Standards

Standard	Topic
Standard 1: Family Life Now and in the Recent Past; Family Life in Various Places Long Ago Standard 2: History of Students' Local Community and How Communities in North America Varied Long Ago	Topic 1 Living and Working Together in Families and Communities, Now and Long Ago
Standard 3 : The People, Events, Problems, and Ideas that Created the History of Their State	Topic 2 The History of the Students' Own State or Region
Standard 4 : How Democratic Values Came to Be, and How They Have Been Exemplified by People, Events, and Symbols  Standard 5: The Causes and Nature of Various Movements of Large Groups of People into and within the United States, Now and Long Ago Standard 6: Regional Folklore and Cultural Contributions That Helped to Form Our National Heritage	Topic 3 The History of the United States:  Democratic Principles and Values and the Peoples from Many Cultures Who Contributed to Its Cultural, Economic and Political Heritage
Standard 7 : Selected Attributes and Historical Developments of Various Societies in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe  Standard 8 : Major Discoveries in Science and Technology, Their Social and Economic Effects, and the Scientists and Inventors Responsible for Them	Topic 4 The History of Peoples of Many Cultures around the World

 

 

Historical Thinking	Definition
Chronological Thinking	-Putting thoughts down in a systematic way for others to view. -A timeline of the Colonization of the United States.
Historical Comprehension	-The essential understandings of what has happened in history. -An explanation of why the Pilgrims came to America.
Historical Analysis and Interpretation	-Looking deeper into history as to why it occurred. -What was the cause-and-effect of World War II?
Historical Research Capabilities	-The ability to dig deeper, ask questions, and formulate answers as to a historical situation. -Why did the United States bomb Pearl Harbor?
Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making	-The process of implementing a decision about history and the overview process behind it. -How has the Civil Rights Movement affected the United States today?