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McRel Standards

Music Standards
Standard 7. Understands the relationship between music and history and culture

Standards and Benchmarks for Language Arts
Standard 4. Gathers and uses information for research purposes
Standard 7. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts
Standard 6. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts
Standard 9. Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media

Standards and Benchmarks for Historical Understanding
Standard 2. Understands the historical perspective

Benchmarks for United States History
Era 5 - Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Standard 14. Understands the course and character of the Civil War and its effects on the American people
Era 6 - The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Standard 18. Understands the rise of the American labor movement and how political issues reflected social and economic changes
Era 7 - The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Standard 20. Understands how Progressives and others addressed problems of industrial capitalism, urbanization, and political corruption
Standard 22. Understands how the United States changed between the post-World War I years and the eve of the Great Depression

Benchmarks for Civics
Standard 20. Understands the roles of political parties, campaigns, elections, and associations and groups in American politics