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.8.6 Students will investigate the atrocities of genocide through use of various sources.

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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
  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
  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

Academic Vocabulary: Identify, compare, classify

Content Vocabulary: Genocide, victim, bystander, euthanasia, ghetto, anti-semetic, Auschwitz, Tutsi, Hutu, Holodomor, Janjaweed, Darfur, Kristalnacht, Khmer Rogue