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[|Oregon State Standards] SS.08.HS.01 Represent and interpret data and chronological relationships from history, using timelines and narratives. SS.08.HS.01.01 //Identify and create chronologies of events//. SS.08.HS.01.02 //Compare and contrast historical interpretations//.
 * Content Standard**: Understand, represent, and interpret chronological relationships in history.
 * Benchmark 2 (Grade 5)**:

[|National Standard] We are focusing on content specified for the 5th grade level, concentrating on how timelines are constructed, helping students understand how to interpret information from a timeline.

__**Lesson Plans**__ //These links will lead both teachers and students to lesson plans that are focused on content specified for the 5th grade level, concentrating on how timelines are constructed, helping students understand how to interpret information from a timeline.//

A Review of American History by Danielle Curran The History of Earth Day by Michelle Harwood African American History by Darryl Humphrey Benjamin Franklin by Erin Barry

__Resource Links__
//These links will lead students to interactive websites that will aid in students' ability to understand, represent, and interpret chronological relationships in history.//

[|Scholastic News] This activity allows students to 'interview' Benjamin Franklin! Students can choose from a list of questions to ask Ben and learn more about his contributions to civilization and how those contributions continue to be apart of our everyday life.

[|BF300 Timeline] This website is an interactive time line of Ben Franklin's life. Students can learn more about specific themes of Ben's life, or can explore a virtual and discover all of his many achievements. The site includes games, quotes, and articles all about Ben!

[|Interactive American History Timeline] Through this website, students can drag to certain years along the timeline and then scroll over the marks on the map to learn about the event. It also shows the population of the U.S. at the certain points in time which can help students understand how the U.S. has continued to grow.

[|Animated Atlas] This animated atlas provides students with a map that they can see when different events happened in America, including the growth of the United States.

[|Environmental Milestones] This interactive site provides students with a timeline that exemplifies some of the more important environmental changes that have occurred over the past forty years.

[|How Much Do You Consume?] This interactive site gives students the ability to see how much of a product they will use throughout their lifetime. Not only can the student calculate their own human footprint, but the site offers individual responses to questions that the student answers and a video link that shows the physical amount of what the average American consumes in their lifetime of said product.

[| Find the Face] This is a great interactive website that provides a game for African American history. This game allows kids to match African American heroes with the events that made them famous.

[|Timeline of African American History] This website is a very good research site in finding a timeline of events in African American history. This timeline of events are important for the events of today. They are focused on founding events of the 1881-1900-time period.