Attainment Company 1 ESSENCE STATEMENT 8.2.1

Explore American History Texas Alternate Assessment Standards (STAAR Alternate) Grade: 8

Explore American History A Nation Divided, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "Confederate Army" and use it in an oral sentence A Nation Divided, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "Emancipation Proclamation" and use it in an oral sentence A Nation Divided, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "Union Army" and use it in an oral sentence A Nation Divided, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "secede" and use it in an oral sentence A Nation Divided, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "slaves" and use it in an oral sentence A New Century, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "conserve" and use it in an oral sentence A New Century, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "globalization" and use it in an oral sentence A New Century, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "recycle" and use it in an oral sentence A New Century, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "smart phones" and use it in an oral sentence A New Century, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "terrorism" and use it in an oral sentence A New Century, Vocabulary, Objective: Student pairs select one vocabulary word and share one fact they know about it Early Years, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of “Native Americans” and use it in an oral sentence Early Years, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of “colonies” and use it in an oral sentence Early Years, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of “colonists” and use it in an oral sentence Early Years, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of “freedom” and use it in an oral sentence Early Years, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of “natural resources” and use it in an oral sentence Explore History, Vocabulary, Objective: Understand the definition of historian

Attainment Company 1 ESSENCE STATEMENT 8.2.1.

Explore American History Texas Alternate Assessment Standards (STAAR Alternate) Grade: 8

Explore History, Vocabulary, Objective: Understand the definition of history One Nation Grows, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "factory" and use it in an oral sentence One Nation Grows, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "immigrants" and use it in an oral sentence One Nation Grows, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "invention" and use it in an oral sentence One Nation Grows, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "tenements" and use it in an oral sentence One Nation Grows, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "trade" and use it in an oral sentence Revolutionary War, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of “Bill of Rights” and use it in an oral sentence Revolutionary War, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of “Constitution” and use it in an oral sentence Revolutionary War, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of “Loyalists” and use it in an oral sentence Revolutionary War, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of “Patriots” and use it in an oral sentence Revolutionary War, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of “Revolutionary War” and use it in an oral sentence Superpower, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "civil rights" and use it in an oral sentence Superpower, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "communism" and use it in an oral sentence Superpower, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "racial prejudice" and use it in an oral sentence Superpower, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "segregation" and use it in an oral sentence Superpower, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "space race" and use it in an oral sentence Westward Ho!, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of “cowboys” and use it in an oral sentence Westward Ho!, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of “forty-niners” and use it in an oral sentence Westward Ho!, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of “mountain men” and use it in an oral sentence Westward Ho!, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of “pioneers” and use it in an oral sentence World Trouble Again, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "Allies" and use it in an oral sentence World Trouble Again, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "Axis powers" and use it in an oral sentence World Trouble Again, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "atomic bomb" and use it in an oral sentence World Trouble Again, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "concentration camps" and use it in an oral sentence World Trouble Again, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "dictator" and use it in an oral sentence World Trouble, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "Great Depression" and use it in an oral sentence World Trouble, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "New Deal" and use it in an oral sentence World Trouble, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "drought" and use it in an oral sentence World Trouble, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "unemployed" and use it in an oral sentence World Trouble, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the definition of "world war" and use it in an oral sentence

Attainment Company 2 Explore American History Texas Alternate Assessment Standards (STAAR Alternate) Grade: 8

SUBJECT / CATEGORY / COURSE TX.R.8. Reading CATEGORY / TEKS STAAR Reporting Category 1—Understanding and Analysis Across Genres: The student will demonstrate an ability to understand and analyze a variety of written texts across reading genres. TEKS / ESSENCE STATEMENT 8.19. Reading/Comprehension Skills. Students use a flexible range of metacognitive reading skills in both assigned and independent reading to understand an author’s message. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly more complex texts as they become self-directed, critical readers. ESSENCE STATEMENT 8.19.1. Uses a variety of strategies to demonstrate comprehension across genres.

Explore American History A Nation Divided, Emancipation Proclamation, Objective: Read the biography of Abraham Lincoln A Nation Divided, The Beginning, Objective: Read the biography of Harriet Tubman A Nation Divided, The War Ends, Objective: Read the biography of Ulysses S. Grant A New Century, Into the Future, Objective: Read the biographies of Barack Obama and Sonia Sotomayor A New Century, The War in Iraq, Objective: Read the biography of Colin Powell Early Years, Philadelphia, Objective: Read the biography of Ben Franklin Early Years, Slavery, Objective: Read the biography of Phillis Wheatley Early Years, Southwest Native Americans, Objective: Students read the biography of The Peacemaker Explore History, Vocabulary, Objective: Read the biography of Doris Kearns Goodwin One Nation Grows, Immigrants, Objective: Read the biography of Jane Addams One Nation Grows, Technology Changes People's Lives, Objective: Read the biography of George Washington Carver One Nation Grows, The Factory, Objective: Read the biography of Theodore Roosevelt Revolutionary War, A Long War, Objective: Read the biography of George Washington Revolutionary War, Life of a Patriot Soldier, Objective: Read the biography of Molly Pitcher Revolutionary War, Patriots and Loyalists, Objective: Read the biography of King George III Superpower, Civil Rights Act, Objective: Read the biographies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Ceasar Chavez Superpower, The Space Race, Objective: Read the biography of Mae Jemison Westward Ho!, Louisiana Purchase, Objective: Read the biography of Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea Westward Ho!, Native Americans Fought for Their Land, Objective: Read the biography of Chief Joseph

Attainment Company 3 ESSENCE STATEMENT 8.19.1.

Explore American History Texas Alternate Assessment Standards (STAAR Alternate) Grade: 8

Westward Ho!, War with Mexico, Objective: Read the biography of Stephen F. Austin World Trouble, Roaring Twenties, Objective: Read the biographies of Henry Ford and Amelia Earhart World Trouble, The New Deal, Objective: Read the biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Attainment Company 4 Explore American History Texas Alternate Assessment Standards (STAAR Alternate) Grade: 8

SUBJECT / CATEGORY / COURSE TX.R.8. Reading CATEGORY / TEKS STAAR Reporting Category 3—Understanding and Analysis of Informational Texts: The student will demonstrate an ability to understand and analyze informational texts. TEKS / ESSENCE STATEMENT 8.19. Reading/Comprehension Skills. Students use a flexible range of metacognitive reading skills in both assigned and independent reading to understand an author’s message. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly more complex texts as they become self-directed, critical readers. ESSENCE STATEMENT 8.19.1. Uses a range of reading skills to make inferences within and across informational texts.

Attainment Company 5 ESSENCE STATEMENT 8.19.1.

Explore American History Texas Alternate Assessment Standards (STAAR Alternate) Grade: 8

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