COURSE DESCRIPTION
Students in Eighth Grade Social Studies will "study information, skills, and concepts from the disciplines of history, geography, political science, economics, anthropology, psychology, law, and sociology with attention also given to connections among the peoples and nations of the world, the effect of science and technology on society (and vice versa), and the ways to practice good citizenship. Social studies helps young people develop the knowledge and skills necessary to make informed and reasoned decisions as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world."(Wisconsin DPI Website)
COURSE CONTENT STANDARDS/OBJECTIVES
The 8th Grade Social Studies Course follows the Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Social Studies. http://standards.dpi.wi.gov/stn_ssintro in addition to the CCSS for English Language Standards in History and Social Studies-
POWER STANDARDS THIS YEAR
B.8.1 Interpret the past using a variety of sources such as biographies, diaries, journals, artifacts, eyewitness interviews, and other primary source materials.
C.8.1. Identify and explain democracy's basic principles, including individual rights, responsibility for the common good, equal opportunity, equal protection of law, freedom of spech, justice, and marjority rule with protiection for minority rights.
D.8.2. Identify and explain basic economic concepts, supply, demand, production, exchange and consumption, labor, wages and capital, inflation and deflation, market economy and command economy, public and private goods and services.
In addition to content area standards, we will emphasize reading and writing standards from Common Core State Standards in History and the content area.
Quarter 1: Civics /Government
Quarter 2: Civics/ Justice and Equality
Quarter 3: Economics/Behavioral Sciences/
Quarter 4: Behavioral Sciences/ Geography
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