Vertical Articulation for in the History Standard
Overview:
History Benchmark A, viewed along with relevant grade-level-indicators, illustrates the
manner in which skills and knowledge scaffold to guide students to the skills and
knowledge required by the benchmark.
Procedures:
1. Review the benchmarks and grade-level-indicators for History A at grade bands
3-5 and 6-8.
2. Consider/Discuss the following:

What are the skills and content (knowledge) for both the grade-levelindicators and the benchmark in both grade bands?

How do the skills and content identified in each of the grade-levelindicators help the student reach the benchmark?

If we remove one of the indicators, how would student progress toward
the benchmark be affected?
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Are there any relationships between the grade-level-indicators in grade
band 3-5 and those in 6-8?

Why is it important for teachers at each grade level within a grade band to
communicate with one another?
Ohio Department of Education
OAT Toolkit for Social Studies 2007
Vertical Articulation for in the History Standard
Grades 3-5
History
Students use materials drawn from the diversity of human experience to analyze and interpret
significant events, patterns and themes in the history of Ohio, the United States and the world.
Benchmark A: Construct time lines to demonstrate an understanding of units of time
and chronological order.
Grade Three
Chronology
1.
2.
Define and measure time by years, decades and centuries.
Place local historical events in sequential order on a time line.
1.
Construct time lines with evenly spaced intervals for years, decades and
centuries to show the order of significant events in Ohio history.
1.
Create time lines and identify possible relationships between events.
Grade Four
Chronology
Grade Five
Chronology
Grades 6-8
Benchmark A: Interpret relationships between events shown on multiple-tier time
lines.
Grade Six
Chronology
1.
2.
Construct a multiple-tier time line from a list of events and interpret the
relationships between the events.
Arrange dates in order on a time line using the conventions of B.C. and
A.D. or B.C.E. and C.E.
Grade Seven
Chronology
1.
Group events by broadly defined historical eras and enter onto multipletier time lines.
1.
Select events and construct a multiple-tier time line to show relationships
among events.
Grade Eight
Chronology
Ohio Department of Education
OAT Toolkit for Social Studies 2007