Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Grade 8

Other Hawaii Social Studies sets

Anchor and Inquiry Standards

  • 1.

    Developing Questions and Planning Inquiries6-8.1

    1. 1.

      Create compelling questions representing key ideas of the disciplinesSS.6-8.1.1

    2. 2.

      Explain how a question reflects an enduring issue in the fieldSS.6-8.1.2

    3. 3.

      Create supporting questions that address key ideas identified in compelling questionsSS.6-8.1.3

    4. 4.

      Explain the relationship between compelling and supporting questionsSS.6-8.1.4

  • 2.

    Gathering and Evaluating Sources6-8.2

    1. 1.

      Evaluate the credibility of a source by examining its origin, author, context, and contentSS.6-8.2.1

    2. 2.

      Gather relevant information from credible sources representing a wide range of viewsSS.6-8.2.2

  • 3.

    Creating Claims6-8.3

    1. 1.

      Develop claims and counterclaims while pointing out the strengths and limitations of bothSS.6-8.3.1

    2. 2.

      Identify specific evidence that supports the claims and counterclaimsSS.6-8.3.2

  • 4.

    Communicating Conclusions6-8.4

    1. 1.

      Construct arguments and explanations using claims and evidence from multiple sources while acknowledging the strengths and limitations of the argumentsSS.6-8.4.1

    2. 2.

      Present arguments and explanations using a variety of print and oral technologies (e.g., posters, essays, letters, debates, speeches, reports, maps) and digital technologies (e.g., Internet, social media, digital documentary)SS.6-8.4.2

  • 5.

    Taking Informed Action6-8.5

    1. 1.

      Identify local, regional and/or global problems or issues using interdisciplinary lensesSS.6-8.5.1

    2. 2.

      Examine the origins of a problem or issue and explain the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address itSS.6-8.5.2

    3. 3.

      Apply a range of deliberative strategies and procedures to make decisions and propose feasible solutions to address local, regional, and/or global concernsSS.6-8.5.3

    4. 4.

      Create an action plan to address a solution to the problem or issue and demonstrate evidence of implementationSS.6-8.5.4

Content Standards

  • 1.

    Examine how challenges the government faced were resolved at the Constitutional ConventionSS.8.1.6.1

  • 2.

    Explain the structure and powers of the three branches of the federal governmentSS.8.1.6.2

  • 3.

    Analyze how the Bill of Rights protects individual liberties from the national governmentSS.8.1.7.3

  • 1.

    Analyze citizenship and voting rights in early AmericaSS.8.2.17.1

  • 2.

    Explain how political parties developed out of conflicts in early AmericaSS.8.2.6.2

  • 1.

    Analyze the ideological and socioeconomic reasons for U.S. territorial expansionSS.8.3.19.1

  • 2.

    Trace how the United States acquired new territories, including purchases, annexation, treaties, and warSS.8.3.16.2

  • 3.

    Explain how Native Americans resisted U.S. territorial expansionSS.8.3.17.3

  • 4.

    Assess the effects of U.S. expansion on Native Americans in terms of population loss, land dispossession, and cultureSS.8.3.19.4

  • 1.

    Analyze how economic growth and industrialization transformed daily lifeSS.8.4.9.1

  • 2.

    Explain how innovations in transportation, communication, and production reshaped American societySS.8.4.15.2

  • 3.

    Analyze how the market revolution contributed to labor conflicts and divisions over slaverySS.8.4.10.3

  • 1.

    Analyze how slavery shaped the economic development of the North and SouthSS.8.5.9.1

  • 2.

    Examine how enslaved people adapted to and resisted slaverySS.8.5.14.2

  • 1.

    Analyze the religious and utopian movements that flourished around the Second Great AwakeningSS.8.6.18.1

  • 2.

    Evaluate the effectiveness of 19th-century reform movementsSS.8.6.7.2

  • 1.

    Explain how conflicts over slavery led the North and South to warSS.8.7.19.1

  • 2.

    Analyze major factors that determined the outcome of the Civil WarSS.8.7.17.2

  • 1.

    Assess the efforts of the federal government and African Americans to forge a new political and social order after emancipationSS.8.8.8.1

  • 2.

    Assess how the end of Reconstruction affected African AmericansSS.8.8.17.2

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 8
When were these standards adopted?
2018

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