By the end of grade eight, students will:
B.8.1 Interpret the past using a variety of sources, such as biographies,
diaries, journals, artifacts, eyewitness interviews, and other
primary source materials, and evaluate the credibility of sources
used
B.8.2 Employ cause-and-effect arguments to demonstrate how significant
events have influenced the past and the present in United States
and world history
B.8.3 Describe the relationships between and among significant
events, such as the causes and consequences of wars in United
States and world history
B.8.4 Explain how and why events may be interpreted differently
depending upon the perspectives of participants, witnesses, reporters,
and historians
B.8.5 Use historical evidence to determine and support a position
about important political values, such as freedom, democracy,
equality, or justice, and express the position coherently
B.8.6 Analyze important political values such as freedom, democracy,
equality, and justice embodied in documents such as the Declaration
of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill
of Rights
B.8.7 Identify significant events and people in the major eras
of United States and world history
B.8.8 Identify major scientific discoveries and technological
innovations and describe their social and economic effects on
society
B.8.9 Explain the need for laws and policies to regulate science
and technology
B.8.10 Analyze examples of conflict, cooperation, and interdependence
among groups, societies, or nations
B.8.11 Summarize major issues associated with the history, culture,
tribal sovereignty, and current status of the American Indian
tribes and bands in Wisconsin
B.8.12 Describe how history can be organized and analyzed using
various criteria to group people and events chronologically, geographically,
thematically, topically, and by issues
Content Standard B
For questions about this information, contact Beverly J. Kniess (608) 266-3706
Last updated on 2/25/2008 1:43:11 PM
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