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List of Benchmarks for World History 
 Standard 9.Understand how major religious and large-scale empires arose in the Mediterranean Basin, China, and India from 500 BCE to 300 CE
  
Topics1. Emergence of Christianity; 2. Role of individuals in history; 3. Religion, belief systems, and values; 4. Expansion of Christianity and Buddhism
   Level II (Grade 5-6)
  Benchmark 4.Understands events in the rise of Christianity (e.g., the life of Paul the Apostle and his contribution to the spread of Christian beliefs, how Christianity spread widely in the Roman Empire, how the New Testament illustrates early Christian beliefs)
   Vocabulary terms
A.  Christianity
B.  rise of Christianity
  Knowledge/skill statements
  1. Understands the life of Paul the Apostle and his contribution to the spread of Christian beliefs   
  2. Understands how Christianity spread widely in the Roman Empire   
  3. Understands how the New Testament illustrates early Christian beliefs   


Citation Log: BD(BE,151;​C;​WE,88;​LE,221)
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