All of
our programs have been reviewed to ensure their relevance to state and national
standards. (See School Program descriptions.) Below
are the ties to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks standards. History and Social Science
Grade 5 Learning
Standards: Growth of the United States to 1820: Identify the diverging economic
issues that contributed to the onset of the Civil War. Grades 8-12 Concepts
and Skills: Show connections, causal and otherwise, between particular historical
events and ideas and larger social, economic, and political trends and developments.
(History, Economics) Interpret the past within its own historical context rather
than in terms of present day norms and values. (History, Economics)
Distinguish
intended from unintended consequences. (History, Economics) Describe the role
of buyers and sellers in determining the equilibrium price, and use supply and
demand to explain and predict changes in quantity and price. (Economics) Describe
how the earnings of workers are affected by the market value of the product produced
and worker skills. (Economics) Learning Standards USI 26: Explain the importance
of the Transportation Revolution of the 19th century (the building of canals,
railroads), including the stimulus it provided to the growth of a market economy.
USI 27: Explain the emergence and impact of the textile industry in New
England and industrial growth generally throughout antebellum American.
a.
the technological improvements and inventions that contributed to industrial growth
b. the causes and impact of the wave of immigration from Northern Europe to
America in the 1840s and 1850s
c. the rise of a business class of merchants
and manufacturers
d. the roles of women in New England textile factories USII.1
Explain the various causes of the Industrial Revolution:
e. Important technological
and scientific advances
f. The role of business leaders, entrepreneurs, and
inventors USII.2 Explain the important consequences of the Industrial Revolution
g. the growth of big business
h. the environmental impact of the Industrial
Revolution
i. the expansion of cities Science and Technology/Engineering
Grades 3-5 Physical Sciences (Chemistry and Physics) Learning Standard
4: Identify the basic forms of energy. Recognize that energy is the ability to
cause motion or create change. 5: Give examples of how energy can be transferred
from one form to another.
Grades 6-8 Life Science (Biology) Learning Standard
17: Changes in Ecosystems Over Time: Identify ways in which ecosystems have changed
throughout geologic time in response to physical conditions, interactions among
organisms, and actions of humans. Describe how changes may be catastrophes such
as volcanic eruptions or ice storms. Grades 6-8 Physical Sciences (Chemistry
and Physics) Learning Standard 11: Motion of Objects: Explain and give examples
of how the motion of an object can be described by its position, direction of
motion, and speed. Grades 9 or 10 Biology Learning Standard 6.4: Analyze
changes in an ecosystem resulting from natural causes, changes in climate, human
activity, or introduction of non-native species. | 