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List of Benchmarks for World History 
 Standard 27.Understands how European society experienced political, economic, and cultural transformations in an age of global intercommunication between 1450 and 1750
  
Topics1. Role of individuals in history; 2. Renaissance, Reformation, and Catholic Reformation; 3. Influence of ideas on society; 4. Literary and artistic developments; 5. Role of women
   Level IV (Grade 9-12)
  Benchmark 7.Understands significant individuals and ideologies that emerged during the Renaissance and Reformation (e.g., the basic arguments in The Prince by Machiavelli; works of Renaissance writers and elements of Humanism in these works; individuals and factors that contributed to the revival of Greco-Roman art, architecture, and scholarship; differing ideas on women's roles in the Protestant household; social oppression and conflict in Europe during the Renaissance, as contrasted with humanist principles of the time)
   Vocabulary terms
A.  significant individuals of the Renaissance
B.  significant individuals of the Reformation
C.  significant ideologies of the Renaissance
D.  significant ideologies of the Reformation
  Knowledge/skill statements
  1. Knows significant individuals that emerged during the Renaissance    
  2. Knows significant individuals that emerged during the Reformation   
  3. Knows significant ideologies that emerged during the Renaissance    
  4. Knows significant ideologies that emerged during the Reformation   
  5. Knows the basic arguments in The Prince by Machiavelli   
  6. Knows works of Renaissance writers and elements of Humanism in these works   
  7. Knows individuals and factors that contributed to the revival of Greco Roman art, architecture, and scholarship   
  8. Knows differing ideas on women’s roles in the Protestant household   
  9. Understands social oppression and conflict in Europe during the Renaissance, as contrasted with humanist principles of the time   
  
McREL Activity(s)
   Personalities of the Renaissance


Citation Log: BD(C;​WE,177;​LE,256,259;​LI,256)
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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

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