| List of Benchmarks for World History | | | | Standard 36. | Understands patterns of global change in the era of Western military and economic dominance from 1800 to 1914 | | | | | Topics | 1. Science, technology, and society; 2. Technological, scientific, and intellectual achievements in 19th century Europe; 3. Influence of ideas on society; 4. Role of individuals in history; 5. Industrialization |
| | | | | Level III (Grade 7-8) | | | | | Benchmark 1. | Understands major developments in science and the industrial economy (e.g., the social significance of the work of scientists, including Maxwell, Darwin, and Pasteur; how new forms of generative power contributed to Europe's "second industrial revolution;" the role of the state in different countries in directing or encouraging industrialization; the social, economic, and cultural impact of the railroad) | | | | | Vocabulary terms
A. scientific developments (19th and 20th centuries CE)
B. developments in industrial economy (19th and 20th centuries CE)
| | | Knowledge/skill statements | | | | 1. | Understands major developments in science in the 19th century | | | | 2. | Understands major developments in the industrial economy in the 19th century | | | | 3. | Understands the social significance of the work of 19th century scientists, including Maxwell, Darwin, and Pasteur | | | | 4. | Knows how new forms of generative power contributed to Europe’s "second industrial revolution | | | | 5. | Knows the role of the state in different countries in directing or encouraging industrialization in the 19th century | | | | 6. | Understands the social, economic, and cultural impact of the railroad | |
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