Content Standard: History
C. Historical Inquiry, Analysis, and Interpretation
Students will learn to evaluate resource material such as documents, artifacts, maps, artworks, and literature, and to make judgments about the perspectives of the authors and their credibility when interpreting current historical events.
Common Assessment(s):

Performance Indicators Students will be able to:	Essential Elements (Specific grade level learning objectives)			Suggested Performance Activities	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary
1. Identify changes currently occurring in their daily lives and compare these to changes in daily life during a specific historic era.	Students will investigate changes over the years in Maine: settlement jobs care of the environment transportation communication etc.			While reading an historical novel about Maine (Sign of the Beaver, On the Way North), students will discuss or chart changes occurring (settlement, forced migration of groups- animals and humans, etc.) and compare them to changes taking place today. (different patterns of settlement, attempts to protect animals and respect and repay Native Americans, etc.)	Students will select one category (settlement, etc.) already discussed in the activity and draw then and now pictures which illustrate the changes occurring. They will write a paragraph explaining the similarities and differences illustrated.	settlement migration conflict occupations community services