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BPS District Social Studies Standards Book

6-8 Grade Level

- US History 8

US History

Required

8109: US History 8

Grade Placement: 8 .......... Full year

This is a required course of study for 8th grade. It is a study that covers the growth of our nation from the Revolutionary War to the present. A special emphasis is placed on the development and details of the US Constitution, citizenship and the 19th Century.

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SST-08.US United States History

SST-08.US_a US History Anchor Domain
  • SST-08.US_a.01 Analyze primary and secondary sources with attention to reliability, impact, and purpose.
  • SST-08.US_a.02 Examine the impact of multiple perspectives on social, political, and cultural development.
  • SST-08.US_a.03 Explain the relationship of events focusing on the link(s) between cause and effect.
  • SST-08.US_a.04 Compare how historical elements change over time.
  • SST-08.US_a.05 Analyze the significant contributions of people and policy, and the influence on an era.
  • SST-08.US_a.06 Connect the past to the present using current events.
SST-08.US_e1.b (1754-1814) Era 1: Creation and Foundation of United States Government.
  • SST-08.US_e1.b1 - Explain the social, political, and cultural causes and immediate consequences of the American Revolution.
  • SST-08.US_e1.b2 - Explain the development of early United States government.
  • SST-08.US_e1.b3 - Explain the development of United States society after the American Revolution.
  • SST-08.US_e1.b4 - Explain the importance of foreign and domestic decisions of the early United States government, its leaders, and political parties.
SST-08.US_e2.b (1814-1877) Era 2: Growth and Division in the Union.
  • SST-08.US_e2.b1 - Analyze the impacts of social, religious, and/or cultural movements.
  • SST-08.US_e2.b2 - Compare and contrast how the causes of the sectional divide within the United States impacted federal policy.
  • SST-08.US_e2.b3 - Explain how westward expansion affected the social, economic, and political landscape of the United States.
  • SST-08.US_e2.b4 - Explain the changing Native American federal policy and the impact on tribal sovereignty.
  • SST-08.US_e2.b5 - Explain the social, economic, and political causes and effects of the Civil War.
  • SST-08.US_e2.b6 - Explain the social, economic, and political effects of Reconstruction.
SST-08.US_e3.b (1877-1941) Era3:
  • SST-08.US_e3.b1 - Explain the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution on American society.
  • SST-08.US_e3.b2 - Explain the social, cultural, and economic impact of local, state, and federal government policy on American people.
  • SST-08.US_e3.b3 - Explain the impact of the United States’ transformation into an imperialist power.
  • SST-08.US_e3.b4 - Explain the causes and effects of the United States’ entrance into World War I.
  • SST-08.US_e3.b5 - Explain the political, social and economic changes of the 1920s.
  • SST-08.US_e3.b6 - Explain the political, social and economic events of the 1930s.