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List of Benchmarks for Historical Understanding 
 Standard 2.Understands the historical perspective
  
TopicRole of individuals in history
   Level III (Grade 7-8)
  Benchmark 1.Understands that specific individuals and the values those individuals held had an impact on history
   Vocabulary terms
A.  impact of specific individual’s values on history
  Knowledge/skill statements
  1. Knows that individuals act in ways that reflect the values they hold   
  2. Knows examples of how an individual’s values had an impact on history   
  
McREL Activity(s)
   Historical Obituary
   Perspectives on Civil Rights


Citation Log: BD(GE,26;​AI,27-28;​BI,66;​WE,24;​LI,41)
Citation reference
BD = benchmark, declarative
BP = benchmark, procedural
BC = benchmark, contextual

1st letter/number of each code in parentheses:
A   NCHS: U.S. History, Expanded Edition
B   NCHS: Basic Edition
G   Gagnon: Historical Literacy
IH   International Baccalaureate: History
IU   International Baccalaureate: Humanities
K   NCHS: K-4 History, expanded edition
L   Lessons from History
SS   NCSS: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
W   NCHS: World History, expanded edition

2nd letter code :
E = Explicitly stated in document
I = Implicit in document

Number:
Page number of the cited document