Grade 8 Social Studies Iowa standards Standards

Measure Risk Management Tools

Evaluate Savings and Long Term Investments

Create a Saving and Spending Plan

Iowa History

Critique Historical Sources and Evidence

Justify Causation and Argumentation

Compare Perspectives

Analyze Change, Continuity, and Context

Analyze Human Population Movements and Patterns

Evaluate Human Environment Interaction

Evaluate the National Economy

Critique Exchange and Markets

Engage in Economic Decision Making

Analyze Civic and Political Institutions

Taking Informed Action

Communicating and Critiquing Conclusions

Developing Claims and Using Evidence

Gathering and Evaluating Sources

Constructing Questions

United States History and Civic Ideals

Compare how the different social studies disciplines would answer a compelling question.

Identify challenges people face and opportunities created when taking action to address local and regional problems.

Choose from multiple democratic procedures to make decisions and take action in the classroom, school, and community.

Indicate the powers and responsibilities of citizens.

Indicate the purpose and functions of the branches of government.

Identify how economic decisions can affect an individual.

Identify an early American innovation and provide details on how it impacted the market economy.

Describe regional economies throughout early American history.

Identify how physical and human characteristics of a place or region influence culture.

Identify factors that caused people to migrate in early American history.

Demonstrate connections between early American historical events.

Identify how prevailing social, cultural, and/or political perspectives changed during early American history.

Identify causes and effects of events/developments in Early American history.

Examine the source of information, the writer, its context, accuracy, and usefulness when researching historical events such. Examples are: The Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, Washington’s Farewell address, the Louisiana Purchase treaty, Monroe Doctrine, Indian Removal Act, Missouri Compromise, Dred Scott v. Sanford, and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.

Identify the structure of government in Iowa.

Identify the components of a personal spending plan, including income, saving, and expenses.

Identify how saving can help meet financial goals.

Define insurance and identify its purpose.

Locate and relevant information from multiple sources and determine its credibility.

Identify evidence that draws information from multiple perspectives and sources to support claims.

Identify a claim and determine a strength of the claim.

Construct arguments using claims and evidence from 1-2 sources.

Constructs response(s) to a compelling question using credible source(s).

Economics/Financial Literacy: Financial and Career Goals

Economics/Financial Literacy: Credit and Risk Management

Economics/Financial Literacy: Saving, Spending and Investing

Economics/Financial Literacy: Credit and Risk Management

Economics/Financial Literacy: Saving, Spending and Investing

Financial Literacy

Civics/Government: Constitutional Principles and Civic Virtues

History: Change, Continuity and Context

History: Comparison and Corroboration

History: Multiple Perspectives

Reconstruction

History: Multiple Perspectives

Civics/Government: Role and Systems of Government

History: Historical Interpretation and Argumentation

The Civil War

Civics/Government: Processes, Rules and Laws

History: Change, Continuity and Context

History: Change, Continuity and Context

Economics/Financial Literacy: Economic Systems

Geography: Places and Regions

Sectionalism and Division

History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

History: Change, Continuity and Context

Geography: Human Movement and Patterns

Geography: Human Movement and Patterns

Westward Expansion

History: Change, Continuity and Context

Civics/Government: Role and Systems of Government

History: Historical Interpretation and Argumentation

The Early Republic

Civics/Government: Role and Systems of Government

History: Comparison and Corroboration

History: Historical Interpretation and Argumentation

Civics/Government: Citizenship and Civic Rights and Responsibilities

The U.S. Constitution

History: Change, Continuity and Context

Civics/Government: Processes, Rules and Laws

History: Multiple Perspectives

History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

The Revolutionary Era

Geography: Human-Environment Interaction

Civics/Government: Role and Systems of Government

Colonization

Civic Engagement and Participation

Communicate Conclusions

Claims and Evidence

Gather, Interpret and Evaluate Sources

Develop Questions and Plan Inquiries

Inquiry Standards

Construct questions that clearly demonstrate a logical and meaningful relationship to a compelling question, fostering inquiry into disciplinary issues.

Construct an argument that explains political, economic, and social factors that fueled tensions between the American colonies and Britain.

Evaluate the key people who influenced or played an important role in the American Revolution.

Examine the structure, content, and impact of the Declaration of Independence.

Analyze how the outcome of the American Revolution was influenced by military strategies, geographic considerations, and aid from other nations.

Describe the core responsibilities of United States citizens to promote civic virtues, uphold democratic values, and contribute to the well-being of the nation and its communities.

Evaluate the reasons for the development of the United States Constitution.

Analyze the debate over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

Explain the functions and structure of government with reference to the US Constitution and Iowa Constitution and its impact on citizens.

Analyze the historical causes and impacts of the formation of political parties in early United States history

Examine how early presidents interpreted and developed the powers of the executive branch, and the lasting impact of their decisions.

Gather relevant information from multiple credible sources, evaluating the origin, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of each source to guide the selection process of evidence to cite.

Analyze the causes, processes, and impacts of evolving social, cultural, and political perspectives in early American history; emphasizing their role in shaping a distinct American identity and democratic principles.

Explain how push and pull factors contributed to immigration and migration patterns in early American history.

Describe how scientific and technological advances helped facilitate the move into Western Territories.

Analyze the impact of westward expansion on Native American populations in the 19th century.

Analyze the historical and political factors that contributed to Iowa’s formation as a state.

Explain how the physical and human characteristics of a state or region influenced antebellum culture.

Use historical evidence to explain and evaluate the state of regional economies throughout early American history.

Interpret the causes, effects, and challenges of the first Industrial Revolution.

Evaluate the impact of social and political reforms on the development of American society.

Identify major legislation and Supreme Court decisions that strived to both overturn and preserve slavery, resulting in sectional strife.

Use evidence from multiple perspectives and credible sources to support claims in argumentative and informational tasks, while recognizing and addressing the limitations of the evidence used, using a variety of media.

Analyze the key factors that contributed to the outcome of the Civil War.

Analyze the role and impact of Abraham Lincoln's presidency on the course and outcome of the Civil War.

Describe the role of African Americans in the Civil War.

Construct arguments about how the war affected combatants, civilians (including the role of women and Native Americans), the physical environment, and the future of warfare, including technological developments.

Compare the different positions concerning the reconstruction of Southern society and the nation.

Describe the new role of African Americans in local, state, and the federal government in the years after the Civil War and the national and regional resistance to this change.

Analyze and trace the economic, political, and cultural changes in the post-Civil War South, and evaluate their impact on different social groups.

Examine the roles of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments in expanding liberty for more Americans.

Create a personal budget.

Analyze and calculate the costs associated with borrowing money to make informed financial decisions.

Develop clear claims and counterclaims in argumentative writing or discussions, while analyzing and articulating the strengths and limitations of both perspectives in a fair and balanced manner.

Evaluate the benefits and risks of saving, spending and investing decisions in achieving financial goals.

Identify ways insurance can minimize personal financial risk.

Explore multiple career and financial pathways to create long-term goals.

Construct responses to questions supported by reasoning and evidence.

Independently construct clear and coherent arguments that support a specific claim, using relevant evidence and reasoning from multiple credible sources to substantiate the claim.

Analyze how a specific problem can manifest itself at the local, regional, and global level over time, identifying its characteristics and causes, and the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address the problem.

Analyze the political systems, governance structures, and civic participation in the American colonial regions.

Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions influenced the development of culture in the colonial regions.