State Academic Standards

SS.6.W.1.1

Use timelines to identify chronological order of historical events.

SS.6.W.1.3

Interpret primary and secondary sources.

SS.6.W.1.4

Describe the methods of historical inquiry and how history relates to the other social sciences.

SS.6.W.1.5

Describe the roles of historians and recognize varying historical interpretations (historiography).

SS.6.W.1.6

Describe how history transmits culture and heritage and provides models of human character.

SS.7.G.1.3

Interpret maps to identify geopolitical divisions and boundaries of places in North America.

SS.7.G.4.1

Use geographic terms and tools to explain cultural diffusion throughout North America.

SS.7.G.5.1

Use a choropleth or other map to geographically represent current information about issues of conservation or ecology in the local community.

SS.7.G.6.1

Use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or other technology to view maps of current information about the United States.

SS.8.A.1.1

Provide supporting details for an answer from text, interview for oral history, check validity of information from research/text, and identify strong vs. weak arguments.

SS.8.A.1.2

Analyze charts, graphs, maps, photographs, and timelines; analyze political cartoons; determine cause and effect.

SS.8.A.1.3

Analyze current events relevant to American History topics through a variety of electronic and print media resources.

SS.8.A.1.4

Differentiate fact from opinion, utilize appropriate historical research and fiction/nonfiction support materials.

SS.8.A.1.5

Identify, within both primary and secondary sources, the author, audience, format, and purpose of significant historical documents.

SS.8.A.1.6

Compare interpretations of key events and issues throughout American History.

SS.8.A.1.7

View historic events through the eyes of those who were there as shown in their art, writings, music, and artifacts.

SS.8.G.6.2

Illustrate places and events in U.S. history through the use of narratives and graphic representations.

SS.912.A.1.1

Describe the importance of historiography, which includes how historical knowledge is obtained and transmitted, when interpreting events in history.

SS.912.A.1.2

Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to identify author, historical significance, audience, and authenticity to understand a historical period. strong>

SS.912.A.1.3

Utilize timelines to identify the time sequence of historical data.

SS.912.A.1.4

Analyze how images, symbols, objects, cartoons, graphs, charts, maps, and artwork may be used to interpret the significance of time periods and events from the past.

SS.912.A.1.5

Evaluate the validity, reliability, bias, and authenticity of current events and Internet resources.

SS.912.A.1.6

Use case studies to explore social, political, legal, and economic relationships in history.

SS.912.A.1.7

Describe various sociocultural aspects of American life including arts, artifacts, literature, education, and publications.

SS.912.W.1.1

Use timelines to establish cause and effect relationships of historical events.

SS.912.W.1.3

Interpret and evaluate primary and secondary sources.

SS.912.W.1.4

Explain how historians use historical inquiry and other sciences to understand the past.

SS.912.W.1.5

Compare conflicting interpretations or schools of thought about world events and individual contributions to history (historiography).

SS.912.W.1.6

Evaluate the role of history in shaping identity and character.

SS.912.G.1.4

Analyze geographic information from a variety of sources including primary sources, atlases, computer, and digital sources, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and a broad variety of maps.

SS.912.G.4.7

Use geographic terms and tools to explain cultural diffusion throughout places, regions, and the world.

SS.912.G.4.9

Use political maps to describe the change in boundaries and governments within continents over time.

SS.912.H.1.2

Describe how historical events, social context, and culture impact forms, techniques, and purposes of works in the arts, including the relationship between a government and its citizens.

VA.68.H.1.1

Describe social, ecological, economic, religious, and/or political conditions reflected in works of art.

VA.68.H.1.3

Analyze and describe the significance of artwork from a selected group or culture to explain its importance to the population.

VA.912.H.1.1

Analyze the impact of social, ecological, economic, religious, and/or political issues on the function or meaning of the artwork.

VA.912.H.1.8

Analyze and compare works in context, considering economic, social, cultural, and political issues, to define the significance and purpose of art.

TH.68.H.1.1

Explore potential differences when performing works set in a variety of historical and cultural contexts.

TH.912.H.1.3

Present a design or perform in the style of a different historical or cultural context to gain appreciation of that time and culture.