Essential Academic Learning Requirements
Washington State History

Benchmark 1 – Grade 5

Benchmark 2 – Grade 8

Benchmark 3 – High School

1.1 Understand and analyze historical time and chronology
1.1.1a Group personal, local, state, and national events in terms of past, present, and future, and place in proper sequence on a timeline. 1.1.2a Group events and individuals by broadly defined historical eras and develop related timelines; compare and contrast different cultural measurements of time. 1.1.3a Group events and individuals by broadly defined historical eras and use timelines to identify and explain patterns of historical continuity and change in a succession of related events; compare and contrast different cultural perceptions of time
1.1.1b Identify and analyze relationships between historical events 1.1.2b Using evidence for support, identify, analyze, and explain possible causal factors contributing to given historical events 1.1.3b Compare and evaluate competing historical narratives, analyze multiple perspectives, and challenge arguments of historical inevitability

 

1.2 Understand events, trends, individuals, and movements shaping United States, world, and Washington State history

 

Benchmark1    Benchmark2     Benchmark3

Grade 5           Grade 8            High School

WA1.2.1 Describe and compare patterns of life over time in Washington State including:
bulletNative cultures of Washington
bulletMaritime and overland exploration and trade (1774-1849)
bulletImmigration, settlement, and interaction of cultures (1830-statehood)
WA1.2.2 Identify and analyze the contributions of the following eras in the development of Washington State:
bulletThe emergence of Washington State (statehood-1930)
bulletThe Great Depression and World War II (1930-1945)
bulletPost World War II domestic political, social, and economic issues (1945-1980)
bulletContemporary Washington (1980-present)
The essential learnings for Washington State History are completed for most students at the second benchmark

 

 

 

1.3 Examine the influence of culture on United States, world, and Washington State history

Benchmark1  Benchmark2  Benchmark3

1.3.1 Describe the contributions of people from various cultural groups to the development of local, Washington State, and U.S. history 1.3.2 Examine the development of different cultures in Washington State, U.S., and world history 1.3.3 Examine and analyze how the contributions of various cultural groups influence society.

 

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