Standard 1: Understand the fundamental concepts relevant to the development of a market economy.

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Number: SS.8.E.1
Title: Understand the fundamental concepts relevant to the development of a market economy.
Type: Standard
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 8
Strand: Economics

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SS.8.E.1.AP.1
Identify factors that influenced the development of the United States economy over time.

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Life on the Wagon:

Students will identify the differences between classes of citizens based on their choice of transportation and the role of civic and political participation in motivating the revolution of transportation. This is the final lesson in a three-lesson mini-unit on Westward Expansion and civic participation.

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