- Students place key events and people of the historical era they are studying in chronological sequence.
- Students explain how the present is connected to the past, identifying both similarities and differences between the two.
- Students use map and globe skills to determine the locations of places and interpret information.
- Students judge the significance of the relative location of a place and analyze how relative advantages or disadvantages can change over time
- Students pose relevant questions about events they encounter in historical documents, eyewitness accounts, oral histories, letters, diaries, artifacts, photographs, maps, artworks, and architecture.
- Students summarize the key events of the era they are studying and explain the historical contexts of those events.
- Students identify the human and physical characteristics of the places they are studying and explain how those features form the unique character of those places.
- Students identify and interpret the multiple causes and effects of historical events.
In addition to the skills listed above, students master standards related to grade specific curricula.
- Kindergarten: Learning and Working Now and Long Ago
- Grade One: A Child’s Place in Time and Space
- Grade Two: People Who Make a Difference
- Grade Three: Continuity and Change
- Grade Four: California: A Changing State
- Grade Five: United States History and Geography: Making a New Nation