Social Studies 8
British Columbia · Grade 8 · Social Studies — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
Unit 1: How Civilizations Organized Themselves
How civilizations of this era organized power, society, and their economies — the social, political, and economic systems and structures of several civilizations, including at least one indigenous civilization, studied through three distinct lenses.
- Social systems and structures
- Political systems and structures
- Economic systems and structures
Unit 2: Innovation, Science, and New Ideas
The scientific and technological innovations of the era, and the philosophical and cultural shifts (such as the Renaissance and Reformation) that changed how people saw the world — and the tension between new ideas and established traditions.
- Scientific and technological innovations
- Philosophical and cultural shifts
Unit 3: Contact and Exchange Between Civilizations
What civilizations exchanged with one another — tangible resources and intangible ideas, arts, and culture — and what European exploration, expansion, and colonization meant for the peoples already living in the places Europeans reached.
- Interactions and exchanges of resources
- Exchange of ideas, arts, and culture
- Exploration and expansion
- Colonization and its impact on indigenous peoples
Unit 4: Changing Populations and Living Standards
How contact, exchange, and colonization brought major changes in population and everyday living standards — for better and for worse, depending on who you were and where you lived.
- Changes in population and living standards
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