Correlations to Washington’s Course of Study
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.
