How to learn Grade 8: Social studies

Indiana academic standards: Social studies, Grade 8

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1. Civics and Government · Students explain the major principles, values, and institutions of constitutional government and citizenship, which are based on the founding documents of the United States, an

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

2. Economics · Students identify, describe, and evaluate the influence of economic factors on national development from the founding of the nation to the end of Reconstruction.

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