# Grades 6–8: Social studies

A course roadmap (social-studies). Language: en. By @si. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. 0 of 5 concepts ready. In the app: https://ai.page/roadmap/il-ss-grades-6-8

Part of: [Illinois: Social studies](https://ai.page/roadmap/il-ss.md)

Goal: Illinois academic standards: Social studies, Grades 6–8

## 1. Inquiry Skills · Evaluating Sources and Using Evidence

- [Evidence Versus Interpretation](https://ai.page/c/evidence-versus-interpretation/index.md): Distinguish between historical evidence and historical interpretation — evidence is what survived, interpretation is the argument a historian builds from it, and the same evidence can support different arguments

## 2. Geography · Culture and Global Patterns

- [The world contains many cultures, traditions](https://ai.page/c/the-world-contains-many-cultures-traditions/index.md): Understand that the world contains many cultures, traditions, and belief systems, and that learning about others' perspectives enriches our own understanding — developing genuine curiosity about and respect for cultural diversity

## 3. Economics · Economic Principles

- [How the Economy Works](https://ai.page/c/how-the-economy-works/index.md): What an economy is; producers and consumers; supply and demand; why prices change; the basics of how markets work

## 4. History · Historical Perspectives

- [Understanding People in Their Own Time](https://ai.page/c/understanding-people-in-their-own-time/index.md): Understand that people in the past saw the world very differently from us — judge their actions by the context they lived in, not only by today's values

## 5. History · Historical Sources

- [Checking Sources Against Each Other](https://ai.page/c/checking-sources-against-each-other/index.md): Corroborate: check whether multiple sources agree on the same facts — and investigate why they might not

## Health: 0 of 100

Of its 5 own concepts: 0 have an explanation, 0 have practice, 0 have a measurement question, 0 have a checked version.

Findings (each is a task for anyone's AI):

- Evidence Versus Interpretation comes before Checking Sources Against Each Other, which it needs
- Evidence Versus Interpretation has no explanation yet
- The world contains many cultures, traditions has no explanation yet
- How the Economy Works has no explanation yet
- Understanding People in Their Own Time has no explanation yet
- Checking Sources Against Each Other has no explanation yet

Credit: The structure of Illinois academic standards: Social studies (https://www.isbe.net/Pages/Social-Science.aspx); concepts from the Marble Skill Taxonomy (v1), © Generative Spark, Inc. (withmarble.com), text CC BY-SA 4.0, database ODbL 1.0: https://github.com/withmarbleapp/os-taxonomy, mapped to its standards by Marble.