How to learn Grade 8: Social studies

Florida academic standards: Social studies, Grade 8

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1. Financial Literacy · Protecting and Insuring

1. Online Identity and Misinformation: Understand the ethics of online identity and the importance of consistency between who you are online and offline; explain how recommendation algorithms and filter bubbles narrow information exposure; evaluate the psychology of misinformation: why it spreads, why smart people believe it, and how to apply source evaluation (lateral reading, checking evidence, recognising emotional manipulation); understand digital consent around sharing images or personal information; explore the ethics of AI, surveillance, and data privacy as they affect everyday life; reflect on responsible content creation and online influence

2. Financial Literacy · Using Credit

1. Borrowing & Debt: What borrowing money means; that loans must be repaid with interest; what credit is; why too much debt can be risky; responsible borrowing

3. Financial Literacy · Saving

1. Financial Planning: Setting longer-term financial goals; planning and prioritising spending; how saving regularly adds up over time; the value of thinking ahead with money

4. Civics and Government (Starting 2023-2024) · Evaluate the roles, rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens, and determine methods of active participation in society, government and the political sy

1. Global Citizenship: Understand what it means to be a citizen in an interconnected world where decisions in one place affect people elsewhere; explore global issues (climate justice, forced migration, global health, poverty) through an empathy lens, distinguishing facts from value judgements; engage with the ethical tension between obligations to those close to us and obligations to distant strangers; introduce evidence-based giving and effective altruism as one framework for thinking about global responsibility; develop a personal, reasoned stance on global citizenship that acknowledges complexity

5. Economics · Understand the fundamental concepts and interrelationships of the United States economy in the international marketplace.

1. How the Economy Works: What an economy is; producers and consumers; supply and demand; why prices change; the basics of how markets work