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8.1 Civics

• Forms and Functions of Government

  • 8.1.1 Investigate and analyze the foundation, structure, and functions of the United States government.

    • 8.1.1.a Identify and describe the different systems of government.

      • The Constitution: structure and principles (8-B.1)

    • 8.1.1.b Analyze the structure and roles of the United States government in meeting the needs of the citizens governed, managing conflict, and establishing order and security.

      • 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)
      • The Constitution: structure and principles (8-B.1)
      • The Bill of Rights (8-B.4)
      • Laws and courts (8-C.1)

    • 8.1.1.c Examine the development of foundational laws and other documents in the United States government.

      • The Constitution: structure and principles (8-B.1)
      • The Constitution: amendments (8-B.2)
      • The Constitution: interpretation (8-B.3)

    • 8.1.1.d Evaluate how various United States government decisions impact people, place, and history.

      • The Marshall Court (8-M.6)
      • Slavery in the South (8-O.5)
      • 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 end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow (8-Q.2)

    • 8.1.1.e Describe how important government principles are shown in American government.

      • Checks and balances (8-A.5)
      • The Constitution: structure and principles (8-B.1)
      • The Bill of Rights (8-B.4)
      • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)

    • 8.1.1.f Analyze the development and significance of political parties in the United States.

      • Washington's presidency: part II (8-M.4)
      • The first party system: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans (8-M.5)
      • Jacksonian Democracy (8-N.1)

• Civic Participation

  • 8.1.2 Evaluate the roles, responsibilities, and rights as local, state, national, and international citizens.

    • 8.1.2.a Demonstrate ways individuals participate in the political process.

      • The Executive Branch (8-A.3)
      • Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (8-D.2)

    • 8.1.2.b Analyze the significance of patriotic symbols, songs and activities in terms of historical, social, and cultural contexts.

    • 8.1.2.c Demonstrate civic engagement.

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

    • 8.1.2.d Describe how cooperation and conflict among people have contributed to political, economic, and social events and situations in the United States.

      • 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)
      • Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (8-L.9)
      • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)
      • The Articles of Confederation (8-M.1)
      • The Constitutional Convention (8-M.2)
      • Washington's presidency: part I (8-M.3)
      • Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears (8-N.3)
      • 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)
      • The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow (8-Q.2)
      • Industrialization in the Gilded Age (8-R.1)

    • 8.1.2.e Compare and contrast the roles and influences of individuals, groups, and the media on American government.

      • Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (8-L.9)
      • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)
      • The Articles of Confederation (8-M.1)
      • The Constitutional Convention (8-M.2)
      • Washington's presidency: part I (8-M.3)
      • Antebellum reform movements (8-O.3)
      • Slavery in the South (8-O.5)
      • The abolitionists (8-O.6)
      • Texas independence and annexation (8-O.7)
      • 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 end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow (8-Q.2)

8.2 Economics

• Financial Literacy

  • 8.2.2 Understand personal and business financial management.

    • 8.2.2.a Identify skills for future financial success.

      • 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)

    • 8.2.2.b Understand tools, strategies, and systems used to maintain, monitor, control, and plan the use of financial resources.

      • Banks (8-F.1)

• National Economy

  • 8.2.4 Justify and debate economic decisions made by North American societies.

    • 8.2.4.a Research the origins and development of the economic system, banks, and financial institutions in the United States.

      • Washington's presidency: part II (8-M.4)
      • Tariff, nullification, and bank war (8-N.2)

    • 8.2.4.b Explain how tax revenues are collected and distributed.

    • 8.2.4.c Describe the progression of money and its role in early United States history.

      • Tariff, nullification, and bank war (8-N.2)

• Global Economy

  • 8.2.5 Illustrate how international trade impacts individuals, organizations, and nations.

    • 8.2.5.a Explain that currency must be converted to make purchases in other countries.

    • 8.2.5.b Recognize how trade barriers impact the prices and quantity of goods.

8.3 Geography

• Regions

  • 8.3.2 Examine how regions form and change over time.

    • 8.3.2.a Evaluate physical and human characteristics of places and regions.

      • Region profile: South America (8-V.1)
      • 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)

    • 8.3.2.b Determine the impact of land and water features on human decisions.

      • The Age of Exploration: origins (8-I.1)
      • French and English expeditions: part I (8-I.4)
      • French and English expeditions: part II (8-I.5)
      • The Columbian Exchange (8-I.6)
      • Life as a colonist (8-K.1)
      • Southern Colonies: founding and government (8-K.9)
      • Southern Colonies: economy and slavery (8-K.10)

    • 8.3.2.c Identify and justify how humans develop major world regions and the impact on human societies.

      • The Age of Exploration: origins (8-I.1)
      • The Columbian Exchange (8-I.6)
      • Southern Colonies: economy and slavery (8-K.10)
      • The Louisiana Purchase (8-M.7)
      • Industrial and Transportation Revolutions (8-O.1)
      • Texas independence and annexation (8-O.7)
      • The U.S.-Mexican War (8-O.8)
      • Industrialization in the Gilded Age (8-R.1)

• Human-Environment Interaction

  • 8.3.3 Determine how the natural environment is changed by natural and human forces and how humans adapt to their surroundings.

    • 8.3.3.a Interpret the impact of natural processes on human and physical environments.

    • 8.3.3.b Analyze how humans have utilized and adapted to their physical environment.

8.4 History

• Change, Continuity, and Context

  • 8.4.1 Analyze patterns of continuity and change over time in the United States history.

    • 8.4.1.a Evaluate the impact of people, events, and ideas, including various cultures and ethnic groups, on the United States.

      • 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)
      • 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)
      • 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)
      • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)
      • The Articles of Confederation (8-M.1)
      • The Constitutional Convention (8-M.2)
      • Washington's presidency: part I (8-M.3)
      • The first party system: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans (8-M.5)
      • The Louisiana Purchase (8-M.7)
      • 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)
      • 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)
      • Source analysis: the Gettysburg Address (8-P.5)
      • 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)

    • 8.4.1.b Evaluate the impact of historical events in the United States using symbols, maps, documents, and artifacts.

      • 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)
      • The Louisiana Purchase (8-M.7)
      • Tariff, nullification, and bank war (8-N.2)
      • Comparing the North and the South (8-O.2)
      • 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)

• Multiple Perspectives

  • 8.4.2 Use multiple perspectives to evaluate the historical, social, and cultural context of past and current events.

    • 8.4.2.a Compare and interpret evidence from multiple perspectives and sources to better understand the complexities of US history.

      • Southern Colonies: founding and government (8-K.9)
      • Southern Colonies: economy and slavery (8-K.10)
      • 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)
      • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)
      • The Articles of Confederation (8-M.1)
      • Washington's presidency: part I (8-M.3)
      • Antebellum reform movements (8-O.3)
      • 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: Bull Run to the Emancipation Proclamation (8-P.2)
      • The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow (8-Q.2)

    • 8.4.2.b Evaluate the relevancy, accuracy, and completeness of primary and secondary sources to better understand multiple perspectives of the same event.

      • Life as a colonist (8-K.1)
      • Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (8-L.9)
      • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)
      • The Articles of Confederation (8-M.1)
      • Washington's presidency: part I (8-M.3)
      • The Louisiana Purchase (8-M.7)
      • Slavery in the South (8-O.5)
      • Texas independence and annexation (8-O.7)
      • 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)
      • Source analysis: the Gettysburg Address (8-P.5)
      • The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow (8-Q.2)

  • 8.4.3 Examine historical events from the perspectives of marginalized and underrepresented groups.

    • 8.4.3.a Identify how differing experiences can lead to the development of perspectives.

      • Southern Colonies: founding and government (8-K.9)
      • Southern Colonies: economy and slavery (8-K.10)
      • 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)
      • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)
      • The Articles of Confederation (8-M.1)
      • Washington's presidency: part I (8-M.3)
      • Antebellum reform movements (8-O.3)
      • 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: Bull Run to the Emancipation Proclamation (8-P.2)
      • The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow (8-Q.2)

    • 8.4.3.b Interpret how and why marginalized and underrepresented groups and/or individuals might understand historical events similarly or differently.

      • Southern Colonies: founding and government (8-K.9)
      • Southern Colonies: economy and slavery (8-K.10)
      • 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)
      • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (8-L.10)
      • The Articles of Confederation (8-M.1)
      • Washington's presidency: part I (8-M.3)
      • Antebellum reform movements (8-O.3)
      • 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: Bull Run to the Emancipation Proclamation (8-P.2)
      • The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow (8-Q.2)

• Historical Analysis and Interpretation

  • 8.4.4 Evaluate and interpret sources for perspective and historical context.

    • 8.4.4.a Compare and contrast primary and secondary sources of history.

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

    • 8.4.4.b Evaluate the relationships among historical events in the United States and relevant contemporary issues.

• Historical Inquiry and Research

  • 8.4.5 Apply the inquiry process to construct and answer historical questions.

    • 8.4.5.a Identify areas of inquiry by using student-generated questions about multiple historical sources.

    • 8.4.5.b Locate, analyze, and cite appropriate sources for research about United States history, including primary and secondary sources.

    • 8.4.5.c Gather, analyze, and communicate historical information about United States history from multiple sources.