8 th Grade Social Studies Yearlong Curriculum Map

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1 8 th Grade Social Studies Yearlong Curriculum Map SEPTEMBER Unit: Reconstruction This unit studies the ways in which regional tensions following the Civil War complicated efforts to heal the nation and to redefine the status of African Americans. CDOS: 3.a. 7: Students understand the material, human and financial resources needed to accomplish tasks and activities DOK Level 1: Identify DOK Level 2: Infer, Cause & Effect DOK Level 3: Cite evidence DOK Level 4: Connect, Analyze Thinking Maps: Tree Map, Flow Map, Multi-Flow Map, Bubble Map, Bridge Map, Double Bubble Map Data Based Deficits Addressed: Social Studies Standards 1, 4 & 5 Essential Question: What are a nation s responsibilities to its citizens after major conflict?

2 MID OCTOBER/NOVEMBER Unit: A Changing Society & the Progressive Era This unit studies the ways in which industrialization and immigration contributed to the urbanization of America. It further explores the ways in which the problems resulting from these changes sparked the Progressive movement and increased calls for reform. CDOS: 3.a. 6: Students select and communicate information in an appropriate format (e.g. oral, written, graphic, pictorial, multimedia). DOK Level 1: Identify DOK Level 2: Infer, Cause & Effect DOK Level 3: Cite evidence DOK Level 4: Connect, Analyze Thinking Maps: Tree Map, Flow Map, Multi-Flow Map, Bubble Map, Bridge Map, Double Bubble Map Data Based Deficits Addressed: Social Studies Standards 1, 2 & 4 Essential Question: How do people, policies and technological advances shape a nation?

3 DECEMBER Unit: The United States as an Expansionist Nation This unit studies expansion and imperialism and the ways in which, beginning in the second half of the 19 th century, economic, political and cultural factors contributed to a push for westward expansion and a more aggressive United States foreign policy. CDOS 3a. 6: Students select and communicate information in an appropriate format (e.g. oral, written, graphic, pictorial, multimedia) DOK Level 2: Classify/Compare & Contrast/Cause & Effect DOK Level 4: Analyze, Synthesize Thinking Maps: Tree Map, Flow Map, Multi-Flow Map, Double Bubble, Bridge Map Data Based Deficits Addressed: Social Studies Standard 1, 2, 3 & 5 Essential Question: To what degree should a nation be involved in the affairs of other nations?

4 JANUARY/FEBRUARY Unit: WWI and the United States Between Wars This unit studies the ways in which various diplomatic, economic and ideological factors contributed to the decision of the United States to enter World War I. It further explores the ways in which the lives of Americans were significantly altered by U. S. involvement in the war. It also studies the economic prosperity, technological innovations and workplace changes that characterized postwar America. CDOS 3a. 6: Students use technology to acquire, organize & communicate information by entering, modifying, retrieving & storing data. DOK Level 2: Classify/Compare & Contrast/Identify Patterns/Cause & Effect DOK Level 4: Analyze, Synthesize, Evaluate, Interpret Thinking Maps: Tree Map, Flow Map, Multi-Flow Map, Bridge Map, Double Bubble Map Data Based Deficits Addressed: Social Studies Standards 1, 2 & 4 Essential Question: How does a nation respond to economic, political and social changes?

5 MARCH/APRIL Unit: The United States Assumes Worldwide Responsibilities This unit studies the ways in which the aggression of the Axis powers threatened United States security and led to its entry into World War II as well as the ways in which the nature and consequences of warfare during World War II transformed the United States and the global community. It explores the international efforts to protect human rights and prevent future wars that resulted from the damage from total warfare and atrocities such as the Holocaust. CDOS 3a. 6: Students use technology to acquire, organize & communicate information by entering, modifying, retrieving & storing data. DOK Level 2: Classify/Compare & Contrast/Identify Patterns/Cause & Effect DOK Level 4: Analyze, Synthesize, Evaluate, Interpret Thinking Maps: Tree Map, Flow Map, Multi-Flow Map, Bridge Map, Double Bubble Map Data Based Deficits Addressed: Social Studies Standards 1, 2 & 3 Essential Questions: How do competing views of power and morality lead to global conflict?

6 MAY/JUNE Unit: From World War II to the Present: The Changing Nature of the American People This unit studies the effects natural increases and immigration had on the post World War II sharp increase in population and the changes to the American landscape and the shifts in political power that resulted. It further explores the way an aging population is affecting the economy and straining public resources. CDOS 3a. 6: Students select and communicate information in an appropriate format (e.g. oral, written, graphic, pictorial, multimedia) DOK Level 2: Classify/Compare & Contrast/Cause & Effect DOK Level 4: Analyze, Synthesize Thinking Maps: Tree Map, Flow Map, Multi-Flow Map, Double Bubble, Bridge Map Data Based Deficits Addressed: Social Studies Standard 1, 2, 3 & 5 Essential Question: Has the United States of America lived up to its promise and potential of its history and status.

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