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8th Grade United States History I Learner Objectives
BOE approved May 7, 2009
Learner Objective for Unit 1-Colonization of North America
• Explore the continuity and change in the history of the United States
• Explain economic concepts and principles, including the laws of supply and demand
• Apply knowledge of major elements of geographical study and analyze their relationships to changes
in society
• Compare and contrast relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions
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Evaluate the importance of the discovery, exploration and early settlement of America
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Analyze physical characteristics
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Analyze human characteristics
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Interpret the past, explain the present and predict future consequences of economic decisions
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Apply rights and responsibilities of individuals to events in US history and everyday life
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Explain how regions of the United States relate to one another and change over time
Learner Objective for Unit 2-American Revolution
• Investigate the principles expressed in documents shaping constitutional democracy in the United
States
• Explore the continuity and change in the history of the United States
• Explain economic concepts and principles, including the laws of supply and demand
• Compare relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions
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Describe how laws and events affect members of groups and relationships among groups
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Identify different forms of taxes such as tariffs…and their purpose
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Assess how personal and group experiences influence people’s perceptions and judgments of events
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Analyze how a person becomes a member of a group or institution and what factors that influence
inclusion or exclusion from a group
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Analyze important principles in the Declaration of Independence, including inalienable rights and
government by consent of the governed
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Interpret the American Revolution, including the perspectives of patriots and loyalists and factors that
explain why the American colonists were successful
Learner Objective for Unit 3-Constitution and Origins of Government
• Investigate the principles expressed in documents shaping constitutional democracy in the United
States
• Explore the continuity and change in the history of Missouri and the United States
• Analyze the principles and processes of governance systems
• Compare and contrast relationships of individuals and groups to institutions and cultural traditions
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• Analyze important principles including inalienable rights and government by consent of the governed
• Apply knowledge of responsibilities that governments and citizens need to accept in order to carry out
the principles in the Bill of Rights
• Apply rights and responsibilities of individuals to events in U.S. history and everyday life
• Explain how laws are made, interpreted, and enforced
• Explain how leaders are selected
• Explain how power is distributed among individuals and branches of the government
• Describe how to participate in government
• Give examples of how local, state, and national governments impact people’s lives
• Analyze decision making and conflict resolution in courts at local, state and national levels
• Justify the drafting of the Constitution and its effects on the formation of the new nation
• Analyze how a person becomes a member of a group or institution and what factors that influence
inclusion or exclusion from a group
• Describe how laws and events affect members of groups and relationships among groups
• Analyze how ideas, concepts, and traditions have changed over time
Learner Objective for Unit 4-New Nation / Early Republic
• Investigate the principles expressed in documents shaping constitutional democracy
• Explore the continuity and change in the history of Missouri and the United States
• Analyze the principles and processes of governance systems
• Explain economic concepts and principles, including the laws of supply and demand
• Analyze important principles in the Constitution including: limited government, separation of powers,
rule of law, checks and balances
• Apply important principles of the Bill of Rights such as basic rights and freedoms
• Apply knowledge of responsibilities that governments and citizens need to accept in order to carry out
the principles in the Bill of Rights
• Explain how power is distributed among individuals and branches of government
• Justify the drafting of the Constitution and its effects on the formation of the new nation
• Identify different forms of taxes, such as tariffs, sales taxes, and income taxes and their purposes
• Interpret the past, explain the present, and predict future consequences of economic decisions
Learner Objective for Unit 5-Westward Expansion
• Analyze the principles and processes of governance systems
• Explore the continuity and change in the history of Missouri and the United States
• Explain economic concepts and principles, including the laws of supply and demand
• Apply knowledge of major elements of geographical study and analyze their relationships to changes
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in society
• Compare and contrast relationships of individuals and groups to institutions and cultural traditions
• Apply rights and responsibilities of individuals to events in U.S. history and everyday life
• Assess the significance of westward expansion
• Analyze cultural interactions among various groups
• Interpret the past, explain the present, and predict future consequences of economic decisions
• Locate states of the United States
• Use and evaluate geographic research sources to process and report information to solve problems and
make predictions
• Locate cities and topographic features of the United States
• Locate and describe geographic places, using absolute and relative location
• Analyze physical characteristics, such as climate, topography, relationship to water and ecosystems
• Analyze human characteristics, such as people’s education, language, diversity, economies, religions,
settlement patterns, ethnic backgrounds, and political systems
• Explain how changes in transportation, communication, and other technologies affect the movement of
people, products, and ideas
• Explain how regions of the United States relate to one another and change over time
• Compare major patterns of population distribution, demographics, and migrations in the United States
and the impact of those patterns on cultures and community life
• Use geography to interpret the past, explain the present, and plan for the future
• Analyze how a person becomes a member of a group or institution and what factors that influence
inclusion or exclusion from a group
• Describe how laws and events affect members of groups and relationships among groups
• Assess how personal and group experiences influence people’s perceptions and judgments of events
• Analyze how ideas, concepts, and traditions have changed over time
Learner Objective for Unit 6-Early Reform Movements (Early 1800s)
• Investigate the principles expressed in documents shaping Constitutional democracy in the United
States
• Knowledge of principles and processes of governance systems
• Explore the continuity and change in the history of Missouri and the United States
• Explain economic concepts and principles including productivity and the market system
• Compare and contrast relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions
• Analyze important principles in the Declaration of Independence, including inalienable rights and
government by consent of the governed
• Apply important principles of the Bill of Rights, such as: basic rights and freedoms, amendments 1-8,
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protections against the government (fair trials, rights of accused, due process of law)
• Apply knowledge of responsibilities that governments and citizens need to accept in order to carry out
the principles in the Bill of Rights
• Apply rights and responsibilities of individuals to events in U.S. history and everyday life
• Summarize reform movements such as: abolitionism, women’s movement and Jacksonian Democracy
• Describe how decisions and actions of governments, businesses, groups and individuals, affect one
another in a market economy
• Describe how laws and events affect members of groups and relationships among groups
• Analyze how ideas, concepts, and traditions, have changed over time (example: women’s role in
society)
Learner Objective for Unit 7-Civil War
• Analyze the principles and processes of governance systems
• Explore the continuity and change in the history of the United States
• Explain economic concepts and principles, including the laws of supply and demand
• Apply knowledge of major elements of geographical study and analyze their relationships to changes
in society
• Compare and contrast relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions
• Apply rights and responsibilities of individuals to events in US history and everyday life
• Interpret political, economic, and social causes and consequences of the Civil War and Reconstruction
• Describe how decisions and actions of governments, businesses, groups, and individuals affect one
another in a market economy
• Assess the role of technology in our economy and how our economy has changed from an agricultural
economy to an industrial economy
• Analyze human characteristics, such as people’s education, language, diversity, economies, religions,
settlement patterns, ethnic background, and political systems
• Explain how regions of the United States relate to one another and change over time
• Compare major patterns of population distribution, demographics, and migrations in the United States
and the impact of those patterns on cultures and community life
• Describe how laws and events affect members of groups and relationships among groups
• Assess how personal and group experiences influence people perceptions and judgments of events
Learner Objective for Unit 8-Reconstruction
• Investigate the principles expressed in documents shaping constitutional democracy in the United
States
• Analyze the principles and processes of governance systems
• Explore the continuity and change in the history of the United States
• Explain economic concepts and principles, including the laws of supply and demand
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• Apply knowledge of major elements of geographical study and analyze their relationships to changes
in society
• Compare and contrast relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions
• Analyze important principles in the Constitution including; federalism, due process of law
(amendments V, XIV), voting by citizens (especially as latter amendments were passed)
• Apply knowledge of responsibilities that governments and citizens need to accept in order to carry out
the principles in the Bill of Rights
• Explain how laws are made, interpreted, and enforced
• Interpret political, economic, and social causes and consequences of the Civil War and Reconstruction
• Interpret the past, explain the present and predict future consequences of economic decisions
• Explain how regions of the United States relate to one another and change over time
• Describe how laws and events affect members of groups and relationships among groups
• Assess how personal and group experiences influence people perceptions and judgments of events
• Analyze how ideas, concepts, and traditions have changed over time
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