8th+SS+standard+3


 * **Subject/Course:** **Grade Level: 8th/ Social Studies** ||
 * **Standard: 3.0 Geography** ||
 * **SPI or Check for Understanding (#):**
 * 8.3.spi.1 recognize the causes and examples of mjigration and immigration in early America (i.e., land, religion, money, pioneer spirit, indentured servitude, displacement, and slavery). ** ||
 * **Assessment Topic:** ||
 * **Essential Question (s):** ||
 * # **WHy did the Puritans come to the New World?**
 * 1) **Differentiate how different life and working conditions were for indentured servants and slave.** ||
 * //If there are Checks for Understanding under the SPI, give each one a topic and list essential question(s). If there are no Checks for Understanding listed under the SPI, then give the SPI a topic and essential question(s).// ||


 * **Subject/Course:** **Grade Level: 8th/ Social Studies** ||
 * **Standard: 3.0 Geography** ||
 * **SPI or Check for Understanding (#):**
 * 8.2.spi.2 identify and use the key gegraphic elements on maps (i.e., island, flood plain, swamp, delta, marsh, harbor, cape, sea level, bay, prairies, desert, oasis, mesa, mountain, valley, glacier, canyon, cliff, plateau). ** ||
 * **Assessment Topic:** ||
 * **Essential Question (s):** ||
 * # **Use maps to identify the different elements.** ||
 * //If there are Checks for Understanding under the SPI, give each one a topic and list essential question(s). If there are no Checks for Understanding listed under the SPI, then give the SPI a topic and essential question(s).// ||


 * **Subject/Course:** **Grade Level: 8th/ Social Studies** ||
 * **Standard: 3.0 Geography** ||
 * **SPI or Check for Understanding (#):**
 * 8.3.spi.3 interpret examples which illustrate how cultures adapt to or change the environment (i.e., deforestation, subsistence farming, cash crop, dam and road building). ** ||
 * **Assessment Topic:** ||
 * **Essential Question (s):** ||
 * # **Why does deforestation, subsistence farming, cash crop, dam and road building create change to cultures?**
 * 1) **Illustrate different examples of culture changes.** ||
 * //If there are Checks for Understanding under the SPI, give each one a topic and list essential question(s). If there are no Checks for Understanding listed under the SPI, then give the SPI a topic and essential question(s).// ||


 * **Subject/Course:** **Grade Level: 8th/ Social Studies** ||
 * **Standard: 3.0 Geography** ||
 * **SPI or Check for Understanding (#):**
 * 8.3.spi.4 use various geographic data from maps and gloves to determine longitude, latitude, distance, direction **
 * 8.3.spi.5 interpret a geographic map of the early United States. ** ||
 * **Assessment Topic:** ||
 * **Essential Question (s):** ||
 * # **How do you determine direction?**
 * 1) **Find a certain location on a map using longitude and latitude.** ||
 * //If there are Checks for Understanding under the SPI, give each one a topic and list essential question(s). If there are no Checks for Understanding listed under the SPI, then give the SPI a topic and essential question(s).// ||


 * **Subject/Course:** **Grade Level: 8th/ Social Studies** ||
 * **Standard: 3.0 Geography** ||
 * **SPI or Check for Understanding (#):**
 * 8.3.spi.6 recognize how topographical features such as mountain and river systems influenced the settlement and expansion of the United States (i.e., Cumberland Gap, Wilderness Road, Ohio and Tennessee river systems). ** ||
 * **Assessment Topic:** ||
 * **Essential Question (s):** ||
 * # **How does physical features influence how people settle in certain areas?**
 * 1) **How did the settlement and expansion of hte U.S. get influenced by topographical features?** ||
 * //If there are Checks for Understanding under the SPI, give each one a topic and list essential question(s). If there are no Checks for Understanding listed under the SPI, then give the SPI a topic and essential question(s).// ||


 * **Subject/Course:** **Grade Level: 8th/ Social Studies** ||
 * **Standard: 3.0 Geography** ||
 * **SPI or Check for Understanding (#):**
 * 8.3.spi.7 interpret a chart or map of population characteristics of the early United States(i.e., density, distribution, regional growth). ** ||
 * **Assessment Topic:** ||
 * **Essential Question (s):** ||
 * # **How do you use a population map?**
 * 1) **Can you understand how to use population maps of the early United States?** ||
 * //If there are Checks for Understanding under the SPI, give each one a topic and list essential question(s). If there are no Checks for Understanding listed under the SPI, then give the SPI a topic and essential question(s).// ||