Social Studies (8th)
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Quarter 1
- Explain the origins and migration patterns of Native Americans
- Compare and contrast the economic system of Native Americans to our free market economy
- Understand the European competition in North America
- Explain the beginnings of slavery in America
- Analyze the economic and social development of the American colonies
- Understand the changes in culture over time in the thirteen colonies
- Trace and explain the causes and outcomes of the French and Indian War
- Describe important events the led to the American Revolution
- Analyze the seven principles of the Constitution
- Examine the process people use to make choices and to consider what elements are involved in making good and bad choices
- Evaluate the goals expressed in Ben Franklin’s “Code of Conduct”
- Understand how Philadelphia was at the forefront of opposition to slavery
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Quarter 2
- Identify rights protected by the Bill of Rights
- Financial Literacy-“What’s a High School Degree Worth to Me?”
- Evaluate Washington’s presidency
- Analyze Jefferson’s philosophy on government
- Explain and interpret how industry contributed to the American economy
- Analyze Jacksonian democracy and the expansion of voting rights
- Identify reasons why the people went west and the impact of “Oregon fever”
- Understand the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine
- Analyze the role of women in the workforce
- Explain the relationship between the cotton boom and slavery
- Summarize the war between Texas and Mexico
- Apply economic reasoning to the American Revolution and then apply these concepts to an analyze of neighbor markets
- Explain the origins of Manifest Destiny
- Participate in a Mock Trial Exercise
- Understand why scarcity exists and the choices we must make about the use of the scarce resources
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Quarter 3
- Analyze the impact of the gold rush in California
- Identify the push-pull factors of immigration
- Analyze the effects of immigration on the U.S. cities and on public opinion
- Evaluate the impact of the early labor movement
- Describe the development of the abolitionist movement
- Explain the significance of the Underground Railroad
- Describe the controversies over slavery in the territories
- Explain the factors that contributed to industrial growth
- Understand how racism caused discrimination and the spread of segregation
- Identify the goals of the Progressive movement
- Summarize Roosevelt’s presidency
- Identify the progressive qualities of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments
- Analyze the reasons for the eighteenth amendment
- Analyze the events that led to the Nineteenth Amendment
- Understand how women in Pennsylvania were leaders of social change
- Describe the contributions of several African American leaders associated with Philadelphia
- Recognize that Philadelphia is a city with a diverse population
- Recognize that Philadelphia’s history can be seen through its landmarks, parks, buildings and neighbors
- Understand and discuss offenses such as harassment, sexual assault and their consequences
- Understand and discuss the juvenile justice system
- Explore entrepreneurship and consider a career and options
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Quarter 4
- Identify the factors that led to American imperialism
- Identify the reasons for the Spanish-American War
- Evaluate the use of “big stick diplomacy”
- Identify the causes of WWI
- Describe how Americans mobilized for the war
- Describe how President Wilson attempted to shape the peace
- Evaluate the ways new technology change daily life during the 1920s
- Analyze the characteristics of popular culture during the 1920s
- Understand the causes and effects of the Great Depression
- Explain how President Roosevelt changed the role of government in the United States
- Understand the causes, major battles and consequences of WWII
- Describe how Americans reacted to the economic prosperity and rapid change of the postwar period
- Identify the origins of the Civil Rights movement
- Analyze the roots of the Vietnam War
- Evaluate the Presidency of Richard Nixon
- Describe how conservatives changed domestic policy
- Explain how the Korean War began
- Understand and discuss why people commit crimes and how it can be reduced
- Examine the relationship between savings and investment and see the benefit to societies
Last modified: December 19, 2017