C & I 407

Summer, 1999

Donna Holinga

Project Curriculum Alignment to Standards

Social Studies

Goals	Standards	Benchmarks	Alignment
Goal 15: Understand economic systems with an emphasis on the United States	Learning Standard A: Understand the historical development of economic systems	Benchmark 1: Explain the development of specialization, division of labor, and application of barter.	2
-	-	Benchmark 2: Explain the development and use of media of exchange (e.g., salt, gold, currancy).	2
Goal 16: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United states and other nations.	Learning Standard A: Describe actions of various individuals and groups and their impact on world history.	Benchmark 1: Describe and explain contributions of selected individuals throughout the world from prehistoric times up through the European Renaissance Era.	1
-	Learning Standard B: Explain the chronology and significance of major social, economic and political events.	Benchmark 1: Explain the transformation of man from hunter/gatherer to farmer.	2
-	-	Benchmark 2: Identify and compare social, economic and political aspects of ancient civilizations.	2
-	-	Benchmark 3: Describe the major social, economic and political events of Medieval Ages in Europe.	0
-	-	Benchmark 4: Describe the major social, economic and political events of the Renaissance in Europe.	0
-	-	Benchmark 5: Explain the historic connection of social, economic, and political aspects from these time periods to the United States (e.g., Greek democracy, Roman law).	1
-	Learning Standard C: Understand similarities and differences among people and societies.	Benchmark 1: Identify, describe, compare and analyze the characteristics of prehistoric and ancient civilizations	2
-	-	Benchmark 2: Identify, describe, compare and analyze the characteristics of European, Medieval and Renaissance civilizations.	0
-	-	Benchmark 3: Identify the characteristics from those civilizations which have been an impact on the development of the United States.	1
Goal 17: Understand world geography and the effects of geography on society, with an emphasis on the United States.	Learning Standard A: Demonstrate a knowledge of geography.	Benchmark 1: Explain how to make and use geographic representations to provide information about (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, African, Indian and Chinese).	1
-	-	Benchmark 2: Analyze and explain characteristics and interactions of the earth's physical systems. (Met in Science.)	1
-	-	Benchmark 3: Identify the characteristics from those civilizations which have been an impact on the development of the United States.	1
Goal 18: Understand social systems, with an emphasis on the United States.	Learning Standard A: Understand, analyze and compare social systems.	Benchmark 1: Identify and compare characteristics of culture as reflected in language, literature, the arts and traditions.	2
-	-	Benchmark 2: Analyze the roles of groups and institutions in relation to Prehistoric, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, African, Indian and Chinese societies.	2

The above table shows the alignment of the social studies portion of the curriculum to the Springfield School District's standards in our integrated project, "Blast to the Past."

Key:
2 indicates "strong alignment"
1 indicates "moderate alignment"
0 indicates "little or no alignment"