Correlations to

Wyoming's Content & Performance Standards

Module I

8000 years of American Prehistory

Grades 5 - 8 Social Studies

Content Standard 2 - Culture/Cultural Diversity: Students demonstrate an understanding of different cultures and how these cultures have contributed and continue to contribute to the world in which they live.

Standard 4 - Time, Continuity and Change: Students demonstrate an understanding of the people, events, problems, ideas, and cultures that were significant in the history of our community, state, nation, and world.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students identify people, events, problems, conflicts, and ideas and explain their historical significance.

Module II

From Forest to Farm and Back Again

Grades 5 - 8 Social Studies

Standard 4 - Time, Continuity and Change: Students demonstrate an understanding of the people, events, problems, ideas, and cultures that were significant in the history of our community, state, nation, and world.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students identify people, events, problems, conflicts, and ideas and explain their historical significance.

Standard 5 - People, Places, and Environments: Students demonstrate an understanding of interrelationships among people, places, and environments.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students use charts, maps, and graphs to answer questions dealing with people, places, events, or environments.

Benchmark 2 (Grade 8): Students apply the themes of geography to topics being studied.

Module III

Fueling the Fires of American Industrialization

Grades 5 - 8 Social Studies

Standard 4 - Time, Continuity and Change: Students demonstrate an understanding of the people, events, problems, ideas, and cultures that were significant in the history of our community, state, nation, and world.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students identify people, events, problems, conflicts, and ideas and explain their historical significance.

Module IV

From Arbor Day to Earth Day

Grades 5 - 8 Social Studies

Standard 4 - Time, Continuity and Change: Students demonstrate an understanding of the people, events, problems, ideas, and cultures that were significant in the history of our community, state, nation, and world.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students identify people, events, problems, conflicts, and ideas and explain their historical significance.

Module V

A New Profession Takes Seed

Grades 5 - 8 Social Studies

Standard 4 - Time, Continuity and Change: Students demonstrate an understanding of the people, events, problems, ideas, and cultures that were significant in the history of our community, state, nation, and world.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students identify people, events, problems, conflicts, and ideas and explain their historical significance.

Grades 5 - 8 Career/Vocational

Standard 3 - Information: Students acquire and use workplace information.

Standard 6 - Careers: Students develop skills in career planning and workplace.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students explore careers.

Benchmark 3 (Grade 8): Students describe employability skills.

Module VI

From Forest to Farm to Urban Forest

Grades 5 - 8 Social Studies

Standard 4 - Time, Continuity and Change: Students demonstrate an understanding of the people, events, problems, ideas, and cultures that were significant in the history of our community, state, nation, and world.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students identify people, events, problems, conflicts, and ideas and explain their historical significance.

Standard 5 - People, Places, and Environments: Students demonstrate an understanding of interrelationships among people, places, and environments.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students use charts, maps, and graphs to answer questions dealing with people, places, events, or environments.

Benchmark 2 (Grade 8): Students apply the themes of geography to topics being studied.

Module VII

Trees in Your Own Back Yard

Grades 5 - 8 Social Studies

Content Standard 1 - Citizenship/Government/Democracy: Students demonstrate how structures of power, authority, and governance have developed historically and continue to evolve.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students identify the rights, duties, and responsibilities of a U.S. citizen.

Benchmark 3 (Grade 8): Students recognize the basic principles of the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, and other amendments and are able to identify those principles in real-life scenarios.

Standard 4 - Time, Continuity and Change: Students demonstrate an understanding of the people, events, problems, ideas, and cultures that were significant in the history of our community, state, nation, and world.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students identify people, events, problems, conflicts, and ideas and explain their historical significance.

Benchmark 3 (Grade 8): Students analyze the impact of historical events and people on present conditions, situations, or circumstances.

Standard 5 - People, Places, and Environments: Students demonstrate an understanding of interrelationships among people, places, and environments.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students use charts, maps, and graphs to answer questions dealing with people, places, events, or environments.

Benchmark 2 (Grade 8): Students apply the themes of geography to topics being studied.

Module VIII

Living in a Global Forest

Grades 5 - 8 Social Studies

Standard 3 - Economics: Students demonstrate an understanding of economic principles and concepts and describe the influence of economic factors on societies.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students communicate how economic considerations influence personal, local, state, national, and international decision-making.

Benchmark 3 (Grade 8): Students recognize basic concepts of economic systems.

Standard 4 - Time, Continuity and Change: Students demonstrate an understanding of the people, events, problems, ideas, and cultures that were significant in the history of our community, state, nation, and world.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students identify people, events, problems, conflicts, and ideas and explain their historical significance.

Benchmark 3 (Grade 8): Students analyze the impact of historical events and people on present conditions, situations, or circumstances.

Standard 5 - People, Places, and Environments: Students demonstrate an understanding of interrelationships among people, places, and environments.

Module IX

Wildfires: Fight, Flight, or Coexistence?

Grades 5 - 8 Social Studies

Standard 4 - Time, Continuity and Change: Students demonstrate an understanding of the people, events, problems, ideas, and cultures that were significant in the history of our community, state, nation, and world.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students identify people, events, problems, conflicts, and ideas and explain their historical significance.

Benchmark 3 (Grade 8): Students analyze the impact of historical events and people on present conditions, situations, or circumstances.

Standard 5 - People, Places, and Environments: Students demonstrate an understanding of interrelationships among people, places, and environments.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students use charts, maps, and graphs to answer questions dealing with people, places, events, or environments.

Grades 5 - 8 Career/Vocational

Standard 2 - Interpersonal Skills: Students acquire and demonstrate interpersonal skills necessary to be successful in the workplace.

Benchmark 3 (Grade 8): Students participate as a member of a team to accomplish group goals.

Module X

The Significance of Private Forests in the U.S.

Grades 5 - 8 Social Studies

Standard 4 - Time, Continuity and Change: Students demonstrate an understanding of the people, events, problems, ideas, and cultures that were significant in the history of our community, state, nation, and world.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students identify people, events, problems, conflicts, and ideas and explain their historical significance.

Benchmark 2 (Grade 8): Students discuss current events to better understand the world in which they live.

Benchmark 3 (Grade 8): Students analyze the impact of historical events and people on present conditions, situations, or circumstances.

Standard 5 - People, Places, and Environments: Students demonstrate an understanding of interrelationships among people, places, and environments.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students use charts, maps, and graphs to answer questions dealing with people, places, events, or environments.

Benchmark 2 (Grade 8): Students apply the themes of geography to topics being studied.

Module XI

Forest Research: Who, What, Where & Why?

Grades 5 - 8 Social Studies

Standard 4 - Time, Continuity and Change: Students demonstrate an understanding of the people, events, problems, ideas, and cultures that were significant in the history of our community, state, nation, and world.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students identify people, events, problems, conflicts, and ideas and explain their historical significance.

Benchmark 3 (Grade 8): Students analyze the impact of historical events and people on present conditions, situations, or circumstances.

Grades 5 - 8 Career/Vocational

Standard 6 - Careers: Students develop skills in career planning and workplace.

Benchmark 1 (Grade 8): Students explore careers.

Benchmark 3 (Grade 8): Students describe employability skills.