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State Standards - Minnesota

Language Arts
Strand I: Reading and Literature

The student will actively engage in the reading process and read, understand, respond to, analyze, interpret, evaluate and appreciate a wide variety of fiction, poetic and nonfiction texts.
The student will understand the meaning of informational, expository or persuasive texts, using a variety of strategies and will demonstrate literal, interpretive, inferential and evaluative comprehension.

Strand III: Speaking, Listening and Viewing

The student will critically analyze information found in electronic and print media, and will use a variety of these sources to learn about a topic and represent ideas.

The student will understand the course, character, and outcome of the Civil War.
The student will demonstrate knowledge of major events and people of the Civil War.
The student will analyze the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in response to the Industrial Revolution.
The student will understand the changing dynamics of national politics in the late 19th Century.
The student will demonstrate knowledge of the causes and consequences of immigration to the United States from 1870 to the first World War.

Strand IV: Historical Skills

Strand VII: Government and Citizenship

The student will know symbols, songs, traditions, and landmarks/monuments that represent the beliefs and principles of the United States.

Arts
Strand B: Music

The student will understand the connection between a work of music, its purpose, and its cultural and historical contexts.
The student will analyze and interpret music through its historical, cultural, or social context.
The student will understand the cultural, historical, or social contexts that influence the creation, interpretation, or performance of music.