The following standards have been taken from the Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McRel) standards.

Students will understand:

• Understand the historical perspective


• Analyze the influence specific ideas and beliefs had on a period of history


• Know different types of primary and secondary sources and the motives, interests, and bias expressed in them (e.g., eyewitness accounts, letters, diaries, artifacts, photos; magazine articles, newspaper accounts, hearsay)


• Know how to evaluate the credibility and authenticity of historical sources


• Evaluate the validity and credibility of different historical interpretations