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1 SOCIAL STUDIES 8 TH Grade Checklist Civics and Government SS I can define monarchy. I can define democracy I can define republic I can identify the purposes and sources of power in a monarchy. I can identify the purposes and sources of power in a democracy. I can identify the purposes and sources of power in a republic. I can compare the purposes and sources of power in a monarchy, democracy, republic. SS I can describe and give examples to support how democratic government in the U.S. preserved and protected the rights of their citizens before Reconstruction by making, enacting, and enforcing rules and laws. I can describe and give examples to support how democratic government in the U.S. preserved and protected liberty of their citizens before Reconstruction by making, enacting, and enforcing rules and laws. I can describe and give examples to support how democratic government in the U.S. preserved and protected the property of their citizens before Reconstruction by making, enacting, and enforcing rules and laws. I can explain how the state and national constitutions, laws and statutes preserved and protected the rights, liberty and property of citizens before SS I can describe and give examples of ways the Constitution can be changed through formal and informal ways to meet the needs of citizens. I can explain and give examples of how amendments can change the Constitution. I can explain and give examples of how court cases can change the Constitution. I can explain and give examples of how executive action (actions of the executive branch of government) can change the Constitution. SS I can identify the three branches of government. I can describe the function of each of the three branches of government. I can investigate and give examples of how the Constitution separates power among the three branches. I can explain and give examples of the system of checks and balances. SS I can explain why the powers of the state and national/federal governments are sometimes shared and sometimes separate. I can explain what federalism is. I can give examples of powers the state and national government share. I can give examples of separate powers the state and national government have. SS I can identify the basic principles of democracy I can explain and give examples of how the Declaration of Independence established 1

2 principles of democracy. I can explain and give examples of how the Declaration of Independence guaranteed certain rights for all citizens. I can explain and give examples of how the Constitution established principles of democracy. I can explain and give examples of how the Constitution guaranteed certain rights for all citizens. I can explain and give examples of how the Bill of Rights established principles of democracy. I can explain and give examples of how the Bill of Rights guaranteed certain rights for all citizens. SS I can give examples of responsibilities of citizens and explain how these responsibilities help the government function as a democracy. I can give examples of duties of citizens and explain how these duties help the government function as a democracy. Cultures and Societies SS I can identify elements of culture. I can explain how elements of culture (language, the arts, customs, beliefs, literature) defined specific groups in the U.S. before I can explain how elements of culture (language, the arts, customs, beliefs, literature) resulted in different points of view among specific groups in the U.S. before SS I can compare how cultures in the U.S. before Reconstruction developed families, religions, education, government and economies to meet human needs. I can compare how cultures in the U.S. before Reconstruction developed families, religions, education, government and economies to meet structure society.. I can compare how cultures in the U.S. before Reconstruction developed families, religions, education, government and economies to influence behavior. SS I can explain how political conflict and competition occurred among individuals and groups in the U.S. before I can explain how economic conflict and competition occurred among individuals and groups in the U.S. before I can explain how religious conflict and competition occurred among individuals and groups in the U.S. before I can explain how ethnic conflict and competition occurred among individuals and groups in the U.S. before SS I can explain and give examples of how compromise and cooperation resolved conflict among individuals and groups in the U.S. before 2

3 Economics SS I can define scarcity. I can define productive resources. I can define natural resources. I can define human resources. I can define capital goods. I can explain and give examples of how scarcity required individuals, groups, and the government in the U.S. before Reconstruction to make decisions about how natural resources were used. I can explain and give examples of how scarcity required individuals, groups, and the government in the U.S. before Reconstruction to make decisions about how human resources were used. I can explain and give examples of how scarcity required individuals, groups, and the government in the U.S. before Reconstruction to make decisions about how capital goods were used. SS I can define opportunity cost. I can identify how financial decisions made by individuals and groups considering finance and opportunity cost had an impact on historical events before SS I can describe the economic system that developed in the United States before SS I can explain how making a profit motivated individuals and groups to take a risk in producing goods and services in the U.S. before I can explain what a free enterprise system is. I can explain how making a profit influenced the growth of a free enterprise system. SS I can define goods and services. I can define supply and demand. I can explain how prices of goods and services were determined by supply and demand in the U.S. before SS I can explain how money was used to communicate the market value of goods and services in the U.S. before I can explain how money made it easier to trade in the U.S. before I can explain how money made it easier to borrow in the U.S. before I can explain how money made it easier to invest in the U.S. before I can explain how money made it easier to save in the U.S. before SS I can explain how competition among buyers and sellers had an impact on the price of goods and services in the U.S. before SS

4 I can identify the three basic economic questions. I can explain ways in which the basic economic questions about the production of goods and services were addressed in the U.S. before I can explain ways in which the basic economic questions about the distribution of goods and services were addressed in the U.S. before I can explain ways in which the basic economic questions about the consumption of goods and services were addressed in the U.S. before SS I can define productivity. I can define specialization. I can describe how new knowledge increased productivity in the U.S. before I can describe how technology/tools increased productivity in the U.S. before I can describe how specialization increased productivity in the U.S. before SS I can define the economic concept of interdependency. I can explain how personal economic activities were interdependent in the U.S. before Reconstruction or how people depended on each other economically. I can explain how national economic activities were interdependent in the U.S. before. I can explain how international economic activities were interdependent in the U.S. before Reconstruction, or how we depend on other nations economically. Geography SS I can use maps to interpret patterns and locations on Earth s surface in U.S. history before I can use photographs to interpret patterns and locations on Earth s surface in U.S. history before I can use charts to interpret patterns and locations on Earth s surface in U.S. history before I can use graphs to interpret patterns and locations on Earth s surface in U.S. history before I can use databases to interpret patterns and locations on Earth s surface in U.S. history before SS I can describe how rivers affected where human activities were located in the U.S. before I can describe how mountains affected where human activities were located in the U.S. before I can describe how plains affected where human activities were located in the U.S. before I can describe how harbors affected where human activities were located in the U.S. before I can describe how other factors affected where human activities were located in the U.S. 4

5 before SS centers) in the U.S. before the Reconstruction that created advantages and disadvantages for exploration. centers) in the U.S. before the Reconstruction that created advantages and disadvantages for migration. centers) in the U.S. before the Reconstruction that created advantages and disadvantages for trade. centers)in the U.S. before the Reconstruction that created advantages and disadvantages for settlement. for exploration. for migration. for trade. for settlement. SS I can describe how places and regions in U.S. history before Reconstruction changed as new technologies became available. I can describe how places and regions in U.S. history before Reconstruction changed as new resources became available. I can describe how places and regions in U.S. history before Reconstruction changed as new knowledge became available. SS I can describe patterns of human settlement in the U.S. before I can explain how the patterns of human settlement in the U.S. before Reconstruction were influenced by human needs. S Reconstruction changed and/or migrated because of war. Reconstruction changed and/or migrated because of disease. Reconstruction changed and/or migrated because of economic opportunity Reconstruction changed and/or migrated because of technology 5

6 SS I can explain how technology helped humans change their physical environment in the U.S. before SS I can describe ways in which natural resources both promoted and limited exploration, migration, trade, settlement, development in the U.S. before I can describe ways in which physical geography both promoted and limited exploration, migration, trade, settlement, development in the U.S. before Reconstruction I can describe ways in which natural disasters both promoted and limited exploration, migration, trade, settlement, development in the U.S. before Reconstruction SS I can explain how natural resources had an impact on political development in the U.S. before I can explain how natural resources had an impact on social development in the U.S. before I can explain how natural resources had an impact on economic development in the U.S. before Reconstruction SS I can compare and contrast different viewpoints that people have about how to use land in the U.S. before Reconstruction (for farming, industry, residential areas, recreation.) Historical Perspective SS I can identify examples of primary sources. I can identify examples of secondary sources. I can use primary sources to describe and explain historical events and conditions in U.S. history before I can use primary sources to study the viewpoints of different individuals and groups in U.S. history before I can use secondary sources to describe and explain historical events and conditions in U.S. history before I can use secondary sources to study the viewpoints of different individuals and groups in U.S. history before SS I can explain and give examples of the causes and effects of events in U.S. history. SS I can explain what the Great Convergence was. I can explain events and conditions that led to the Great Convergence of European, African, and Native American people beginning in the late 15 th century. I can explain how America's diverse society developed as a result of the events that led to the Great Convergence. SS I can explain and give example of how the rise of individual rights that developed during the colonial period were motivations for the American Revolution and helped develop our new nation. I can explain and give example of how the idea of economic freedom that developed during the colonial period were motivations for the American Revolution and helped 6

7 develop our new nation I can explain and give example of how the religious diversity that developed during the colonial period were motivations for the American Revolution and helped develop our new nation SS I can explain how the growth of democracy occurred and was important to the development of the U.S. before I can explain how the geographic expansion occurred and was important to the development of the U.S. before SS I can describe political differences among sections of the U.S. and explain how these differences resulted in the American Civil War. I can describe social differences among sections of the U.S. and explain how these differences resulted in the American Civil War. I can describe economic differences among sections of the U.S. and explain how these differences resulted in the American Civil War. I can describe cultural differences among sections of the U.S. and explain how these differences resulted in the American Civil War. I can explain how slavery resulted in the American Civil War. I can explain how tariffs resulted in the American Civil War. I can explain how industrialism vs. agrarianism resulted in the American Civil War. I can explain how federal vs. states rights resulted in the American Civil War. 7