Wisconsin Learning Standards A visit to the Galena History Museum would help to fulfill the following State Learning Standards: Grade four: English Language Arts A.4.1 Use effective reading strategies to achieve their purposes in reading. ·        Use a variety of strategies  and word recognition skills, including rereading, finding context clues, applying their knowledge of letter-sound relationships, and analyzing word structures ·        Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words in the context of a passage by examining known words, phrases and structures. ·        Discern how written texts and accompanying illustrations connect to convey meaning. ·        Identify and use organizational features of texts, such as headings, paragraphs, and format, to improve understanding. ·        Identify a purpose for reading, such as gaining information, learning about a viewpoint, and appreciating literature. A.4.4 Read to acquire information ·        Identify a topic of interest then seek information by investigating available text resources.   Social Studies, Geography A.4.2 Locate on map or globe physical features such as continents, oceans, mountain ranges, and land forms, natural features such as resources, flora, and fauna; and human features such as cities, states, and national borders. A.4.4 Describe and give examples of ways in which people interact with the physical environment, including use of land, location of communities, methods of construction, and design of shelters. A.4.6 Identify and distinguish between predictable environmental changes, such as weather patterns and seasons, and unpredictable changes, such as floods and droughts, and describe the social and economic effects of these changes. A.4.8  Identify major changes in the local community that have been caused by human beings, such as a construction project, a new highway, a building torn down, or a fire; discuss reasons for these changes; and explain their probable effects on the community and the environment.   Social Studies, History B.4.1  Identify and examine various sources of information that are used for constructing an understanding of the past, such as artifacts, documents, letters, diaries, maps, textbooks, photos, paintings, architecture, oral presentations, graphs, and charts. B.4.8 Compare past and present technologies related to energy, transportation, and communications and describe the effects of technological change, either beneficial or harmful, on people and the environment. B.4.9 Describe examples of cooperation and interdependence among individuals, groups, and nations.   Grade 8 English Language Arts  A.8.3 Read and discuss literary and nonliterary texts in order to understand human experience. A.8.4 Read to acquire information. ·        Interpret and use technical resources such as charts, tables, travel schedules, timelines, and manuals. ·        Distinguish between the facts found in documents, narratives, charts, maps, tables and other sources and the generalizations and interpretations that are drawn from them.   Social Studies, Geography A.8.6 Describe and distinguish between the environmental effects on the earth of short-term physical changes, such as those caused by floods, droughts, and snowstorms, and long-term physical changes, such as those caused by plate tectonics, erosion, and glaciation. A.8.7 Describe the movement of people, ideas, diseases, and products throughout the world.   Social Studies, History B.8.2 Employ cause-and-effect arguments to demonstrate how significant events have influenced the past and the present in United States and world history. B.8.3 Describe the relationships between and among significant events, such as the causes and consequences of wars in United States and world history. B.8.7 Identify significant events and people in the major eras of United States and world history. B.8.8 Identify major scientific discoveries and technological innovations and describe their social and economic effects on society.   Social Studies, Economics D.8.2 Identify and explain basic economic concepts: supply, demand, production, exchange, and consumption; labor, wages, and capital; inflation and deflation; market economy and command economy; public and private goods and services. D.8.7 Identify the location of concentrations of selected natural resources and describe how their acquisition and distribution generates trade and shapes economic patterns.   Grade 12 English Language Arts A.12.3 Read and discuss literary and nonliterary texts in order to understand human experience. ·        Identify philosophical assumptions and basic beliefs underlying selected texts. A.12.4 Students will read to acquire information. ·        Apply tests of logic and reasoning to informational and persuasive texts. ·        Analyze and synthesize the concepts and details encountered in informational texts such as reports, technical manuals, historical papers, and government documents.   Social Studies, Geography A.12.4 Analyze the short-term and long-term effects that major changes in population in various parts of the world have had or might have on the environment. A.12.9 Identify and analyze cultural factors, such as human needs, values, ideals, and public policies that influence the design of places, such as an urban center, an industrial park, a public project, or a planned neighborhood.   Social Studies, History B.12.1 Explain different points of view on the same historical event, using data gathered from various sources, such as letters, journals, diaries, newspapers, government documents, and speeches. B.12.2 Analyze primary and secondary sources related to a historical question to evaluate their relevance, make comparisons, integrate new information with prior knowledge, and come to a reasoned conclusion. B.12.3 Recall, select, and analyze significant historical periods and the relationships among them. B.12.4 Assess the validity of different interpretations of significant historical events. B.12.6 Select and analyze various documents that have influenced the legal, political, and constitutional heritage of the United States. B.12.7 Identify major works of art and literature produced in the United States and elsewhere in the world and explain how they reflect the era in which they were created. B. 12.9 Select significant changes caused by technology, industrialization, urbanization, and population growth, and analyze the effects of these changes in the United States and the world.
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