation (8-B.3)
    • Radical Reconstruction (8-Q.1)
    • The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow (8-Q.2)

• SS.8.C.2 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the principles, functions, and organization of government.

  • SS.8.C.2.1 Evaluate and compare the essential ideals and principles of American constitutional government expressed in primary sources from the colonial period to Reconstruction.

    • The Constitution: amendments (8-B.2)
    • The Constitution: interpretation (8-B.3)
    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)

SS.8.E Economics

• SS.8.E.1 Understand the fundamental concepts relevant to the development of a market economy.

  • SS.8.E.1.1 Examine motivating economic factors that influenced the development of the United States economy over time including scarcity, supply and demand, opportunity costs, incentives, profits, and entrepreneurial aspects.

    • What is economics? (8-E.1)
    • What is a market? (8-E.5)
    • Understand quantity supplied and quantity demanded (8-G.1)
    • Understand overall supply and demand (8-G.2)
    • Create and use supply and demand curves (8-G.3)
    • Identify shortage and surplus (8-G.4)
    • Identify shortage and surplus with graphs (8-G.5)
    • Identify shortage and surplus with data (8-G.6)

• SS.8.E.2 Understand the fundamental concepts relevant to the institutions, structure, and functions of a national economy.

  • SS.8.E.2.1 Analyze contributions of entrepreneurs, inventors, and other key individuals from various gender, social, and ethnic backgrounds in the development of the United States economy.

  • SS.8.E.2.2 Explain the economic impact of government policies.

    • The Louisiana Purchase (8-M.7)
    • 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)
    • Slavery in the South (8-O.5)

  • SS.8.E.2.3 Assess the role of Africans and other minority groups in the economic development of the United States.

    • Life as a colonist (8-K.1)
    • Southern Colonies: economy and slavery (8-K.10)

• SS.8.E.3 Understand the fundamental concepts and interrelationships of the United States economy in the international marketplace.

  • SS.8.E.3.1 Evaluate domestic and international interdependence.

    • Trade and specialization (8-E.4)

SS.8.FL Financial Literacy

• SS.8.FL.1 Earning Income

  • SS.8.FL.1.1: Explain that careers are based on working at jobs in the same occupation or profession for many years. Describe the different types of education and training required by various careers.

  • SS.8.FL.1.2: Identify the many decisions people must make over a lifetime about their education, jobs, and careers that affect their incomes and job opportunities.

  • SS.8.FL.1.3: Explain that getting more education and learning new job skills can increase a person's human capital and productivity.

  • SS.8.FL.1.4: Examine the fact that people with less education and fewer job skills tend to earn lower incomes than people with more education and greater job skills.

  • SS.8.FL.1.5: Examine the fact that investment in education and training generally has a positive rate of return in terms of the income that people earn over a lifetime, with some education or training having a higher rate of return than others.

  • SS.8.FL.1.6: Identify the opportunity costs that education, training, and development of job skills have in the terms of time, effort, and money.

    • Opportunity cost (8-E.3)

  • SS.8.FL.1.7: Identify that interest, dividends, and capital appreciation (gains) are forms of income earned from financial investments.

    • Banks (8-F.1)

  • SS.8.FL.1.8: Discuss the fact that some people receive income support from government because they have low incomes or qualify in other ways for government assistance.

• SS.8.FL.2 Buying Goods and Services

  • SS.8.FL.2.1: Explain why when deciding what to buy, consumers may choose to gather information from a variety of sources. Describe how the quality and usefulness of information provided by sources can vary greatly from source to source. Explain that, while many sources provide valuable information, other sources provide information that is deliberately misleading.

    • What is economics? (8-E.1)
    • Costs and benefits (8-E.2)

  • SS.8.FL.2.2: Analyze a source's incentives in providing information about a good or service, and how a consumer can better assess the quality and usefulness of the information.

    • What is economics? (8-E.1)

  • SS.8.FL.2.3: Describe the variety of payment methods people can use in order to buy goods and services.

    • Banks (8-F.1)

  • SS.8.FL.2.4: Examine choosing a payment method, by weighing the costs and benefits of the different payment options.

    • Costs and benefits (8-E.2)

  • SS.8.FL.2.5: Discuss the fact that people may revise their budget based on unplanned expenses and changes in income.

• SS.8.FL.3 Saving

  • SS.8.FL.3.1: Explain that banks and other financial institutions loan funds received from depositors to borrowers and that part of the interest received from these loans is used to pay interest to depositors for the use of their money.

    • Banks (8-F.1)

  • SS.8.FL.3.2: Explain that, for the saver, an interest rate is the price a financial institution pays for using a saver's money and is normally expressed as an annual percentage of the amount saved.

    • Banks (8-F.1)

  • SS.8.FL.3.3: Discuss that interest rates paid on savings and charged on loans, like all prices, are determined in a market.

    • What is a market? (8-E.5)

  • SS.8.FL.3.4: Explain that, when interest rates increase, people earn more on their savings and their savings grow more quickly.

  • SS.8.FL.3.5: Identify principal as the initial amount of money upon which interest is paid.

    • Banks (8-F.1)

  • SS.8.FL.3.6: Identify the value of a person's savings in the future as determined by the amount saved and the interest rate. Explain why the earlier people begin to save, the more savings they will be able to accumulate, all other things equal, as a result of the power of compound interest.

  • SS.8.FL.3.7: Discuss the different reasons that people save money, including large purchases (such as higher education, autos, and homes), retirement, and unexpected events. Discuss how people's tastes and preferences influence their choice of how much to save and for what to save.

    • What is economics? (8-E.1)

  • SS.8.FL.3.8: Explain that, to assure savers that their deposits are safe from bank failures, federal agencies guarantee depositors' savings in most commercial banks, savings banks, and savings associations up to a set limit.

    • Banks (8-F.1)

• SS.8.FL.4 Using Credit

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• SS.8.FL.5 Financial Investing

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• SS.8.FL.6 Protecting and Insuring

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SS.8.G Geography

• SS.8.G.1 Understand how to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technology to report information.

  • SS.8.G.1.1 Use maps to explain physical and cultural attributes of major regions throughout American history.

    • Life as a colonist (8-K.1)
    • Identify the Thirteen Colonies (8-K.2)
    • Select the Thirteen Colonies (8-K.3)
    • Name the Thirteen Colonies (8-K.4)
    • The Louisiana Purchase (8-M.7)
    • Comparing the North and the South (8-O.2)

  • SS.8.G.1.2 Use appropriate geographic tools and terms to identify and describe significant places and regions in American history.

    • Life as a colonist (8-K.1)
    • Identify the Thirteen Colonies (8-K.2)
    • Select the Thirteen Colonies (8-K.3)
    • Name the Thirteen Colonies (8-K.4)

• SS.8.G.2 Understand physical and cultural characteristics of places.

  • SS.8.G.2.1 Identify the physical elements and the human elements that define and differentiate regions as relevant to American history.

    • New England Colonies: founding and government (8-K.5)
    • Middle Colonies: founding and government (8-K.7)
    • Southern Colonies: founding and government (8-K.9)

  • SS.8.G.2.2 Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of regional issues in different parts of the United States that have had critical economic, physical, or political ramifications.

  • SS.8.G.2.3 Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of how selected regions of the United States have changed over time.

• SS.8.G.3 Understand the relationships between the Earth's ecosystems and the populations that dwell within them.

  • SS.8.G.3.1 Locate and describe in geographic terms the major ecosystems of the United States.

  • SS.8.G.3.2 Use geographic terms and tools to explain differing perspectives on the use of renewable and non-renewable resources in the United States and Florida over time.

• SS.8.G.4 Understand the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations.

  • SS.8.G.4.1 Interpret population growth and other demographic data for any given place in the United States throughout its history.

    • Antebellum immigration (8-O.4)
    • The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow (8-Q.2)
    • Industrialization in the Gilded Age (8-R.1)

  • SS.8.G.4.2 Use geographic terms and tools to analyze the effects throughout American history of migration to and within the United States, both on the place of origin and destination.

    • Antebellum immigration (8-O.4)

  • SS.8.G.4.3 Use geographic terms and tools to explain cultural diffusion throughout the United States as it expanded its territory.

  • SS.8.G.4.4 Interpret databases, case studies, and maps to describe the role that regions play in influencing trade, migration patterns, and cultural/political interaction in the United States throughout time.

    • Antebellum immigration (8-O.4)

  • SS.8.G.4.5 Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of the development, growth, and changing nature of cities and urban centers in the United States over time.

  • SS.8.G.4.6 Use political maps to describe changes in boundaries and governance throughout American history.

    • Texas independence and annexation (8-O.7)
    • The U.S.-Mexican War (8-O.8)

• SS.8.G.5 Understand how human actions can impact the environment.

  • SS.8.G.5.1 Describe human dependence on the physical environment and natural resources to satisfy basic needs in local environments in the United States.

  • SS.8.G.5.2 Describe the impact of human modifications on the physical environment and ecosystems of the United States throughout history.

• SS.8.G.6 Understand how to apply geography to interpret the past and present and plan for the future.

  • SS.8.G.6.1 Use appropriate maps and other graphic representations to analyze geographic problems and changes over time throughout American history.

    • Life as a colonist (8-K.1)
    • Texas independence and annexation (8-O.7)
    • The U.S.-Mexican War (8-O.8)
    • The Civil War: the beginning of the war (8-P.1)

  • SS.8.G.6.2 Illustrate places and events in U.S. history through the use of narratives and graphic representations.

    • Life as a colonist (8-K.1)
    • 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)
    • The Louisiana Purchase (8-M.7)
    • Comparing the North and the South (8-O.2)
    • The abolitionists (8-O.6)
    • 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)