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List of Benchmarks for World History 
 Standard 33.Understands the causes and consequences of the agricultural and industrial revolutions from 1700 to 1850
  
Topics1. Early industrialization in England; 2. Industrialization; 3. Economic systems; 4. Population density, distribution, and growth rates; 5. Role of individuals in history
   Level II (Grade 5-6)
  Benchmark 1.Understands the emergence and impact of industrialism in 18th-century England (e.g., the effects of the agricultural revolution on population growth, industrialization, and patterns of land-holding; major characteristics of industrialization; how the industrial revolution affected population shifts; how the industrial revolution in the textile industry changed the way people worked; how figures such as John Kay, James Hargreaves, James Watt, Edmund Cartwright, and Richard Arkwright contributed to industrialization in England)
   Vocabulary terms
A.  industrialism
B.  emergence of industrialism in 18th century England
C.  impact of industrialism in 18th century England
  Knowledge/skill statements
  1. Understands the emergence of industrialism in 18th century England    
  2. Understands the impact of industrialism in 18th century England    
  3. Understands the effects of the agricultural revolution on population growth, industrialization, and patterns of land holding   
  4. Knows major characteristics of industrialization   
  5. Understands how the industrial revolution affected population shifts   
  6. Understands how the industrial revolution in the textile industry changed the way people worked   
  7. Understands how figures such as John Kay, James Hargreaves, James Watt, Edmund Cartwright, and Richard Arkwright contributed to industrialization in England   


Citation Log: BD(BE,188;​C;​WE,210)
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