This manual fully complies with the federal state educational standard (second generation). The workbook corresponds to the content and structure of the textbook on social studies for the 8th grade under the editorship of L. N. Bogolyubova, A. Yu. Lazebnikova, N. I. Gorodetskaya. It includes a large number of tasks that are diverse in form and level of complexity, with the help of which students repeat and deepen the knowledge gained in the lessons, consolidate and improve the necessary skills and abilities, and the teacher in practice implements new standards.