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New Mexico: Describe how contemporary and historical people and events have influenced New Mexico communities and regions.
Kindergarten
1st Grade
1. Identify the customs, celebrations, and holidays of various cultures in
New Mexico.
2nd Grade
1. Identify common attributes of people living in New Mexico today.
3rd Grade
1. Describe how historical people, groups, and events have influenced the
local community.
4th Grade
1. Describe how the lives and contributions of people of New Mexico
influenced local communities and regions.
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United States: Understand connections among historical events, people, and symbols significant to United States history and cultures.
Kindergarten
1st Grade
1. Demonstrate an awareness of community leaders.
2nd Grade
1. Identify the significance of United States historical events and symbols
(e.g., Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
Veterans Day, United States flag, bald eagle).
2. Identify and recognize major
political and social figures in the United
States.
3rd Grade
1. Describe the cultural diversity of individuals and groups and their
contributions to United States history (e.g., George Washington, Ben Franklin,
Ceasar Chavez,
Rosa Parks, National Association for Advancement of Colored People [NAACP],
tribal leaders, American Indian Movement [AIM]).
4th Grade
1. Describe local events and their connections to state history.
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World: Students will identify and describe similar historical characteristics of the United States and its neighboring countries.
Kindergarten
1st Grade
1. Identify the local, state, and national symbols (e.g., flag, bird, song).
2nd Grade
1. Identify and compare celebrations and events from the United States, Mexico,
and Canada.
3rd Grade
1. Describe and compare similarities of the history of peoples in North America
through literature (e.g., story-telling, fables, folktales, fairy tales).
4th Grade
1. Identify and compare components that create a community in the United States
and its neighboring countries.
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Skills: Understand time passage and chronology.
Kindergarten
1st Grade
1. Understand the concept of past and present.
2nd Grade
1. Demonstrate the use of timelines in order to show events in relation to
one another.
3rd Grade
1. Correctly sequence historical events.
4th Grade
1. Interpret information from multiple resources and contexts to determine
chronological relationships.
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New Mexico: Explore and explain how people and events have influenced the development of New Mexico up to the present day.
5th Grade
6th Grade
1. Describe changes of governance of New Mexico (e.g., indigenous,
Spanish, Mexican, French, Texan, United States).
2. Explain the reasons for European
exploration of the Americas.
7th Grade
1. Describe the relationships among ancient civilizations of the world (e.g.,
scientific discoveries, architecture, politics, cultures, and religious systems)
and their connection to the early development of New Mexico.
8th Grade
1. Compare and contrast the contributions of the civilizations of the
Western Hemisphere (e.g., Aztecs, Mayas, Toltecs, Mound Builders) with the
early civilizations
of the Eastern Hemisphere (e.g., Sumerians, Babylonians, Hebrews, Egyptians)
and their impact upon societies, to include:
- effect on world economies and trade
- roles of people, class structures, language
- religious traditions and forms
of government
- cultural and scientific contributions
(e.g., advances in astronomy, mathematics, agriculture, architecture,
artistic and oral traditions, development of writing
systems and calendars).
2. Describe the characteristics of other indigenous
peoples that had an affect upon New Mexico's development (e.g., pueblo farmers,
great plains horse culture,
nomadic bands, noting their development of tools, trading routes, adaptation
to environments, social structure, domesticati! on of plants, and animals).
3.
Explain the significance of trails and trade routes within the region (e.g.,
Spanish Trail, Camino Real, Santa Fe Trail).
4. Describe how important individuals,
groups, and events impacted the development of New Mexico from 16th century
to the present (e.g., Don Juan de Oandntilde;ate,
Don Diego deVargas, Pueblo Revolt, Popandeacute;, 1837 Revolt, 1848 Rebellion,
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago, William Becknell and the Santa Fe Trail, Buffalo
Soldiers, Lincoln County War, Navajo Long Walk, Theodore Roosevelt and the
Rough Riders, Robert Goddard, J. Robert Oppenhiemer, Smokey Bear, Dennis
Chavez, Manuel Lujan, Manhattan Project, Harrison Schmitt, Albuquerque International
Balloon Fiesta).
5. Explain how New Mexicans have adapted to their physical
environments to meet their needs over time (e.g., living in the desert, control
over water
resources, pueblo structure, highway system, use of natural resources).
6. Explain
the impact of New Mexico on the development of the American West up
to the present, to include:
- availability of land (e.g., individuals, governments,
railroads, tribal)
- government
land grants/treaties
- transportation (e.g., wagons, railroads, automobile)
- identification and use
of natural and human resources
- population growth and
economic patterns cultural interactions among indigenous and arriving
populations and the resulting changes.
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United States: Analyze and interpret major eras, events, and individuals from the periods of exploration and colonization through the Civil War and Reconstruction in United States history.
5th Grade
6th Grade
1. Explain the motivations for the European exploration of the Americas
(e.g., Leif Ericson, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Hernandaacute;n Cortez,
Jacques
Cartier, Henry Hudson)
2. Describe and explain the reasons for colonization,
to include:
- religious freedom
- desire for land
- economic opportunity
- a new way of life, including the role and views of key
individuals who founded
colonies (e.g., John Smith, William Penn, Lord Baltimore).
3. Explain the significance
of major historical documents (e.g., the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration
of Independence, Federalist Papers, United States
Constitution, Bill of Rights, the Gettysburg Address).
4. Identify the interactions
between American Indians and European settlers, including agriculture, cultural
exchanges, alliances, and conflicts (e.g.,
the First Thanksgiving, the Pueblo Revolt, Fre! nch and Indian War).
5. Describe
how the introduction of slavery into the Americas, and especially the United
States, laid a foundation for conflict.
6. Explain early representative
government and identify democratic practices that emerged (e.g., Iroquois
Nation model, town meetings, assemblies). 7th Grade
1. Explain and describe the origins, obstacles, and impact of the Age
of Exploration, to include:
- improvements in technology (e.g., the clock, sextant,
work of Prince Henry the Navigator)
- voyages of Columbus to the New World and
the later searches for the Northwest passage
- introduction of disease and the
resulting population decline, especially among indigenous peoples
- exchanges
of technology, ideas, agricultural products and practices.
8th Grade
1. Analyze United States political policies on expansion of the United
States into the Southwest (e.g., Mexican Cession, Gadsden Purchase, broken
treaties,
Long Walk of the Navajos).
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World: Compare and contrast major historical eras, events, and figures from ancient civilizations to the Age of Exploration.
5th Grade
6th Grade
1. Describe the characteristics of early societies, including the development
of tools and adaptation to environments.
2. Identify, describe, and explain
the political, religious, economic and social conditions in Europe that led
to the Era of Colonization.
3. Identify the European countries that colonized the North American continent
and their areas of settlement.
4. Describe the development of slavery as a widespread practice that limits
human freedoms and potentials.
7th Grade
1. Describe and compare the characteristics of the ancient civilizations
of Egypt, Mesopotamia and China and explain the importance of their contributions
to later civilizations, to include:
- significance of river valleys
- early irrigation and its impact on agriculture
- forms of government (e.g., the
theocracies in Egypt, dynasties in China)
- effect
on world economies and trade
- key historical figures
- religious traditions, cultural, and scientific contributions
(e.g., writing systems, calendars, building of monuments such
as the pyramids).
2. Describe
and analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures
of early civilizations of India, to include:
- location and description
of the river systems and other topographical features that supported the rise
of this civilization
- significance of the Aryan invasions< block printing,
compass, gunpowder).
- describe major religions of the world to include Hinduism,
Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam (e.g., founding
leaders, traditions, customs, beliefs).
5.
Compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, and social characteristics
of the Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman, Ottoman, Indian, Arabic, African, and
Middle Eastern civilizations and their enduring impacts on later civilizations,
to include:
- influence of Mediterranean geography on the development and expansion
of the civilizations
- development of concepts of government and citizenship (e.g.,
democracy, republics, codification of laws, Code of Hammurabi)
- scientific and cultural advancements
(e.g., networks of roads, aqueducts, art, architecture, literature,
theater, philosophy)
- contributions and roles of key
figures, (e.g., Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the
Great, Julius Caesar, Augustus).
6. Compare and co! ntrast the
political and economic events and the social and geographic characteristics
of Medieval European life and its enduring impacts
on later civilizations, to include:
- creation and expansion of the Byzantine empire
- reasons for the fall of the
Roman Empire
- new forms of government, feudalism,
and the beginning of limited government with the Magna Carta
- role of the Roman Catholic Church and its monasteries;
causes, course, and effects of the Crusades
- impact of the Black Plague
- contributions and roles of key figures (e.g., Charlemagne,
Joan of Arc, Marco
Polo).
8th Grade
1. Compare and contrast the influence of Spain on the Western Hemisphere
from colonization to the present.
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Skills: Research historical events and people from a variety of perspectives.
5th Grade
6th Grade
1. Differentiate between, locate, and use primary and secondary sources
(e.g., computer software, interviews, biographies, oral histories, print,
visual material,
artifacts) to acquire information.
2. Use resources for historical information
(e.g., libraries, museums, historical societies, courthouse, world wide web,
family records, elders).
3. Gather, organize, and interpret information using a variety of media and
technology.
4. Show the relationship between social contexts and events.
5. Use effective communication skills and strategies to share research findings. 7th Grade
1. Organize information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect
relationships, comparing and contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing,
making generalizations and predictions, drawing inferences and conclusions.
2.
Identify different points of view about an issue or topic.
3. Use a decision-making
process to identify a situation that requires a solution; gather information,
identify options, predict consequences, and take action
to implement that solution. 8th Grade
1. Analyze and evaluate information by developing and applying criteria
for
selecting appropriate information and use it to answer critical questions.
2.
Demonstrate the ability to examine history from the perspectives of the
participants.
3. Use the problem-solving process to identify a problem; gather
information, list and consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement
a solution,
and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution using technology to present
findings.
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New Mexico: Analyze how people and events of New Mexico have influenced United States and world history since statehood.
1. Compare and contrast the relationships over time of Native American tribes
in New Mexico with other cultures.
2. Analyze the geographic, economic, social, and political factors of New
Mexico that impacted United States and world history, to include:
- land grant
and treaty issues unresolved to present day and continuing to impact
relations between and among citizens at the state, tribal, and federal
government
levels
- role of water issues as they relate to development of industry, population
growth, historical issues, and current acequia systems/water organizations
urban development
- role of the federal government (e.g., military bases, national
laboratories, national parks, Indian reservations, transportation
systems, water projects)
- unique role of New Mexico in the 21st century as a andquot;Minority
Majorityandquot; state.
3. Analyze the role and impact of New Mexico and New Mexicans in World
War II (e.g., Native Code Talkers, New Mexico National Guard, internment
camps, Manhattan Project, Bataan Death March).
4. Analyze the impact of the arts, sciences,
and technology of New Mexico since World War II (e.g., artists, cultural
artifacts, nuclear weapons, the
arms
race, technological advances, scientific developments, high tech industries,
federal laboratories).
5. Explain how New Mexico history represents a framework
of knowledge and skills within which to understand the complexity of the
human experience, to include:
- analyze
perspectives that have shaped the structures of historical knowledge
- describe
ways historians study the past
- explain connections made between the
past and the present and their impact.
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United States: Analyze and evaluate the impact of major eras, events, and individuals in United States history since the Civil War and Reconstruction.
1. Analyze the impact and changes that Reconstruction had on the historical,
political and social developments of the United States.
2. Analyze the transformation of the American economy and the changing social
and political conditions in the United States in response to the Industrial
Revolution, to include:
- innovations in technology, evolution of marketing techniques,
changes to the standard of living, and the rise of consumer culture
- rise of business leaders
and their companies as major forces in America (e.g., John D. Rockefeller,
Andrew Carnegie)
- development of monopolies and their impact
on economic and political policies (e.g., laissez-faire economics,
trusts, trust busting)
- growth of cities (e.g.,
influx of immigrants, rural-to-urban migrations, racial and ethnic
conflicts that resulted)
- efforts of workers to improve working conditions
(e.g., organizing labor unions, strikes, strike breakers)
- rise and effect of reform movements (e.g., Populists,
William Jennings! Bryan, Jane Addams, muckrakers)
- conservation of natural resources (e.g., the Grand
Canyon, Yellowstone, Anasazi ruins at Mesa Verde, Colorado, National
Reclamation Act of 1902)
- progressive
reforms (e.g., the national income tax, direct election of senators,
women's suffrage, prohibition).
3. Analyze the United States' expanding role
in the world during the late 19th
and 20th centuries, to include:
- causes for a change in foreign policy from isolationism
to interventionism
- causes
and consequences of the Spanish American War
- expanding influence in the
Western Hemisphere (e.g., the Panama Canal, Roosevelt Corollary
added to the Monroe Doctrine, the andquot;Big
- Stickandquot; policy,
andquot;Dollar Diplomacyandquot;)
- events that led to the United States' involvement
in World War I
- United States
rationale for entry into WWI and impact on military process, public
opinion and policy
- United States mobilization in WWI (e.g., its impact
on politics, economics, and society)
- United States impact on the outcome of World War I
- United States role in settling
the peace (e.g., Woodrow Wilson, Treaty of Versailles, Le! ague
of Nations, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.).
4. Analyze the major political,
economic, and social developments that occurred between World War I and World
War II, to include:
- social liberation and conservative
reaction during the 1920s (e.g., flappers, prohibition, the
Scopes trial, Red Scare)
- causes of the Great Depression (e.g.,
over production, under consumption, credit structure)
- rise of youth culture in the andquot;Jazz Ageandquot;
- development of mass/popular
culture (e.g., rise of radio, movies, professional sports, popular
literature)
- human and natural crises of the Great Depression,
(e.g., unemployment, food lines, the Dust Bowl, western migration
of Midwest farmers)
- changes in policies,
role of government, and issues that emerged from the New Deal
(e.g., the Works programs, Social Security, challenges to the Supreme
Court)
- role of changing demographics on traditional co! mmunities and social
structures.
5.
Analyze the role of the United States in World War II to include:
- reasons
the United States moved from a policy of isolationism to involvement
after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
- events on the home front to support the war
effort (e.g., war bond drives, mobilization of the war industry,
women and minorities in the work force)
- major
turning points in the war (e.g., the Battle of Midway, D-Day
Invasion, dropping of atomic bombs on Japan).
6. Analyze the development of voting and
civil rights for all groups in the United States following Reconstruction,
to include:
- intent and impact of the
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution
- segregation as enforced
by Jim Crow laws following Reconstruction
- key court cases (e.g., Plessy v.
Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Roe v. Wade)
- roles and methods
of civil rights advocates (e.g., Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm
X, Rosa Parks, Russell Means, Candeacute;sar Chandaacute;vez)
- the passage and effect
of the voting rights legislation on minorities (e.g., 19th
Amendment, role of Arizona Supreme Court decision on
Native Americans
and their disenfranchisement under Arizona constitution
and subsequent changes made in other state constitutions regarding their
voting
rights [New Mexico
1962], 1964 Civil Rights Act, Voting Act of 1965, 24th
Amendment)
- impact and
reaction to the efforts to pass the Equal Rights Amendment
- rise of
Black Power, Brown Power, American Indian Movement, United Farm
Workers.
8.
Analyze the impact of the post-Cold War Era on United States Foreign Policy,
to include:
- role of the United States in supporting democracy in Eastern Europe
following the collapse of the Berlin Wall
- new allegiances in defining the new world order
- role of technology in the information
age.
9. Explain how United States history
represents a framework of knowledge and skills within which to understand
the complexity of the human experience,
to include:
- analyze perspectives that have shaped the structures of historical
knowledge
- describe
ways historians study the past
- explain connections made between the
past and the present and their impact.
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World: Analyze and interpret the major eras and important turning points in world history from the Age of Enlightenment to the present to develop an understanding of the complexity of the human experience.
1. Describe and explain how the Renaissance and Reformation influenced education,
art, religion, and government in Europe, to include:
- development of Renaissance
artistic and literary traditions (e.g., Michelangelo, Leonardo
da Vinci, Shakespeare)
- development of Protestantism (e.g., Martin Luther,
John Calvin)
- religious conflict
and persecutions (e.g., Spanish Inquisition).
2. Analyze
and evaluate the actions of competing European nations for colonies around
the world and the impact on indigenous populations.
3. Explain and analyze revolutions (e.g., democratic, scientific, technological,
social) as they evolved throughout the Enlightenment and their enduring effects
on political, economic, and cultural institutions, to include:
- Copernican
view of the universe and Newton's natural laws
- tension and cooperation
between religion and new scientific discoveries
- impact
of Galileo's ideas and the introduction of the scientific method
as a means of understanding the universe
- events and ideas that led to parliamentary
government (English Civil War, Glorious Revolution)
- Enlightenment philosophies used to support events leading to American
and French Revolutions
- Napoleonic Era (e.g., codification of law)
- Latin America's wars of independence.
4. Analyze the pattern of historical change
as evidenced by the Industrial
Revolution, to include:
- conditions that promoted industrialization
- how scientific and technological
innovations brought about change
- impact of population changes (e.g., population
growth, rural-to-urban migrations, growth of industrial cities,
emigration out of Europe)
- evolution of work/business and the role of labor (e.g., the
demise of slavery, division of labor, union movement, impact of immigration)
- political and economic theories of capitalism and socialism (e.g., Adam
Smith, Karl Marx)
- status and roles of women and minorities.
5. Analyze and evaluate the impact
of 19th century imperialism from varied
perspectives, to include:
- clash of cultures
- British Empire expands around the world
- nationalism (e.g., competition and
conflict between European nations for raw materials and markets,
acquisition of colonies in Africa and Asia, impact on
indigenous populations).
6. Describe and analyze the geographic, political,
economic, religious, and
social structures of the civilizations of East Asia.
7. Analyze and evaluate the
causes, events, and effects of World War I, to include:
- rise of nationalism (e.g., unification of Germany, Otto Von Bismarck's
leadership)
- rise of ethnic and ideological conflicts (e.g., the Balkans, Austria-Hungary,
decline of the Ottoman Empire)
- major turning points and the importance of geographic,
military, and political factors in decisions and outcomes
- human costs of the mechanization of war (e.g.,
machine-gun, airplane, poison gas, submarine, trench warfare, tanks)
- effects of loss of human potential through
devastation of populations and their successive generations
- effects of the Russian Revolution and the implementation
of communist rule.
8.
Analyze and evaluate the causes, events, and impacts of World War II from
various perspectives, to include:
- failures and successes of the Treaty of
Versailles and the League of Nations
- rise
of totalitarianism (e.g., Nazi Germany's policies of European
domination, Holocaust)
- political, diplomatic, and military leadership (e.g., Winston Churchill,
Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, Emperor Hirohito, Adolf
Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco)
- principal theaters of battle, major turning points, and geographic
factors in military decisions and outcomes (e.g., Pearl
Harbor, andquot;island hopping,andquot;
D-Day invasion, Stalingrad, atomic bombs dropped on Japan).
9. Analyze and evaluate
international developments following World War II, the Cold War,
and post-Cold War, to include:
- war crime trials
- creation of the state of Israel and resulting conflicts in
the Middle East
- rebuilding
of Western Europe (e.g., Marshall Plan, NATO)
- Soviet control of Eastern
Europe (e.g., Warsaw Pact, Hungarian Revolt)
- creation
and role of the United Nations
- Mao Zedong and the Chinese Revolution
(e.g., Long March, Taiwan, Cultural Revolution)
- national
security in the changing world order
- technology's role in ending the
Cold War
- fluidity of political alliances
- new threats to peace
- reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end
of the Cold War
- use
of technology in the Information Age.
10. Evaluate the ideologies and outcomes
of independence movements in the
emerging third world to include:
- French Indochina and the Vietnam War (e.g., the role
of Ho Chi Minh)
- Mohandas
Gandhi's non-violence movement for India's independence
- apartheid in
South Africa and evolution from white minority government
(e.g., Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu)
- Middle East conflicts (Israel, Palestine, Egypt).
11. Analyze historical and
modern-day policies of the Western Hemisphere, with emphasis on Mexico and
Canada, to include:
- expansion of democracy in Western
Hemisphere
- immigration and migration issues
- changes in foreign policy brings spiraling
impact on each nation and international relations trade.
12. Explain how world history presents a framework of knowledge and
skills within which to understand the complexity of the human experience,
to include:
- analyze
perspectives that have shaped the structures of historical knowledge
- describe
ways historians study the past
- explain connections made between the
past and the present and their impact.
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Skills: Use critical thinking skills to understand and communicate perspectives of individuals, groups, and societies from multiple contexts.
1. Understand how to use the skills of historical analysis to apply to current
social, political, geographic, and economic issues.
2. Apply chronological and spatial thinking to understand the importance of
events.
3. Describe primary and secondary sources and their uses in research.
4. Explain how to use a variety of historical research methods and documents
to interpret and understand social issues (e.g., the friction among societies,
the diffusion of ideas).
5. Distinguish 'facts' from authors' opinions and evaluate an author's implicit
and explicit philosophical assumptions, beliefs, or biases about the subject.
6. Interpret events and issues based upon the historical, economic, political,
social, and geographic context of the participants.
7. Analyze the evolution of particular historical and contemporary perspectives.
8. Explain how to use technological tools to research data, verify facts and
information, and communicate findings.
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