Illinois Learning Standards

Stage H - Social Science

Social Science Classroom Assessments Aligned to the Illinois Learning Standards

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The assessments are coded according to standard and stage. Example: 14A.H is aligned to standard 14A, Stage H (eighth grade). Sample student work, when available, will follow the assessment. Items indicated with (U) address United States history; (W) address world history.

14A14F.H - Ex Parte Milligan

Research the case of Ex Parte Milligan and explain why it has become a standard for protecting individuals from arbitrary arrest.
14B.H - Comparing the House and Senate

Construct a poster and write a description on the powers and responsibilities assigned to both houses of the U. S. Congress.
14C14D.H - Roles and Influences in Elections and Public Policy

Create a presentation demonstrating a method political parties attempt to influence voters and illustrate how the voter should make an intelligent analysis of the information.
14E16B.H - Indian Removal

Write a letter about the movement of Native Americans during the time of the Trail of Tears.
15A15B15C16C.H - Chain of Events

Add real events to a chart displaying a likely chain of events starting with low prices for resources.
15D16CW.H - Trade Barriers

Write an editorial taking a position either supporting a policy of free trade by the United States or a program of barriers to trade during its early years.
15E.H - A Free Market with the Help of Government

Review major laws passed during important reform periods and categorize them in chart form according to the features they support.
16A.H - Interpreting Photographs

Write an expository essay on river transportation in the United States from the late 1700s through the middle 1800s.
16B16E.H - Nationalism and Immigration

Showing how immigration to the United States changed after 1880 and explain how this immigration changed both Europe and America.
16DUW.H - Indentured Servants

Create a poster after reading a description of the realities of the institution of indentured servitude.
17A17B.H - Creating and Comparing Climographs

Complete a climograph for two cities in the United States, compare the locations and climates of the two cities, and explain in a short essay the differences in climates.
17A.H - Draw a Coastline

Draw a map with a 100-mile northeast-southwest oriented coastline.
17C.H - Natural Resources and Transportation in the United States

Formulate hypotheses about the relationship between natural resources and the location of cities and transportation arteries in the United States.
17D.H - Human Settlement and Movement

Compare the settlement patterns of different ethnic groups and explain why they are concentrated in certain regions of the country.
18A.H - Globalization

Write an essay describing the characteristics of each of three global communities.
18C.H - Cultural Exchange

Write about two examples of cultural exchange.

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