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List of Benchmarks for World History 
 Standard 39.Understands the causes and global consequences of World War I
  
Topics1. Russian Revolution of 1917; 2. Rise of social, political, and economic revolutions; 3. Role of individuals in history
   Level II (Grade 5-6)
  Benchmark 4.Understands the rise of Joseph Stalin, and his impact on the Soviet Union (e.g., how Joseph Stalin came to and maintained power in the Soviet Union, and how his projects [collectivization, the first Five Year Plan] disrupted and transformed Soviet society in the 1920s and 1930s; what life was like for common people under Stalin's rule)
   Vocabulary terms
A.  Joseph Stalin’s impact on the Soviet Union
B.  rise of Joseph Stalin
  Knowledge/skill statements
  1. Knows about the rise of Joseph Stalin   
  2. Understands the impact of Joseph Stalin on the Soviet Union   
  3. Knows how Joseph Stalin came to power   
  4. Understands how Joseph Stalin maintained power in the Soviet Union   
  5. Understands how Joseph Stalin his project of collectivization disrupted Soviet society in the 1920s and 1930s   
  6. Understands how Joseph Stalin his first Five Year Plan disrupted Soviet society in the 1920s and 1930s   
  7. Understands what life was like for common people under Stalin’s rule   


Citation Log: BD(BE,201;​C;​WE,256;​LE,295)
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