Give students a concise review of the social studies skills tested on the grade 8 TAKS while saving valuable planning time. Buckle Down has identified tested TEKS Student Expectations and TAKS Objectives, and presented them in an engaging style to keep students interested. The workbook lessons and practice tests include review of history, geography, economics and social influences, political influences, and social studies skills.

• Two external practice tests provide valuable exercises with multiple-choice, short-answer, and extended-response items.
• Review concepts within a context of what students already know with lessons packed with Texas-specific references.
• Practice interpreting maps and extracting information from diagrams and tables builds test-taking skills in preparation for the social studies TAKS.

Every student book comes with a FREE Form A Practice Test (pretest) and Form B Practice Test (posttest).