History

The student understands how individuals, events, and ideas have influenced the history of various communities. The student is expected to:

Describe how individuals, events, and ideas have changed communities, past and present;

Identify individuals, including Pierre-Charles L'Enfant, Benjamin Banneker, and Benjamin Franklin, who have helped to shape communities;

Describe how individuals, including Daniel Boone, Christopher Columbus, the Founding Fathers, and Juan de Oñate, have contributed to the expansion of existing communities or to the creation of new communities.

The student understands common characteristics of communities, past and present. The student is expected to:

Identify reasons people have formed communities, including a need for security, religious freedom, law, and material well-being;

Identify ways in which people in the local community and other communities meet their needs for government, education, communication, transportation, and recreation;

Compare ways in which various other communities meet their needs.

The student understands the concepts of time and chronology. The student is expected to:

Use vocabulary related to chronology, including past, present, and future times;

Create and interpret timelines;

Apply the terms year, decade, and century to describe historical times.