Grade 8 NYS Learning/Core Standards And Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies information in print and digital texts R6-8.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources R6-8.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to W6-8.2. Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes Content (What needs to be taught?) Unit Six: Division and Reunion *Underlying causes of the Civil War *The Civil War breaks out *Results of the Civil War Key Vocabulary: slave codes,, underground railroad, sectionalism, Missouri Compromise, Fugitive Slave Act, Compromise of 1850, Uncle Tom s Cabin, Kansas-Nebraska Act, treason, confederacy, Border States, habeas corpus, secede, Emancipation Proclamation, inflation, draft, Gettysburg, total war, reconstruction, Freedmen s Bureau, Civil War Amendments, impeach, sharecropping, poll tax, literacy, grandfather clause, segregation Curriculum Materials Used Chapters 12, 16-18 Volume 5, 6, and 7. (All) Assessments Used (Daily/Weekly/Benchmarks) projects Time Line September/ October Project
information in print and digital texts. R6-8.3. Identify key steps in a text s description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered). reflection, and research reflection, and research Unit Seven: An Industrial Society *The maturing of an industrial society *Changes in the social structure alters the American scene *The Progressive Movement Key Vocabulary: transcontinental railroad, reservation, corporation, trust, monopoly, Sherman Anti-Trust Act, assembly line, mass production, strike, union, collective bargaining, push and pull factor, acculturation/assimilation, tenements, suburb, yellow journalism, civil service, muckrakers, conservation, 18th and 19th Amendments, NAACP, Pure Food and Drug Act Chapters 19-22 Volume 7, 8: chapter November/ December/ January cartoons
R6-8.6. Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author s point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts). R6-8.8. Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text. R6-8.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to discipline-specific content. discipline-specific content. Unit Eight: The United States as an Independent Nation in an increasingly Interdependent World *The U.S. expands its territories and builds an overseas empire *The U.S. begins to take a role in global politics Key Vocabulary: expansionism, isolationism, imperialism, racism, militarism, terrorist, propaganda, bonds, pacifist, armistice, Fourteen Points, reparations, League of Nations, Treaty of Versailles Chapters 23-24 Volumes 8, 9: chapter January, February Primary source
discipline-specific content Unit Nine: The United States Between the Wars *The Roaring Twenties *The Great Depression Key Vocabulary: recession, installment buying, bull market, communism, Prohibition, Harlem Renaissance, repeal, quota system, Red Scare, on margin, hooverville, the Three "R's", New Deal, Social Security Act, deficit spending, Dust Bowl, civil rights, depression, migrant workers Chapters 25-26 Volume 9 chapter and projects web quest February/ March R6-8.2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. RH.6-8.6. Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author s point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts). information in print and digital texts. W6-8.2. Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of Unit Ten: The U.S. Assumes Worldwide Responsibilities *WWII *The U.S. as leader of the free world *The U.S. in the post-cold War world Key Vocabulary: totalitarian state, fascism, scape goat, neutrality, appeasement, rationing, internment, holocaust, Cold War, Iron Curtain, Truman Doctrine, Berlin Air-lift, Marshall Plan, United Nations, containment, Cuban Missile Crisis, Domino Theory, détente, arms race Chapters 27-30 Volumes 9 and 10 March/April
historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes. R6-8.3. Identify key steps in a text s description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered). RH.6-8.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to W6-8.7. Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration. W6-8.8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation. reflection, and research. Unit Eleven: The Changing Nature of the American People from WWII to the Present *Post war society *The U.S. begins a new century Key Vocabulary: standard of living, integration, Civil Rights Movement, Montgomery Bus Boycott, sit in, affirmative action, illegal aliens, Persian Gulf War, Iran Hostage Crisis, NAFTA, global warming Chapters 29-30 Volume 10 Final Exam/SLO May/June