Activities for Social Studies in 8th grade
Interactive World Map
Embark on a global adventure with our interactive world map. Explore, connect, and discover by placing pins and sharing interesting facts about yourself or locations. Let the exploration begin!
Blank Continents Map
A map of each continent is a valuable resource for students to learn geography.
World Map | Matching Activity
A map of each continent is a valuable resource for students to learn geography.
Building a Grid Template
Use the Grid Method to create a student-centered, competency-based framework for any subject.
World Map Activity
Piece together the world with our interactive Puzzle World Map activity!
Hispanic Heritage Month Wordsearch
Whether it's for your history class or a simple brain break, your students will love this Hispanic Heritage Month Wordsearch. Looking for something to challenge your students vocabulary? Then this is the perfect choice!
Circles of Support
A Circle of Support template is a tool used to document the people and resources in your network who provide support and encouragement.
World Map Worksheet
Explore the world with our World Map Worksheet! Label continents, oceans, and countries to build your geography skills.
Blank Europe Map
A map of each continent is a valuable resource for students to learn geography.
World Map | Puzzle Pieces
Piece together the world with our interactive Puzzle World Map activity!
Blank North America Map
A map of each continent is a valuable resource for students to learn geography.
Blank Africa Map
A map of each continent is a valuable resource for students to learn geography.
Project Based Learning | Progress Assessment Tool
Rubrics are a must have when doing Project-based learning, but a Progress Assessment Tool can really place the experience in the hands of the students. While digging deeper into an Umbrella Question (driving question), students can write their own learning targets by a teacher giving them standards.
Steve Martinez has used this method to align the content standards, literacy, standards, CTE standards, or general skills that he wanted students to work on. Students write learning targets that will be used throughout the PBL unit, document how each learning target will be hit or mastered, and then have a column for feedback and reflection (self-reflection, peer-to-peer reflection, and/or teacher to student feedback).
Feel free to use as many or as little learning targets for the PBL unit of your choice. Steve would use this document to conference with students 1:1 or in small groups through the duration of a PBL unit. This document was inspired by the work of Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy.
French Revolution PBL
Try out Project-based Learning with this French Revolution template!
The supporting questions are a great strategy at the beginning of a Project-based Learning Unit. Our Kami Hero Steve Martinez uses this to have his students receive an Umbrella Question (Driving Question) that becomes the focus of the entire PBL experience.
The supporting questions are questions that students can ask to better understand the Umbrella Question, or what needs to be asked in order to begin to answer the Umbrella Question. This level of empowerment and inquiry positions students to ask their own questions, find truth through inquiry, and then document their citations to refer back to later.
This Umbrella Question reads, “To What Degree, Should Citizens Stand Up to Their Government.” What kind of BIG Complex questions can you think of for students?
Kami amplifies this inquiry by giving students the ability to “talk out” their inquiry, “plan out their PBL,” and receive feedback from their teacher through the Kami tools. The supporting questions is a jumping off start before tackling the PBL by interrogating the question.
Circles of Support | Orange
A Circle of Support template is a tool used to document the people and resources in your network who provide support and encouragement.
Blank Asia Map
A map of each continent is a valuable resource for students to learn geography.
