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List of Benchmarks for World History 
 Standard 35.Understands patterns of nationalism, state-building, and social reform in Europe and the Americas from 1830 to 1914
  
Topics1. Social change and development; 2. New social movements and ideologies in 19th century Europe; 3. Reform movements; 4. Social class structure and interactions; 5. Suffrage movements; 6. Role of individuals in history; 7. Labor movements, patterns, and conflicts
   Level III (Grade 7-8)
  Benchmark 2.Understands movements and ideas that contributed to social change in 19th-century North America and Europe (e.g., the leading ideas of Karl Marx and the impact of Marxist beliefs and programs on politics, industry, and labor relations in Europe; the origins of women's suffrage in North America and Europe, leading figures on both continents, and their success until World War I)
   Vocabulary terms
A.  social change in North America (19th century)
  Knowledge/skill statements
  1. Understands movements and ideas that contributed to social change in 19th century North America    
  2. Understands movements and ideas that contributed to social change in 19th century Europe   
  3. Knows the leading ideas of Karl Marx    
  4. Understands the impact of Marxist beliefs and programs on politics, industry, and labor relations in Europe   
  5. Knows the origins of women’s suffrage in North America    
  6. Knows the origins of women’s suffrage in Europe   
  7. Knows leading figures in the women’s suffrage movement in North America   
  8. Knows leading figures in the women’s suffrage movement in Europe   
  9. Understands the success of the women’s suffrage movement in North America until World War I   
  10. Understands the success of the women’s suffrage movement in Europe until World War I   


Citation Log: BD(BE,192;​C;​WE,228;​LI,278)
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