Units and Standards

SS.G.1 6-8 MdC: Use mapping and graphing to represent and analyze spatial patterns of different environmental and cultural characteristics.

SS.6-8.G.4. Explain how humans and their environment affect one another.

SS.6-8.CV.3.LC. Identify the means used by individuals and groups to either maintain or change powers and protect, grant, or deny rights of individuals and communities in societies.

SS.6-8.CV.4.MdC. Analyze and synthesize ideas and principles contained in the founding and governing documents and practices of the United States, U.S. territories, and tribal nations within the United States.

SS.6-8.H.4.SS.LC. Describe the differences between correlation and causation in historical events and explain multiple causes and effects of historical events.

SS.6-8.CV.2..MdC. Explain the origins, functions and structure of government with reference to the U.S. Constitution, Illinois Constitution and other systems of government and how they have impacted multiple groups of people.

SS.6-8.CV.3.LC. Identify the means used by individuals and groups to either maintain or change powers and protect, grant, or deny rights of individuals and communities in societies.

SS.6-8.CV.2.MdC. Explain the origins, functions and structure of government with reference to the U.S. Constitution, Illinois Constitution and other systems of government and how they have impacted multiple groups of people.

SS.6-8.CV.3.LC. Identify the means used by individuals and groups to either maintain or change powers and protect, grant, or deny rights of individuals and communities in societies.

S.6-8.IS.8.MdC. Assess individual and collective capacities within a given context to take action, address problems, and identify potential outcomes.

SS.H.2.6-8.LC: Explain how and why perspectives of people have changed over time.

SS.6.H.3.6-8 - Analyzes historical sources to identify possible bias

SS.6.H.1.6-8 - Identifies how historical events affect marginalized groups 

SS.6-8.H.1.MdC. Analyze connections and disconnections among events and developments in broader historical contexts and identify the effects of events on groups of people who have been marginalized.

SS.H.2.6-8.LC: Explain how and why perspectives of people have changed over time.

SS.6-8.H.4.SS.LC. Describe the differences between correlation and causation in historical events and explain multiple causes and effects of historical events.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.2: Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions