Coon Rapids-Bayard CSD

8th Grade U. S. History through 1865 (Civil War)

Standards & Benchmarks

July 28, 2008

 

  1. Students will understand the world through historical, cultural and personal perspectives and how it affects their daily lives.

A.     Compare and contrast the contributions of the explorers of the United States and the connection to the development of the United States. (e.g., Lewis  and Clark and John Wesley Powell)

B.     Describe the changes of governance of Iowa and the United States.

C.     Describe the characteristics of indigenous people that had an affect on the mid west region and the United States.  (e.g., Dakota and the Cherokee Indians)

D.     Compare and contrast the settlement patterns of the United States with other regions of the world.

 

 

 

  1. The students will develop the knowledge, skills and values essential to be responsible national and world citizens.

A. Explain the significance of major historical documents (e.g., the Declaration

of Independence, United States Constitution, Bill of Rights,                 Gettysburg Address)

B.     Describe and evaluate the reasons for colonization to include                               religious freedom, desire for land, economic opportunity.

C.    Identify the interactions between Native Americans and European Settlers, including agriculture, cultural exchanges, and conflicts.

D.    Describe the aspirations, ideals, and events that served the foundation for the creation of a new government to include the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, and the ideals implemented in the Bill of Rights.

E.     Describe the contributions and sacrifice of major individuals in United States History. (e.g., George Washington Carver, Fredrick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Thomas Jefferson, Clara Barton, Robert Gould Shaw, Little Crow)

F.     Describe the successes and failures of the United States government to include:                                Indian Removal Policy, The Trail of Tears, Women’s suffrage, Civil Rights.

                                        

 

 

  1. Students will interpret and apply data presented in a variety of forms such as words, pictures, maps, graphs and tables.
    1. Evaluate maps and other data to understand the expansion the  United States and who the land was bought, won or taken from.
    2. Understand and apply the problem-solving skills of historical research, to include:  use of primary and secondary sources, sequencing, collecting, interpreting, and applying information, .
    3. Create and use different kinds of maps, globes, charts and slide shows.
    4. Analyze and evaluate  the American belief in Manifest Destiny and how it led to the settlement of the United States.
    5. Compare and map the westward migration of people (e.g., Oregon, California, Mormons and the Santa Fe Trails)

 

 

 

  1. Students will develop a basic concern for people as they work together in society.
    1. Analyze information by developing and applying criteria and use that information to answer critical questions in United States History.
    2. Demonstrate the ability to examine history from the perspectives of the participants.
    3. Distinguish “facts” from authors’ opinions and evaluate historical materials for biases and stereotypes about the subject.
    4. Understand how to use the skills of historical analysis to apply to current social, political, geographic, and economic issues.

 

 

 

 

  1. Students will understand how they are linked to other people in the local community, the state, the nation and the world.
    1. Analyze how humans have changed the United States and how that affects the physical make-up of the United States.
    2. Understand the role of the local, state and federal government and how that relationship between them has affected U. S. History.
    3. Analyze Iowa’s role and impact on the outcome of the Civil War.         (e.g., the Graybeard Regiment, Enlistment Rates, Battle Sites)
    4. Explain and describe the origins, obstacles, and impact of the Age of Exploration. (e.g., voyages of Columbus, introduction of disease, and exchanges and improvements in technology)
    5. Describe, evaluate, and interpret the economic and political reasons for the American Revolution. (e.g., attempts by England to regulate colonial trade, colonists reaction to British policy, how it changed the lives of the colonist, how the American Revolution changed the world)

 

 

 

 

  1. Students will understand how the world is and has been organized politically, socially, economically and environmentally.
    1. Explain how sectionalism led to the Civil War. (e.g., different economies in the North, South and west, addition of new states to the Union, extension of slavery into the territories, presidential election of 1860, south’s secession)
    2. Explain the course and consequences of the Civil War and how the Civil War divided people in the United States. (e.g., major turning points of the war including the battle of Gettysburg, medical nature of the Civil War, role of African Americans, prison camps)
    3. Evaluate the role of the slave trade from Africa and how did slaves live in the Southern United States. (e.g., study and watch Roots Mini-Series)
    4. Explain and examine the origins and early history of the women’s movement (e.g., suffrage, role in society, laws the affected women)
    5. Analyze the 1862 Minnesota Indian Conflict and the impact the conflict had on Iowa, Minnesota and the impact the Conflict still has on the Lakota Nation.