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=​ROYAL BLUE SOCIAL STUDIES WIKISPACE Welcome to our team's social studies WIKI page. Mrs. Antaya welcomes you to our Wiki pages for this year. Wikiwiki means "quickly" in Hawaiian. Wikipedia is probably the most well known wiki space. Now we have our very own.=

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**SIGN IN PROCEDURE**: SIGN IN NAME: WMS123456 (please put in YOUR lunch number!) Password: WMSAntaya (please put in YOUR last name). YOU DO NOT NEED TO SIGN IN TO USE THE WEB SITES LISTED BELOW.  GRADE 8 GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS =**WELCOME TO GRADE 8 SOCIAL STUDIES TEAM 8 ROYAL BLUE. HERE IS A LIST OF THE LEARNING EXPECTATIONS WHICH THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT RECOMMENDS FOR 8TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES. THEY ARE CALLED GLE'S (GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS).**= =**IN THE 8TH GRADE WE WILL:**= =**1. EXPLAIN HOW SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR IDEAS AND BELIEFS INFLUENCED AMERICAN HISTORY.**= =**2. COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE CIVIL WAR.**= =**3. DESCRIBE THE INFLUENCE OF THE SLAVE TRADE ON AMERICAN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS.**= =**4. ANALYZE HOW GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCED THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.**= =**5. GATHER INFORMATION FROM HISTORICAL MAPS.**= =**6. COMPARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SAME EVENT BY USING A VARIETY OF PRIMARY SOURCES.**= =**7. ANALYZE MAPS AND CHARTS TO SUPPORT CONCLUSIONS ABOUT HISTORICAL EVENTS.**= =**8. ANALYZE THE EFFECT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION ON THE LIVES OF US CITIZENS.**= =**9. EXPLAIN THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF US CITIZENS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.**=

TO THE LEFT ARE LESSONS WHICH I HAVE DEVELOPED FOR US TO USE THIS YEAR WHEN WE USE THE COMPUTER LAB OR THE LAPTOP CARTS. PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS AND HAVE FUN LEARNING!!!