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List of Benchmarks for World History 
 Standard 41.Understands the causes and global consequences of World War II
  
Topics1. Scope and human costs of World War II; 2. Role of individuals in history; 3. Role of Allies
   Level II (Grade 5-6)
  Benchmark 2.Understands influences on the outcome of World War II (e.g., the major turning points in the war; the principal theaters of conflict in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, North Africa, Asia, and the Pacific; the political and diplomatic leadership of individuals such as Churchill, Roosevelt, Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin)
   Vocabulary terms
A.  outcome of World War II
  Knowledge/skill statements
  1. Knows the major turning points in World War II   
  2. Knows the principal theaters of conflict in Western Europe   
  3. Knows the principal theaters of conflict in Eastern Europe   
  4. Knows the principal theaters of conflict in the Soviet Union   
  5. Knows the principal theaters of conflict in North Africa   
  6. Knows the principal theaters of conflict in Asia   
  7. Knows the principal theaters of conflict in the Pacific   
  8. Understands the political and diplomatic leadership of Churchill during World War II   
  9. Understands the political and diplomatic leadership of Roosevelt during World War II   
  10. Understands the political and diplomatic leadership of Hitler during World War II   
  11. Understands the political and diplomatic leadership of Mussolini during World War II   
  12. Understands the political and diplomatic leadership of Stalin during World War II   


Citation Log: BD(BE,204;​C;​WE,268;​LI,296,297)
Citation reference
BD = benchmark, declarative
BP = benchmark, procedural
BC = benchmark, contextual

1st letter/number of each code in parentheses:
B   NCHS: Basic Edition
L   Lessons from History
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