Let's Prepare for the Grade Eight Intermediate Social Studies Test

by Lader, Curt

• ISBN13: 9780764115660
• ISBN10: 0764115669
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Barrons Test Prep

Summary

Students and their teachers getting ready for the New York State Grade 8 Social Studies Assessment will find two full-length social studies assessment exams in this brand new manual. One is a model exam, and the other is the New York State June 2000 Prototype. Both are followed with answers and explanations. The author also gives detailed advice on successful approaches to the exam_s several parts: the multiple-choice section, the constructed response section, and the document-based question section. He also presents a history topic outline and timeline, a general subject review, and an overview of the test.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
What The Exam Is About	1	(3)
The Nature of the Grade Eight Intermediate Social Studies Test	2	(1)
Weighting of the Grade Eight Intermediate Social Studies Test Components	3	(1)
How to Use This Book	4	(4)
Test-Taking Tips	4	(1)
Scoring Rubrics	5	(1)
Chart of Intermediate Social Studies Multiple-Choice Items	5	(1)
A Brief Recap	6	(2)
Chronological Topic Outline of the Seventh and Eighth Grade Curriculum	8	(34)
The Global Heritage of the American People Prior to 1500	8	(2)
European Exploration and Colonization of the Americas	10	(3)
A Nation Is Created	13	(3)
Experiments in Government	16	(3)
Life in the New Nation	19	(4)
Division and Reunion	23	(2)
An Industrial Society	25	(5)
The United States as an Independent Nation in an Increasingly Interdependent World	30	(3)
The United States Between The Wars	33	(3)
The United States Assumes Worldwide Responsibilities	36	(3)
The Changing Nature of the American People from World War II to the Present	39	(3)
Test-Taking Tips	42	(74)
Multiple-Choice Questions	42	(6)
Constructed Response Questions	48	(5)
Document-Based Questions	53	(13)
Clues, Hints, and Pointers	66	(50)
Glossary of Terms, Historical Documents, and Key Court Decisions	116	(24)
Glossary of Terms	116	(20)
Historical Documents	136	(2)
Key Court Decisions	138	(2)
MODEL EXAMINATIONS AND ANSWERS	140
Model Examination 1	140
Model Examination 2	202