Learning
Standards
p.6
KidsConnect Objectives RH RI W WHST
During a guided tour of Pleasant Home, summarize
main ideas and derive historical questions that allow
for avenues of exploration.
W.6.7 WHST.6-8.7
Identify and compare primary vs. secondary
sources. Contrast various primary sources. Contrast
various secondary sources.
RH.6-8.9
Analyze a variety of Pleasant Home's pre-selected
sources, determine their main ideas and concepts,
and identify their relationship to other sources and
topics.
RH.6-8.2
RH.6-8.3
RH.6-8.5
RH.6-8.6
RH.6-8.8
RI.6.2
RI.6.3
RI.6.5
RI.6.6
RI.6.8
RI.6.9
Integrate information from tour and from sources to
compose a sample thesis statement about a Pleasant
Home topic. Choose and describe one primary
source on display to support your argument.
RH.6-8.1 RI.6.1
RI.6.7
W.6.1
W.6.1.A
W.6.1.B
W.6.1.C
W.6.1.D
W.6.2
W.6.2.A
W.6.2.B
W.6.2.C
W.6.4
W.6.7
W.6.8
W.6.9
WHST.6-8.1.A
WHST.6-8.1.B
WHST.6-8.1.C
WHST.6-8.2
WHST.6-8.2.B
WHST.6-8.5
WHST.6-8.7
WHST.6-8.8
WHST.6-8.9
Understand how culture is expressed through lan-
guages, literature, the arts, and traditions through
learning about Pleasant Home's colorful past.
*Illinois Learning Standards, Social Science Goal 18: Under-
stand social systems, with an emphasis on the United States.
Performance Descriptor: Describe how a culture is reflected in
its art, music, and/or architecture and institutions.
*more standards are applicable
Common Core Standards and Pleasant Home KidsConnect
Standard Code: RH = Reading History/Social Studies; RI = Reading Informational Text; W = Writing; WHST = Writing History/Social Studies
