Social Studies Curriculum

8th Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will critique significant global historical events in United States history in order to develop claims on societal issues.

Outcomes and Components:

SS.8.1 Students will examine struggles of Americans during and after Reconstruction and through the 20th Century.

Pacing  

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Standard(s)

  SS.8.1.1 Analyze how perspectives multiple individuals and groups influence what information is available in the historical sources they created to include Amendments 13, 14, and 15 and opposition to them. SS.6-8.H.2.MC
  SS.8.1.2 Determine sources representing multiple  perspectives leading to the Civil Rights Movement that will assist in organizing a research plan. SS.6-8.IS.3.LC
  SS.8.1.3 Present arguments and explanations against segregation that would appeal to audiences and venues outside the classroom using a variety of media. SS.6-8.IS.6.MC
  SS.8.1.4 Analyze the connection between interests and perspectives, civic virtues, and democratic principles surrounding the Civil Rights Movement. SS.6-8.CV.4.LC

Academic Vocabulary: explain, analyze, present

Content Vocabulary: discriminate, segregate, civil rights, integration, potest, boycott, abolitionist, disenfranchised