Fulfills the standards: Time, Continuity, and Change, Individual Development and Identity, Individuals, Groups, and Institutions, Power, Authority, and Governance, and Production, Distribution, and Consumption, from the National Council for the Social Studies Curriculum Standards for Middle School.
Fulfills the standards: Chronological Thinking, Historical Comprehension, Historical Analysis and Interpretation, Historical Research Capabilities, and Historical Issues Analysis and Decision Making from the National History education Standards for Grades 5-12.
Fulfills the standards, Read texts to build an understanding of texts, themselves, and the culture of the U.S. and Read from many periods to build an understanding of human experience from the National English Education Standards for Middle School.