List of Benchmarks for Grades K-4 History | | Standard 2. | Understands the history of a local community and how communities in North America varied long ago | | | Level Pre-K (Grade Pre-K) | | | 1. | Not appropriate at this level | | | Level I (Grade K-2) | | | 1. | Understands changes in community life over time (e.g., changes in goods and services; changes in architecture and landscape; change in jobs, schooling, transportation, communication, religion, recreation) | | | 2. | Understands the contributions and significance of historical figures of the community | | | 3. | Understands the daily life and values of early Hawaiian or Native American cultures | | | 4. | Understands the daily life of a colonial community (e.g., Plymouth, Williamsburg, St. Augustine, San Antonio, Post Vincennes) | | | 5. | Understands life in a pioneer farming community (e.g., the Old Northwest, the prairies, the Southwest, eastern Canada, the Far West) A | | | Level II (Grade 3-4) | | | 1. | Knows of problems in the community's past, the different perspectives of those involved, the choices people had, and the solutions they chose | | | 2. | Knows geographical settings, economic activities, food, clothing, homes, crafts, and rituals of Native American societies long ago (e.g., Iroquois, Sioux, Hopi, Nez Perce, Inuit, Cherokee) A | | | 3. | Understands the historical development and daily life of a colonial community (e.g., Plymouth, Williamsburg, St. Augustine, San Antonio, Post Vincennes) | | | 4. | Understands the challenges and difficulties encountered by people in pioneer farming communities (e.g., the Old Northwest, the prairies, the Southwest, eastern Canada, the Far West) | | | 5. | Understands how geographical features contributed to the establishment and growth of communities such as mining towns (e.g., Sacramento) and trading settlements (e.g., New Orleans, Vincennes, Astoria) A | | | 6. | Understands daily life of diverse ethnic groups in urban areas long ago (e.g., a free African American community in Philadelphia, an Italian community in New York, a Chinese community in San Francisco) | | | 7. | Knows the history of the local community since its founding, the people who came, the changes they brought, and significant events over time | | | 8. | Understands changes in land use and economic activities in the local community since its founding (e.g., changes in technology, the work people did, transportation, local resources) | | | |
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