8th Grade SS Themes

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Open Ended

What is social studies?

This year we will be studying
several themes as we learn

about Georgia.

What is a theme?

Fill in the Blanks

Here are the themes we will be talking about this year:

Conflict and Change

Open Ended

What is the conflict in this picture?

Distribution of Power

Governance

Governance

Positive: helping people and
making positive contributions to
society

Volunteering, building houses,
raising money for a children’s
hospital, helping people after a
natural disaster, passing laws
to help animals or to preserve
land

Negative: unintentionally doing
something that doesn’t help

Kudzu example

Multiple Choice

What type of group is this?

• Individual

• Group

• Institution

Location

●

Location matters!

●

Big city vs small town

Open Ended

How would living in Alaska affect a society's development (building communities)?

People move for different reasons:
●Natural disasters

●Health concerns

●Economic reasons - better job opportunities

●Wars or violence

●Social or cultural reasons - move closer to family or where
their culture is not oppressed or persecuted

●Forced to move

Cultural Exchange

Production, Distribution, and Consumption

These can affect
production, distribution,
and consumption:
● Location
● Customs and beliefs
● laws

How would
our country be
different
without the
rule of law?
Would this be
a positive or
negative
change?

Open Ended

How would our country be different without the rule of law? Would it be a positive (good) or negative (bad) change?

Technological Innovation

Intended vs unintended consequences:

●The intended consequences are positive effects such as improved communication, education,
healthcare, and transportation. Typically, technological innovations also increase overall efficiency,
saving time, money, or both.

●negative effects that were not anticipated during the development of the new technology

○Railroads: good for moving things across great distances and connected the East to the West in
America BUT it also led to large loss of buffalo

○Steamboats: could also transport people and goods BUT they also polluted waterways and
destroyed river banks