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.8.7 Students will determine the effects and influences of immigration on the economy.

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Standard(s)

  SS.8.7.1 Analyze connections and disconnections among events and developments in broader historical contexts to include marginalized people (through Ellis Island and Angel Island).

SS.6-8.H.1.MdC

105ILCS5/27-20.8-TEAACH Act

  SS.8.7.2 Describe the effect immigration has  on institutions, corporations, non-profits, and labor unions in a market economy. SS.6-8.EC.2.MdC
  SS.8.7.3 Evaluate the influences of immigration to explain the long-term human induced environmental change on spatial patterns of conflict and cooperation. SS.6-8.G.3.MC

Academic Vocabulary: analyze, describe, evaluate

Content Vocabulary: Ellis Island, Angel Island, dormitory, barracks, famine, emigrate or immigrate, trachoma, quota, Chinese Exclusion Act