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.8.3 Students will analyze how far-reaching financial decisions contributed to the economic events of the 1920’s.

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Standard(s)
  SS.8.3.1 Evaluate employment, unemployment, inflation, total production, income and economic growth data and how they affect different groups in the 1920’s. SS.6-8.EC.3.MC
  SS.8.3.2 Explain how changes in supply and demand after World War I cause changes in prices and quantities of goods and services, labor, credit, and foreign currencies. SS.6-8.EC.2.MC
  SS.8.3.3 Explain why standards of living increase as productivity improves. SS.6-8.EC.3.LC
  SS.8.3.4 Identify how people choose to buy goods and services while still maintaining a budget based on income, taxes, savings, and fixed and variable interest rates. SS.6-8.EC.FL.1.MdC
  SS.8.3.5 Describe the history of and the connection between credit, credit options, and interest and credit history. SS.6-8.EC.FL.1.MC
  SS.8.3.6 Analyze the relationship between skills, education, jobs, and income. SS.6-8.EC.FL.1.LC
  SS.8.3.7 Analyze the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in a market economy. SS.6-8.EC.2.LC

Academic Vocabulary: explain, identify, describe, evaluate, analyze

Content Vocabulary: geo literacy, far-reaching decisions, interest rate, inflation, mass production, assembly lines, installment buying, bull market, buying on margin