National Center for History in the Schools

Table of Contents

Preface
Part One: National Standards for History (K-4)
Chapter One
Developing Standards in History for Students in Grades K-4
Chapter Two
Standards in Historical Thinking
Historical Thinking Standards in History for Grades K-4 (TOC)

•  Historical Thinking Standard 1: Chronological Thinking
•  Historical Thinking Standard 2: Historical Comprehension
•  Historical Thinking Standard 3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation
•  Historical Thinking Standard 4: Historical Research Capabilities
•  Historical Thinking Standard 5: Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making

Chapter Three
Standards in History for Grades K-4 (TOC)

• Topic 1: Living and Working Together in Families and Communities, Now and Long Ago
• Topic 2: The History of Students’ Own State or Region
• Topic 3: The History of the United States: Democratic Principles and Values and the People from Many Cultures Who Contributed to Its Cultural, Economic, and Political Heritage
• Topic 4: The History of Peoples of Many Cultures Around the World

Part Two: National Standards in United States and World History (5-12)
Chapter One
Developing Standards in United States History and World History
Chapter Two
Standards in Historical Thinking
Contents of Historical Thinking Standards for Grades 5-12

• Historical Thinking Standard 1: Chronological Thinking
• Historical Thinking Standard 2: Historical Comprehension
• Historical Thinking Standard 3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation
• Historical Thinking Standard 4: Historical Research Capabilities
• Historical Thinking Standard 5: Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making
• Putting Historical Thinking Skills to Work

Chapter Three
Contents of United States History Standards for Grades 5-12

• Era 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
• Era 2: Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
• Era 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
• Era 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
• Era 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
• Era 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
• Era 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
• Era 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
• Era 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)
• Era 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Chapter Four
World History Standards, Grades 5-12
Contents of National Standards in World History for Grades 5-12
     Notes on the World History Standards

• Era 1: The Beginnings of Human Society
• Era 2: Early Civilizations and the Emergence of Pastoral Peoples, 4000-1000 BCE
• Era 3 Classical Traditions, Major Religions, and Giant Empires, 1000 BCE-300 CE
• Era 4: Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter, 300-1000 CE
• Era 5: Intensified Hemispheric Interactions, 1000-1500 CE
• Era 6: The Emergence of the First Global Age, 1450-1770
• Era 7: An Age of Revolutions, 1750-1914
• Era 8: A Half-Century of Crisis and Achievement, 1900-1945
• Era 9: The 20th Century Since 1945: Promises and Paradoxes
• World History Across the Eras