SS+-+8th+Grade+-+Essential+Outcomes


 * **Essential Outcome (Standard)** || **Performance Level(s)** || **Date/**
 * Trimester** || **Common Assessments** ||
 * 1. Interpret information from graphic organizers ||~  || 1-3 ||   ||
 * 2. Explain the causes of the American Revolution and how it led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence ||~  || 1 ||   ||
 * 3. Illustrate how checks and balances work within the three branches of government to foster compromise and ensure the balance of power ||~  || 1 ||   ||
 * 4. Show how the Constitution is a living document, due to the amendment process ||~  || 1 ||   ||
 * 5. Provide examples of rights, duties, and responsibilities of citizens ||~  || 1 ||   ||
 * 6. Illustrate how people, through the political process, can effect the local, county, state and federal governments ||~  || 1 ||   ||
 * 7. Outline the precedents established during Washington’s presidency ||~  || 2 ||   ||
 * 8. Explain the impact of the Louisiana Purchase on the development of the country ||~  || 2 ||   ||
 * 9. Explain what drew the settlers westward ||~  || 2 ||   ||


 * 10. Describe what Britain could have done in the early 1800's to try to avoid war with the U.S. for a second time. ||  || 2 ||   ||
 * 11. Summarize how the Industrial Revolution changed the cultural values and economics of America ||  || 2 ||   ||
 * 12. Explain how the Monroe Doctrine justified America involvement in the Western Hemisphere ||  || 2 ||   ||
 * 13. Demonstrate the effect of Westward Expansion on Native Americans. ||  || 2 ||   ||
 * 14 Define Manifest Destiny. Explain how this idea influenced Americans' thoughts, actions, and movements during this time period (1820 - 1850). ||  || 2 ||   ||
 * 15. Explain the events that led to the definition of the new southwestern boundaries ||  || 2 ||   ||
 * 16. Identify key reform movements from the early 1800’s: Social, Anti-slavery & Women’s Rights ||  || 3 ||   ||
 * 17. Compare and contrast the views of abolitionists and slave owners in the 1800’s ||  || 3 ||   ||
 * 18. Distinguish between primary and secondary sources ||  || 3 ||   ||
 * 19. Summarize the circumstances leading to the outbreak of the Civil War ||  || 3 ||   ||
 * 20. Identify the advantages the North utilized to win the Civil War ||  || 3 ||   ||