Social Studies Curriculum
8th Grade
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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.8.6 | Students will investigate the atrocities of genocide through use of various sources. | ||
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Pacing Instruct/ Assess |
Component Code |
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Standard(s) |
| SS.8.6.1 | Identify evidence about genocide from multiple sources to support claims, noting their limitations to include, but not limited to the Holocaust, Darfur, Rwandan, Ukranian, Armenian, and Native American. |
SS.IS.5.6-8.MdC 105 ILCS 5/27-20.3 |
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| SS.8.6.2 | Classify the 8 stages of genocide by evaluating the validity of claims made in historical sources representende by a varety of perspective to describe the possible or actual impact(s) of the sources on audiences, and determine uses and applications. |
SS.6-8.H.3.MC 105 ILCS 5/27-20.3 |
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| SS.8.6.3 | Compare and contrast the central historical arguments of genocide in secondary works across multiple media. | SS.6-8.H.4.MdC | |
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Academic Vocabulary: Identify, compare, classify |
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Content Vocabulary: Genocide, victim, bystander, euthanasia, ghetto, anti-semetic, Auschwitz, Tutsi, Hutu, Holodomor, Janjaweed, Darfur, Kristalnacht, Khmer Rogue |