articulating an understanding of the meaning, implications, and impact of historical events on their lives today (e.g., closing of the Navy in Rhode Island at Quonset Point; volunteer army; ratification of RI Constitution; whaling industry, access to the shore, declining birth rates)
Historical Perspectives/Rhode Island History
The study of history helps us understand the present and shape the future.
Students make personal connections in an historical context (e.g., source-to-source, source-to-self, source-to-world) by