Social Studies
Grade 8 Social Studies Blackline Masters
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Blackline Masters by Cluster:
Cluster 1: Understanding Societies Past and Present
Cluster 2: Early Societies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, or the Indus Valley
Cluster 3: Ancient Societies of Greece and Rome
Cluster 4: Transition to the Modern World (Circa 500 to 1400)
Cluster 5: Shaping the Modern World (Circa 1400 to 1850)
Grade 8 Social Studies: World History: Societies of the Past: A Foundation for Implementation
Cluster 1: Understanding Societies Past and Present
The following files are presented in Adobe PDF and MS-Word. See instructions for downloading the files.
| Learning Experience 8.1.1 | PDF  |
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| (a.) The Blind Men and the Elephant (2 pages) | ||
| (b.) What Do You See? |
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| (c.) How Do You View the World (2 pages) |
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| (d.) World View Expressed in Art: Guiding Questions (2 pages) | ||
| (e.) Concept Frame: World View | ||
| Learning Experience 8.1.2 | ||
| (a.) Stories of Origins (5 pages) | ||
| (b.) Anticipation Guide: Hunter-Gatherer and Agrarian Societies | ||
| (c.) Anticipation Guide: Hunter-Gatherer and Agrarian Societies—Key |
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| (d.) Events in Prehistory: Dates and Event Cards(2 pages) | ||
| (e.) Events in Prehistory: Dates and Event Cards—Key | ||
| (f.) Chronology | ||
| (g.) Agricultural Revolution | ||
| (h.) Model Timeline | ||
| (i.) Compare and Contrast: Hunter-Gatherer and Agrarian Societies (2 pages) | ||
| (j.) Concept Relationship: Stories and Theories of Origins (2 pages) | ||
| (k.) Concept Relationship: Stories and Theories of Origins—Key | ||
| (l.) Tell the Story in the History | ||
| Learning Experience 8.1.3 | ||
| (a.) Sustainability | ||
| (b.) Societies and Civilizations: Concept Relationship Frame | ||
| (c.) Imaginary Civilization | ||
| (d.) Thoughts on Civilization | ||
| (e.) Sample Web: Civilizations | ||
| Learning Experience 8.1.4 | ||
| (a.) Talking about History | ||
| (b.) Quotations about History (2 pages) | ||
| (c.) Primary and Secondary Sources (2 pages) | ||
| (d.) Compare and Contrast Frame: Primary and Secondary Sources | ||
| (e.) Vocabulary Circle: History, Evidence, and Interpretation | ||
| (f.) Understanding Societies Past and Present: Connecting and Reflecting | ||
Cluster 2: Early Societies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, or the Indus Valley
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| Learning Experience 8.2.1 | PDF |
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| (a.) Important Places: Early Civilizations | ||
| (b.) Sort and Predict: Stone Age and Bronze Age | ||
| (c.) Sort and Predict: Stone Age and Bronze Age—Key | ||
| (d.) Searching the Web (2 pages) | ||
| (e.) Evaluating Internet Sites (3 pages) | ||
| (f.) Developments in Early Civilizations—Event Cards (2 pages) | ||
| Learning Experience 8.2.2 | ||
| (a.) What Is Technology? (2 pages) | ||
| (b.) Examining an Artifact | ||
| (c.) Note-Taking Frame: Technologies of an Ancient Society | ||
| Learning Experience 8.2.3 | ||
| (a.) KWL: Life in an Early Society | ||
| (b.) Word Splash | ||
| (c.) People, Events, and Ideas in Early Societies | ||
| Learning Experience 8.2.4 | ||
| (a.) Thoughts about Science and Religion | ||
| (b.) Evidence of Ancient Science | ||
| (c.) Reading Art and Architecture | ||
| (d.) Early Societies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, or the Indus Valley: Connecting and Reflecting | ||
Cluster 3: Ancient Societies of Greece and Rome
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| Learning Experience 8.3.1 | PDF |
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| (a.) Important Places in Antiquity | ||
| (b.) Outline Map of Europe |
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| (c.) Outline Map of Asia |
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| (d.) Outline Map of Central America | ||
| (e.) Outline Map of the Mediterranean | ||
| (f.) Sort and Predict: Defining Characteristics of Ancient Societies (3 pages) | ||
| (g.) Sort and Predict: Defining Characteristics of Ancient Societies—Key (3 pages) | ||
| (h.) Primary Source Template | ||
| (i.) Note-Taking Frame: World Religions (2 pages) | ||
| (j.) Thoughts from World Religions (2 pages) | ||
| Learning Experience 8.3.2 | ||
| (a.) Word Splash: Greek Society | ||
| (b.) Compare and Contrast: Athens and Sparta | ||
| (c.) Role Card: Life in the Polis | ||
| (d.) Events, People, and Ideas of Ancient Greece | ||
| (e.) Socrates’Apology (3 pages) | ||
| (f.) Greek Mythology (2 pages) | ||
| Learning Experience 8.3.3 | ||
| (a.) Making Group Decisions | ||
| (b.) Forms of Government | ||
| (c.) Compare and Contrast: Ancient and Modern Democracy | ||
| (d.) Thoughts on Democracy (2 pages) | ||
| (e.) Democracy in Ancient Greece | ||
| (f.) Timeline Template | ||
| (g.) Role-Play: Decision Making in the Polis | ||
| (h.) Democracy or Not? | ||
| (i.) Direct and Representative Democracy | ||
| Learning Experience 8.3.4 | ||
| (a.) Important Places in the Roman Empire | ||
| (b.) Sort and Predict: Governance | ||
| (c.) Sort and Predict: Governance—Key | ||
| (d.) Events, People, and Ideas of Roman Empire (2 pages) | ||
| (e.) Word Splash: Roman Governance | ||
| (f.) Word Splash: Roman War | ||
| Learning Experience 8.3.5 | ||
| (a.) Classical Civilizations: Concept Overview | ||
| (b.) Greek Roots | ||
| (c.) Roman Roots | ||
| (d.) Ancient Mathematical Thought | ||
| (e.) Decline of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome (2 pages) | ||
| (f.) Ideas of Ancient Greece and Rome | ||
| (g.) Ancient Societies of Greece and Rome: Connecting and Reflecting | ||
Cluster 4: Transition to the Modern World (Circa 500 to 1400)
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| Learning Experience 8.4.1 | PDF |
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| (a.) Anticipation Guide: Middle Ages | ||
| (b.) Anticipation Guide: Middle Ages—Key | ||
| (c.) Key World Events (5th Century to 15thCentury) | ||
| (d.) Note-Taking Frame: Key World Events (2 pages) | ||
| (e.) Outline Map of the World: Countries | ||
| Learning Experience 8.4.2 | ||
| (a.) Magna Carta | ||
| (b.) Medieval Art | ||
| (c.) Feudal System (3 pages) | ||
| (d.) Medieval Thought (2 pages) | ||
| (e.) Using Primary Sources | ||
| (f.) Viking Timeline | ||
| (g.) Note-Taking Frame: Crusades (2 pages) | ||
| (h.) Vocabulary Circle: Magna Carta | ||
| (i.) Medieval Festival Stations | ||
| Learning Experience 8.4.3 | ||
| (a.) KWL: Islam | ||
| (b.) Timeline: Islam in the Middle Ages (2 pages) | ||
| (c.) Important Places in Muslim History | ||
| (d.) Key Words: Islamic Achievements | ||
| (e.) Vocabulary Circle: Religion of Islam | ||
| Learning Experience 8.4.4 | ||
| (a.) Marco Polo in China (3 pages) | ||
| (b.) China in the Middle Ages | ||
| (c.) Achievements of Chinese Civilization in the Middle Ages (2 pages) | ||
| Learning Experience 8.4.5 | ||
| (a.) Word Splash: Medieval Science and Technology | ||
| (b.) Planning Outline: Achievements of the Middle Ages | ||
| (c.) Transition to the Modern Age (2 pages) | ||
| (d.) Transition to the Modern Age—Key (2 pages) | ||
| (e.) Viewing Guide Historical Fiction | ||
| (f.) Compare and Contrast | ||
| (g.) Transition to the Modern World (Circa 500 to 1400): Connecting and Reflecting | ||
Cluster 5: Shaping the Modern World (Circa 1400 to 1850)
The following files are presented in Adobe PDF and MS-Word. See instructions for downloading the files.
| Learning Experience 8.5.1 | PDF |
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| (a.) Shaping the Modern World (2 pages) | ||
| (b.) Timeline of Events c. 1400–1850 (3 pages) | ||
| (c.) Concept Overview: Revolution |
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| (d.) Rise of Representative Government | ||
| (e.) Thoughts on Revolution | ||
| (f.) Thinking about Science and Technology | ||
| (g.) Concept Frame: Rule of Law | ||
| (h.) Comparison: Absolute Monarchy and Representative Government (2 pages) | ||
| Learning Experience 8.5.2 | ||
| (a.) Colonization: Concept Overview | ||
| (b.) Indigenous Peoples of the World (3 pages) | ||
| (c.) Triangular European Trade c. 1450–1800s | ||
| (d.) Triangular European Trade c. 1450–1800s—Key | ||
| (e.) Note-Taking Frame: An Important Explorer | ||
| (f.) Note-Taking Frame: Age of Exploration | ||
| (g.) Globalization (2 pages) | ||
| (h.) Motivations for European Expansion and Exploration | ||
| Learning Experience 8.5.3 | ||
| (a.) Scenario for Reformation (2 pages) | ||
| (b.) Figures of the Renaissance (2 pages) | ||
| (c.) Humanism (3 pages) | ||
| (d.) Luther’s Concerns | ||
| (e.) The Condemnation of Galileo (2 pages) | ||
| Learning Experience 8.5.4 | ||
| (a.) Advances in Science and Technology | ||
| (b.) Issue-Based Article Analysis | ||
| (c.) Guilds vs. Industrial Production | ||
| (d.) Before and After the Industrial Revolution | ||
| (e.) Carlyle: The Mechanical Age | ||
| (f.) William Wordsworth: The Excursion, 1814 | ||
| (g.) Shaping the Modern World (Circa 1400 to1850): Connecting and Reflecting | ||
