Grade 8: Social studies
Start with a unit whose prerequisites fit. Work through the lessons, use the study guide to review, and try the new cases before continuing.
- Unit 1 · 4 lessons
The Early Republic and Contested Power
Explain ratification, parties, judicial review and foreign-policy claims.
Before you begin: Know founding documents and the three branches.
- Unit 2 · 4 lessons
Nineteenth-Century Expansion and Sectional Conflict
Connect transport, land policy and slavery’s political crisis.
Before you begin: Know westward expansion, Native sovereignty and abolition.
- Unit 3 · 4 lessons
Industrial Society Immigration and Reform
Explain work, exclusion, assimilation policy and reform mechanisms.
Before you begin: Distinguish economic gains from equality and rights in practice.
- Unit 4 · 4 lessons
Twentieth-Century United States and Civic Change
Connect war, economic crisis, federal action and civil-rights campaigns.
Before you begin: Interpret policies, outcomes and continuing barriers separately.
- Unit 5 · 4 lessons
Check What Counts as Confirmation
Compare independent records, sampling reach, denominators, and synthesis claims.
Before you begin: Calculate simple fractions and percentages; identify a copied record and a source’s time range.
Check what you can explain
The subject test uses additional supplied cases across these units. Its feedback links back to the relevant lessons. Use it to plan practice; a score on these questions is not a school grade or proof of complete subject mastery.
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