Standard 1 Students read and understand a variety of materials. Standard 2 Student write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences. Standard 3 Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling. Standard 6 Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience. Standard 3 Students understand that societies are diverse and have changed over time.
Students know that religious and philosophical ideas have been powerful forces throughout history.
Standard 2 Students know the physical and human characteristics of places, and use this knowledge to define and study regions and their patterns of change. Standard 4 Students understand how economic, political, cultural,and social processes interact to shape patterns of human populations,interdependence, cooperation, and conflict. Standard 6 Students apply knowledge of people, places, and environments to understand the past and present and to plan for the future. The Second World War was a defining moment in American History. It has profoundly affected our present world and society.