Welcome to TEAM 8A Social Studies!!!

01	CULTURE: Identify and describe the elements of culture, the factors that shape it, and its influences on society. Identify and illustrate the contributions of African Americans, Asian Americans, European Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans. Describe tradition and change. Compare and contrast cultural events: religion, organizations, holidays, education, government, the arts, and family structure.
02	HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY: Identify and explain the importance of major events, key concepts, and significant contributions of groups and individuals related to selected themes throughout history. Identify and explain the importance of: Constitution Louisiana Purchase Inventions, the Industrial Revolution and industrial society Westward movement Sectionalism Civil War and Reconstruction Monroe Doctrine/Mexican War/Spanish-American War/Panama Canal States' vs. federal rights Immigration and urbanization Progressivism Movements: women, reform, labor, Populist Role of the Supreme Court Location, place, region, environment, and movement
03	ECONOMICS: Identify and explain basic economic concepts and explain the influence of economic decision making on societies past and present. Recognize examples of scarcity of resources and supply and demand. Identify consumers and investors, public goods and services, third party costs, costs and benefits, and consumer rights. Describe market economics and entrepreneurship. Identify the relationship between government and economics. Explain taxation. Classify human, natural, and human-made (capital) resources.
04	CITIZENSHIP/GOVERNMENT: Describe the structure and function of government, the expanding role and responsibilities of the citizen in a representative democracy, and compare and contrast these elements with those in other societies. Summarize the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and citizenship activities. Compare and contrast individual rights vs. common good. Investigate civil disobedience and conflict and resolution. Analyze Supreme Court decisions that impact citizenship. Explain the function of the Constitution. Identify civil rights and the role of women/children/men/individuals with disabilities in U.S. history.