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8th grade level expectations.
Political Foundations and Development
- Explain how and why people have developed forms of self-government.
- Examine how suffrage expanded to various groups of citizens
- Explain how the foundations of American democracy are rooted in European, Native American and colonial traditions, experiences in institutions.
- Describe the role New Hampshire voters have played in our nation’s presidential primaries and elections.
- Examine how religion has influenced the political life of the nation.
- Analyze the tension between states’ rights and national authority.
Contacts, Exchanges, and International Relations
- Explain major attempts to force European powers to recognize and respect the sovereignty of the U.S. as a new nation.
- Explain major U.S. efforts to remove European influence from the Western Hemisphere.
- Compare and contrast the rationales fro entering into war with other nations.
- Analyze the extent to which democratic ideals, economic motives, and empire building have influenced US foreign policy in events and policies.
- Investigate the impact of foreign policy on domestic affairs as illustrated in historical events.
World views and value systems and their intellectual and artistic expressions.
- Examine how the art, music, and literature of our nation has been enhanced by groups.
- Explain how art, music, and literature often reflect and/or influence major ideas, value and conflicts of particular time periods.
Economic Systems and Technology
- Demonstrate an understanding of major developments and changes in American economic productivity.
- Explore how economic interactions have occurred on an increasingly global scale.
- Evaluate the importance of technological inventions and inventors act on American life.
- Examine the causes of conflict between management and labor.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how westward movement led to personal opportunities and more diverse economy as seen in events.
Social/ Cultural
- Explain the impact ethnic and religious groups have had on the development of the US.
- Analyze how societal changes have influenced the family.
- Describe the impact of major national and state events on everyday life.
- Examine changes in the roles and lives of women and their impacts on society.
- Describe similarities and differences in the immigrant experience for various ethnic groups.