Grade 8: World History I
Unit 8 Standards and Benchmarks
Unit 8 Standards and Benchmarks
Middle & High School Social Studies, Grade 8 , 3.0 Society
(Connections and Conflict) Understands causes and effects of interaction among societies, including trade, systems of international exchange, war, and diplomacy
SS8.3.3 Analyzes ways in which trade has contributed to connections and conflict in and among selected societies
• The Rise and Spread of Islam
• The Mongol Empire
• The High Middle Ages: Trade and Towns Grow
(Culture) Understands cultural and intellectual developments and interactions among and within societies
N.B.: In the benchmarks for this standard, the term “belief systems” refers to an ordered, established body of thinking and faith that influence one’s perceptions of self and the world. It includes such concepts as religion, philosophies (including political and economic), and science.
SS8.3.4 Analyzes sources and characteristics of cultural, religious, and social reform movements
• Roman Catholic Church Faces Crises
(Governance and Citizenship) Understands why societies create and adopt systems of governance and how these systems address human needs, rights, and citizen responsibilities
SS8.3.9 Analyzes how social, economic, and political conditions contribute to the establishment and preservation of governments
• Feudalism and the Manor System
Middle & High School Social Studies, Grade 8 , 4.0 Economics
(Production, Distribution, and Consumption) Understands fundamental economic principles and ways in which economies are shaped by geographic and human factors
SS8.4.1 Analyzes ways in which trade has contributed to economic change in selected societies or civilizations
• Ancient Greece
• Ancient Rome
• Trade and Towns Grow
CA: History - Social Science, CA: Grade 8, Hist. & Social Sci. Analysis Skills
Chronological and Spatial Thinking
2. Students construct various time lines of key events, people, and periods of the historical era they are studying.
3. Students use a variety of maps and documents to identify physical and cultural features of neighborhoods, cities, states, and countries and to explain the historical migration of people, expansion and disintegration of empires, and the growth of economic systems.
Research, Evidence, and Point of View
1. Students frame questions that can be answered by historical study and research.
Historical Interpretation
2. Students understand and distinguish cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including the long-and short-term causal relations.
(Connections and Conflict) Understands causes and effects of interaction among societies, including trade, systems of international exchange, war, and diplomacy
SS8.3.3 Analyzes ways in which trade has contributed to connections and conflict in and among selected societies
• The Rise and Spread of Islam
• The Mongol Empire
• The High Middle Ages: Trade and Towns Grow
(Culture) Understands cultural and intellectual developments and interactions among and within societies
N.B.: In the benchmarks for this standard, the term “belief systems” refers to an ordered, established body of thinking and faith that influence one’s perceptions of self and the world. It includes such concepts as religion, philosophies (including political and economic), and science.
SS8.3.4 Analyzes sources and characteristics of cultural, religious, and social reform movements
• Roman Catholic Church Faces Crises
(Governance and Citizenship) Understands why societies create and adopt systems of governance and how these systems address human needs, rights, and citizen responsibilities
SS8.3.9 Analyzes how social, economic, and political conditions contribute to the establishment and preservation of governments
• Feudalism and the Manor System
Middle & High School Social Studies, Grade 8 , 4.0 Economics
(Production, Distribution, and Consumption) Understands fundamental economic principles and ways in which economies are shaped by geographic and human factors
SS8.4.1 Analyzes ways in which trade has contributed to economic change in selected societies or civilizations
• Ancient Greece
• Ancient Rome
• Trade and Towns Grow
CA: History - Social Science, CA: Grade 8, Hist. & Social Sci. Analysis Skills
Chronological and Spatial Thinking
2. Students construct various time lines of key events, people, and periods of the historical era they are studying.
3. Students use a variety of maps and documents to identify physical and cultural features of neighborhoods, cities, states, and countries and to explain the historical migration of people, expansion and disintegration of empires, and the growth of economic systems.
Research, Evidence, and Point of View
1. Students frame questions that can be answered by historical study and research.
Historical Interpretation
2. Students understand and distinguish cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including the long-and short-term causal relations.