Provided below is a listing of standards which
can be met by participating in this project.
These are NATIONAL STANDARDS.

If you wish State Standards, please visit the following site:
http://www.education-world.com/standards/state/index.shtml

LANGUAGE ARTS
Grades K - 12
Evaluating Data

Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources (e.g., print and nonprint texts, artifacts, people) to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Grades K - 12
COMMUNICATION STATEGIES

Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Grades K - 12
THE WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS

* Understand how to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.
* Understand how to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context.
* Understand how to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Grades K - 12
THE USES OF GEOGRAPHY

Understand how to apply geography to interpret the past.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Grades 5 - 12
ERA 4: EXPANSION AND REFORM (1801-1861)
Understands United States territorial expansion between 1801 and 1861, and how it affected relations with external powers and Native Americans