Correlations to
Washington's Essential Academic
Learning Requirements

Module I

8000 years of American Prehistory

Grade 8:

Geography:
Standard 3, Benchmark 2 - The student observes and analyzes the interaction between people, the environment, and culture.

History:
Standard 1, Benchmark 2 - The student examines and understands major ideas, eras, themes, developments, turning points, chronology, and cause-effect relationships in United States, world, and Washington State history.

Standard 2, Benchmark 2 - The student understands the origin and impact of ideas and technological developments on history.

Module II

From Forest to Farm and Back Again

Grade 8

Geography:
Standard 1, Benchmark 2 - The student uses maps, charts, and other geographic tools to understand the spatial arrangement of people, places, resources, and environments on Earth's surface.

Standard 2, Benchmark 2 - The student understands the complex physical and human characteristics of places and regions.

Standard 3, Benchmark 2 - The student observes and analyzes the interaction between people, the environment, and culture.

History:
Standard 2, Benchmark 2 - The student understands the origin and impact of ideas and technological developments on history.

Module III

Fueling the Fires of American Industrialization

Grade 8:

Civics:
Standard 1, Benchmark 2 - Students understand the impact of scarcity on their personal lives and on the households, businesses, governments, and societies in which they are participants.

Geography:
Standard 3, Benchmark 2 - The student observes and analyzes the interaction between people, the environment, and culture.

History:
Standard 1, Benchmark 2 - The student examines and understands major ideas, eras, themes, developments, turning points, chronology, and cause-effect relationships in United States, world, and Washington State history.

Standard 2, Benchmark 2 - The student understands the origin and impact of ideas and technological developments on history.

Module IV

From Arbor Day to Earth Day

Grade 8:

Civics:
Standard 4, Benchmark 2 - The student understands the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and the principles of democratic civic involvement.

Geography:
Standard 3, Benchmark 2 - The student observes and analyzes the interaction between people, the environment, and culture.

History:
Standard 1, Benchmark 2 - The student examines and understands major ideas, eras, themes, developments, turning points, chronology, and cause-effect relationships in United States, world, and Washington State history.

Module V

A New Profession Takes Seed

Grade 8:

Geography:
Standard 3, Benchmark 2 - The student observes and analyzes the interaction between people, the environment, and culture.

History:
Standard 1, Benchmark 2 - The student examines and understands major ideas, eras, themes, developments, turning points, chronology, and cause-effect relationships in United States, world, and Washington State history.

Standard 2, Benchmark 2 - The student understands the origin and impact of ideas and technological developments on history.

Module VI

From Forest to Farm to Urban Forest

Grade 8

Geography:
Standard 1, Benchmark 2 - The student uses maps, charts, and other geographic tools to understand the spatial arrangement of people, places, resources, and environments on Earth's surface.

Standard 2, Benchmark 2 - The student understands the complex physical and human characteristics of places and regions.

Standard 3, Benchmark 2 - The student observes and analyzes the interaction between people, the environment, and culture.

History:
Standard 1, Benchmark 2 - The student examines and understands major ideas, eras, themes, developments, turning points, chronology, and cause-effect relationships in United States, world, and Washington State history.

Module VII

Trees in Your Own Back Yard

Grade 8:

Civics:
Standard 4, Benchmark 2 - The student understands the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and the principles of democratic civic involvement.

Geography :
Standard 1, Benchmark 2 - The student uses maps, charts, and other geographic tools to understand the spatial arrangement of people, places, resources, and environments on Earth's surface.

Standard 3, Benchmark 2 - The student observes and analyzes the interaction between people, the environment, and culture.

Module VIII

Harvesting Today in a Global Forest

Grade 8

Civics:
Standard 3, Benchmark 2 - The student understands the purposes and organization of international relationships and how United States foreign policy is made.

Economics:
Standard 2, Benchmark 2 - Students understand the essential characteristics of past and present economic systems.

Geography:
Standard 3, Benchmark 2 - The student observes and analyzes the interaction between people, the environment, and culture.

Module IX

Fire:Fight, Flight, or Coexistence?

Grade 8:

Geography:
Standard 3, Benchmark 2 - The student observes and analyzes the interaction between people, the environment, and culture.

History:
Standard 2, Benchmark 2 - The student understands the origin and impact of ideas and technological developments on history.

Module X

The Significance of Private Forests in the U.S.

Grade 8:

Geography:
Standard 3, Benchmark 2 - The student observes and analyzes the interaction between people, the environment, and culture.

History:
Standard 1, Benchmark 2 - The student examines and understands major ideas, eras, themes, developments, turning points, chronology, and cause-effect relationships in United States, world, and Washington State history.

Module XI

Forest Research: Who, What, Where & Why?

Grade 8:

Geography:
Standard 3, Benchmark 2 - The student observes and analyzes the interaction between people, the environment, and culture.

History:
Standard 1, Benchmark 2 - The student examines and understands major ideas, eras, themes, developments, turning points, chronology, and cause-effect relationships in United States, world, and Washington State history.

Standard 2, Benchmark 2 - The student understands the origin and impact of ideas and technological developments on history.