Kansas 8th Grade Social Studies Standards

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1 Choices have consequences

• 1.1 The student will recognize and evaluate significant choices and consequences that have impacted our lives and futures.
• 1.2 The student will analyze the context and draw conclusions about choices and consequences.
• 1.3 The student will investigate and connect examples of choices and consequences with contemporary issues.
• 1.4 The student will use their understanding of choices and consequences to make a claim or advance a thesis using evidence and argument.

2 Rights and responsibilities

• 2.1 The student will recognize and evaluate the rights and responsibilities of people living in societies.
• 2.2 The student will analyze the context and draw conclusions about rights and responsibilities.
• 2.3 The student will investigate and connect the rights and responsibilities of individuals with contemporary issues.
• 2.4 The student will use their understanding of rights and responsibilities to make a claim or advance a thesis using evidence and argument.

3 Identities, beliefs, and practices

• 3.1 The student will recognize and evaluate how societies are shaped by the identities, beliefs, and practices of individuals and groups.
• 3.2 The student will analyze context and draw conclusions of how societies are shaped by the identities, beliefs, and practices of individuals and groups.
• 3.3 The student will investigate and connect how societies are shaped by the identities, beliefs, and practices of individuals and groups with contemporary issues.
• 3.4 The student will use their understanding of how societies are shaped by the identities, beliefs, and practices of individuals and groups to make a claim or advance a thesis using evidence and argument.

4 Continuity and change

• 4.1 The student will recognize and evaluate continuity and change over time.
• 4.2 The student will analyze the context and draw conclusions about continuity and change.
• 4.3 The student will investigate and connect continuity and change to a contemporary issue.
• 4.4 The student will use their understanding of continuity and change to make a claim or advance a thesis using evidence and argument.

5 Dynamic relationships

• 5.1 The student will recognize and evaluate dynamic relationships that impact lives in communities, states, and nations.
• 5.2 The student will analyze the context and draw conclusions about dynamic relationships.
• 5.3 The student will investigate and connect dynamic relationships to contemporary issues.
• 5.4 The student will use their understanding of dynamic relationships to make a claim or advance a thesis using evidence and argument.