8th Grade Social Studies Government Purposes of government The Legislative BranchThe Executive BranchThe Judicial Branch Checks and balancesState and local government The Constitution The Constitution: structure and principles The Constitution: amendmentsThe Constitution: interpretationThe Bill of Rights The legal system Laws and courts Citizenship Citizenship and the naturalization process Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship Basic economic principles What is economics? Costs and benefits Opportunity costTrade and specialization What is a market? Banking and finance Banks Supply and demand Understand quantity supplied and quantity demanded Understand overall supply and demandCreate and use supply and demand curvesIdentify shortage and surplus Identify shortage and surplus with graphs Identify shortage and surplus with data Early Modern Europe Renaissance originsItalian Renaissance: achievements in literature and art The ReformationThe Enlightenment: origins and natural rightsThe Enlightenment: influences on government Age of Exploration The Age of Exploration: origins Portuguese and Spanish expeditions French and English expeditionsThe Columbian Exchange Colonial America Life as a colonistIdentify the Thirteen ColoniesSelect the Thirteen ColoniesName the Thirteen ColoniesNew England Colonies: founding and governmentNew England Colonies: economy and interactions with Native Americans Middle Colonies: founding and governmentMiddle Colonies: economy and societySouthern Colonies: founding and governmentSouthern Colonies: economy and slavery The American Revolution Causes of the American Revolution: the French and Indian WarCauses of the American Revolution: introduction to mercantilism and the Navigation Acts Causes of the American Revolution: new taxes and colonial responseThe Revolutionary War: preparing for warThe Revolutionary War: struggle for independence The Revolutionary War: turning the tide of war The Revolutionary War: conclusion and aftermath Source analysis: the Boston MassacreSource analysis: the Declaration of Independence The Early Republic The Articles of ConfederationThe Constitutional ConventionWashington’s presidency:The first party system: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans The Marshall Court The Louisiana Purchase The Jacksonian period Jacksonian DemocracyTariff, nullification, and bank war Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears The Antebellum period Industrial and Transportation Revolutions Comparing the North and the South Antebellum reform movements Antebellum immigration Slavery in the SouthThe abolitionistsTexas independence and annexationThe U.S.-Mexican WarCauses of the Civil War: Missouri Compromise to Bleeding Kansas Causes of the Civil War: Dred Scott to secession The Civil War The Civil War: the beginning of the warThe Civil War: Bull Run to the Emancipation Proclamation The Civil War: Gettysburg to the election of 1864The Civil War: the conclusion of the warSource analysis: the Gettysburg Address Reconstruction Radical ReconstructionThe end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow The Gilded Age Industrialization in the Gilded Age Social studies skills Identify primary and secondary sourcesIdentify facts and opinionsReading and creating timelines with BCE and CE Physical Geography Oceans and continents The Americas: society and environment Region profile: South America The Americas: geography Identify and select countries of Northern and Central America Name countries of Northern and Central AmericaIdentify and select countries of the CaribbeanName countries of the Caribbean Identify and select countries of South America Name countries of South America Europe: society and environment Region profile: Europe Europe: geography Identify and select countries of Europe Name countries of Europe Africa: society and environment Region profile: West and Central Africa Africa: geography Identify and select countries of Africa Name countries of Africa The Middle East: society and environment Region profile: the Middle East Asia: society and environment Region profile: East Asia Country profile: China Asia: geography Identify and select countries of Asia Name countries of Asia Oceania: geography Identify and select countries of Oceania Name countries of Oceania Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading...
