Social Studies Benchmarks

SS.A.4.2.5: The student understands geographic, economic and technological features of the growth and change that occurred in American from 1801 to 1861.

SS.A.4.2.6: The student knows the causes, key events and effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Language Arts Benchmarks

LA.A.2.2.1: The student reads text and determines the main idea or essential message, identifies relevant supporting details and facts, and arranges events in chronological order.

LA.B.1.2.3: The student produces final documents that have been edited for:
-correct spelling
-correct use of punctuation
-correct capitalization of proper nouns
-correct paragraph indention
-correct usage of subject/verb agreement, verb and noun forms, and sentence structure
-correct formatting according to instruction.

LA.B.2.2.3: The student writes for a variety of occasions, audiences and purposes.

LA.B.2.2.4: The student uses electronic technology including word processing software and electronic encyclopedias to create, revise, retrieve and verify information.

LA.E.1.2.4: The student knows that the attitudes and values that exist in a time period effect the works that are written during that time period.

LA.E.2.2.5: The student forms his or her own ideas about what has been read in a literary text and uses specific information from the text to support these ideas.

Created by Lauren Brugnoli, Mary Pfluger, and Heidi D'Ambrosio