Pennsylvania Academic Standards

PA Standards

History

8.1.3

B. Develop an understanding of historical sources.

• Data in historical maps

• Visual data from maps and tables

• Mathematical data from graphs and tables

• Author or historical

C. Understand fundamentals of historical interpretation.

• Difference between fact and opinion

• The existence of multiple points of view

• Illustrations in historical stories

• Causes and results

D. Understand historical research.

• Event (time and place)

• Facts, folklore and fiction

• Formation of a historical question

• Primary sources

• Secondary sources

• Conclusions (e.g., storytelling, role playing, diorama)

8.2.3

A. Understand the political and cultural contributions of individuals and groups to Pennsylvania history.

• William Penn

• Benjamin Franklin

• Pennsylvanians impacting

American Culture (e.g., John Chapman, Richard Allen, Betsy Ross, Mary Ludwig Hayes, Rachel Carson, Elizabeth Jane Cochran, Marian Anderson)

• Local historical figures in municipalities and counties.

B. Identify and describe primary documents, material artifacts and historic sites important in Pennsylvania history.

• Documents, Writings and Oral Traditions (e.g., Penn’s Charter, Pennsylvania “Declaration of Rights”)

• Artifacts, Architecture and Historic Places (e.g., Local historical sites, museum collections, Independence Hall)

• Liberty Bell

• Official Commonwealth symbols (e.g., tree, bird, dog, insect)

Geography

7.1.3

A. Identify geographic tools and their uses.

• Characteristics and purposes of different geographic representations

�� Maps and basic map elements

�� Globes

�� Graphs

�� Diagrams

�� Photographs

• Geographic representations to display spatial information

�� Sketch maps

�� Thematic maps

• Mental maps to describe the human and physical features of the local area

B. Identify and locate places and regions.

• Physical features

�� Continents and oceans

�� Major landforms, rivers and lakes in North America

�� Local community

• Human features

�� Countries (i.e., United States, Mexico, Canada)

�� States (i.e., Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, West Virginia)

�� Cities (i.e., Philadelphia, Erie, Altoona, Pittsburgh, Scranton, Harrisburg, Johnstown, Allentown, Washington D.C., Baltimore, New York, Toronto, Cleveland)

�� Local community

• Regions as areas with unifying

geographic characteristics

�� Physical regions

(e.g., landform regions, climate regions, river basins) �� Human regions

(e.g., neighborhoods, cities, states, countries) 7.2.3

A. Identify the physical characteristics of places and regions.

• Physical properties

�� Landforms (e.g., plains, hills, plateaus and mountains)

�� Bodies of water (e.g., rivers,lakes, seas and oceans)

�� Weather and climate

�� Vegetation and animals

• Earth’s basic physical systems

�� Lithosphere

�� Hydrosphere

�� Atmosphere

�� Biosphere

B. Identify the basic physical processes that affect the physical characteristics of places and regions. • Earth-sun relationships

(i.e., seasons and length of daylight, weather and climate)

• Extreme physical events (e.g., earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes)

You Are Done. Congratulations!

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