Iowa

I Inquiry

• Constructing Compelling Questions

  • SS.8.1 Explain points of agreement and disagreement of disciplinary concepts and ideas associated with a compelling question.

• Constructing Supporting Questions

  • SS.8.2 Construct supporting questions that demonstrate the relationship between them and the compelling question in an inquiry.

• Gathering and Evaluating Sources

  • SS.8.3 Gather relevant information from multiple sources using the origin, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the sources to guide the selection.

    • 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)
    • Identify primary and secondary sources (8-T.1)
    • Identify facts and opinions (8-T.2)

  • SS.8.4 Independently, evaluate the credibility of primary and secondary sources by determining their relevance and intended use.

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

• Developing Claims and Using Evidence

  • SS.8.5 Independently, identify evidence that draws information from multiple perspectives and sources to support claims, noting evidentiary limitations.

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

  • SS.8.6 Independently, develop claims and counterclaims while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both.

  • SS.8.7 Independently, construct arguments using claims and evidence from multiple sources.

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

• Communicating and Critiquing Conclusions

  • SS.8.8 Construct responses to compelling questions supported by reasoning and evidence while acknowledging the strengths and weaknesses of the explanations.

    • Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (6-JJ.4)
    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (6-JJ.5)
    • Source analysis: the Gettysburg Address (6-JJ.6)

  • SS.8.9 Present original arguments based on credible sources using a variety of media to authentic audiences.

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

  • SS.8.10 Independently, analyze disciplinary arguments of peers for credibility.

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

• Taking Informed Action

  • SS.8.11 Analyze how a specific problem can manifest itself at the local, regional, and global levels over time, identifying its characteristics and causes, and the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address the problem.

  • SS.8.12 Apply a range of deliberative and democratic procedures to make decisions and take action in classrooms, schools, and communities.

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

CG Civics/Government

• Analyze Civic and Political Institutions

  • CG.SS.8.13 Explain the powers and responsibilities of citizens, political parties, and the media in a variety of governmental and nongovernmental contexts.

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

  • CG.SS.8.14 Examine and explain the origins, functions and structure of government with reference to the US Constitution and other founding documents, branches of government, bureaucracies, and other systems and its effectiveness on citizens.

    • 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)
    • 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)
    • Laws and courts (8-C.1)
    • The Constitutional Convention (8-M.2)

E Economics

• Engage in Economic Decision Making

  • E.SS.8.15 Evaluate how economic decisions affect the wellbeing of individuals, businesses, and society.

    • Costs and benefits (8-E.2)
    • Opportunity cost (8-E.3)
    • What is a market? (8-E.5)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • Tariff, nullification, and bank war (8-N.2)
    • Slavery in the South (8-O.5)

• Critique Exchange and Markets

  • E.SS.8.16 Analyze the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in institutions throughout early American history in a market economy.

    • Industrialization in the Gilded Age (8-R.1)

• Evaluate the National Economy

  • E.SS.8.17 Use historical evidence to evaluate the state of regional economies throughout early American history.

    • 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: economy and slavery (8-K.10)
    • Comparing the North and the South (8-O.2)

G Geography

• Evaluate Human Environment Interaction

  • G.SS.8.18 Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions influence culture.

    • Life as a colonist (8-K.1)
    • 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)
    • Comparing the North and the South (8-O.2)
    • Slavery in the South (8-O.5)
    • Region profile: South America (8-V.1)
    • Country profile: Brazil (8-V.2)
    • Region profile: Europe (8-X.1)
    • Region profile: West and Central Africa (8-Z.1)
    • Region profile: the Middle East (8-BB.1)
    • Region profile: East Asia (8-CC.1)
    • Country profile: China (8-CC.2)
    • Country profile: Japan (8-CC.3)

• Analyze Human Population Movements and Patterns

  • G.SS.8.19 Explain how push and pull factors contributed to immigration and migration in early American history.

    • Life as a colonist (8-K.1)
    • New England Colonies: founding and government (8-K.5)
    • 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)
    • Antebellum immigration (8-O.4)

• Analyze Global Interconnections

  • G.SS.8.20 Explain how global interconnections influenced early American history.

    • Causes of the American Revolution: the French and Indian War (8-L.1)
    • 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)
    • Washington's presidency: part I (8-M.3)
    • The Louisiana Purchase (8-M.7)
    • The U.S.-Mexican War (8-O.8)

H History

• Analyze Change, Continuity, and Context

  • H.SS.8.21 Analyze connections among early American historical events and developments in broader historical contexts.

• Compare Perspectives

  • H.SS.8.22 Explain how and why prevailing social, cultural, and political perspectives changed during early American history.

    • 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: conclusion and aftermath (8-L.8)
    • The Constitutional Convention (8-M.2)
    • The first party system: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans (8-M.5)
    • Jacksonian Democracy (8-N.1)
    • Antebellum immigration (8-O.4)
    • Slavery in the South (8-O.5)
    • The abolitionists (8-O.6)
    • Radical Reconstruction (8-Q.1)

• Justify Causation and Argumentation

  • H.SS.8.23 Explain multiple causes and effects of events and developments in early American history.

    • 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)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • Industrialization in the Gilded Age (8-R.1)

• Critique Historical Sources and Evidence

  • H.SS.8.24 Critique primary and secondary sources of information with attention to the source of the document, its context, accuracy, and usefulness such as the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, Washington's Farewell address, the Louisiana Purchase treaty, Monroe Doctrine, Indian Removal Act, Missouri Compromise, Dred Scott v. Sanford, and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.

    • 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)

• Iowa History

  • H.SS.8.25 Examine the evolution of the function and structure of government in Iowa.

    • State and local government (8-A.6)

FL Financial Literacy

• Skills covering this topic are not currently available on IXL.