Pennsylvania Academic Standards for History
8.1.9.A Analyze chronological thinking
8.2.9.B Identify and analyze primary documents, material artifacts and historic sites.
8.2.9.C Identify and analyze how continuity and change have influenced Pennsylvania history from the 1787 to 1914.
8.3.9.B Identify and analyze primary documents, material artifacts and historic sites important in United States history
from 1787 to 1914.
8.3.9.C Analyze how continuity and change has influenced United States history from 1787 to 1914.
8.4.9.B Analyze historical documents, material artifacts and historic sites important to world history before 1500.
8.4.9.C Analyze how continuity and change throughout history has impacted belief systems and religions, commerce and
industry, innovations, settlement patterns, social organization, transportation and roles of women before 1500.
Pennsylvania Department of Education Science Standards
3.1.10.A. Discriminate among the concepts of systems, subsystems, feedback and control in solving technological
problems.
3.2.10.A. Apply knowledge and understanding about the nature of scientific and technological knowledge.
3.2.10.C. Apply the elements of scientific inquiry to solve problems.
3.2.10.D. Identify and apply the technological design process to solve problems.
3.4.10.C. Distinguish
among the principles of force and motion.
3.6.10.A. Apply biotechnologies that relate to propagating, growing, maintaining, adapting, treating and converting.
3.6.10.B. Apply knowledge of information technologies of encoding, transmitting, receiving, storing, retrieving
and decoding.
3.6.10.C. Apply physical technologies of structural design, analysis and engineering, personnel relations,
financial affairs, structural production, marketing, research and design to real world problems.
3.7.10.A. Identify and safely use a variety of tools, basic machines, materials.
3.7.10.B. Apply appropriate
instruments and apparatus to examine a variety of objects and processes.
3.8.10.A. Analyze the relationship between societal demands and scientific and technological enterprises.
3.8.10.B. Analyze how human ingenuity and technological resources satisfy specific human needs and improve
the quality of life.
3.8.10.C. Evaluate possibilities consequences and impacts of scientific and technological solutions.
Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking
1.1.8 Learning to Read Independently
1.2.8 Reading Critically in All Content Areas
1.4.8 Types of Writing
1.5.8 Quality of Writing
1.6.8 Speaking and Listening
1.8.8 Research
National Standards for Foreign Language Learners
Communication: Communicate in Languages Other Than English
Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
Standard 1.3 Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a
variety of topics.
Cultures: Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures
Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives
of the culture studied.
Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives
of the culture studied.
Comparisons: Develop Insight into the Nature of Language and Culture
Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures
studied and their own.
Communities: Participate in Multilingual Communities at Home and Around the World
Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school. setting.
Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment
and enrichment.
