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Standards,
Guiding Questions, and
Essential Learnings
Bellingham Public
Schools Geography Guiding Questions:
History: How have religions, social lsystems
and historical turning points between 600-1600 influenced individuals, communities
and the modern world?
Civics: What causes conflicts among people,
and how do people attempt to resolve those conflicts?
Economics: What were the interrelationships
among political systems, cultures, environments and economies?
Washington State
Essential Learning Requirements:
History:
1-
The student examines and understands major ideas, eras, themes,
developments, turning points, chronology, and cause-effect relationships in
United States, world, and Washington State history.
1.3 Examine the influence of culture on United
States, world, and Washington State history
2-
The student understands the origin and impact of ideas and technological
developments on history.
2.1 Compare and contrast ideas in different
places, time periods, and cultures, and examine the interrelationships
between ideas, change, and conflict
2.2 Understand how ideas and technological
developments influence people, culture, and environment
3- The student understands the
purposes and organization of international relationships and how United
States foreign policy is made.
1.1 Understand how the world is organized
politically and how nations interact
1.2 Recognize factors and roles that affect the
development of foreign policy by the United States, other nations, and
multinational organizations
Essential Academic
Learning Requirements in Reading
1)
The student understands and uses different skills and strategies to read.
To
meet this standard, the student will:
1.1 use word recognition and word meaning skills to read and
comprehend text
1.2 build
vocabulary through reading
1.3 read fluently,
adjusting reading for purpose and material
1.5 use features of non-fiction text and computer software such as
titles, headings, pictures, maps, and charts to find and understand
specific information
2)
The student understands the meaning of what is read.
To
meet this standard, the student will:
2.1 comprehend important ideas and details
2.2 expand comprehension by analyzing, interpreting, and
synthesizing information and ideas
2.3 think critically and analyze authors' use of language, style,
purpose, and perspective
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