16.A.2a Read historical stories and determine events which influenced their writing.
16.A.2c Ask questions and seek answers by collecting and analyzing data from historic documents, images and other literary and non-literary sources.
16.E.2a Identify environmental factors that drew settlers to the state and region.
16.E.3b Describe how the largely rural population of the United States adapted, used, and changed the environment after 1818.
17.A.2b Use maps and other geographic representations and instruments to gather information about people, places and environments.
17.B.2a Describe how physical and human processes shape spatial patterns including erosion, agriculture, and settlement.
17.C.2a Describe how natural events in the physical environment affect human activities.
17.C.2c Explain how human activity affects the environment.
17.C.3c Analyze how human processes influence settlement patterns including migration and population growth.
18.A.2 Explain ways in which language, stories, folk tales, music, media and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture.
18.B.2a Describe interactions of individuals, groups, and institutions in situations drawn from the local community (e.g., local response to state and national reforms).
18.A.3 Explain how language, literature, the arts, architecture and traditions contribute to the development and transmission of culture.
18.B.3a Analyze how individuals and groups interact with and within institutions (e.g. educational, military).
18.C.3b Explain how diverse groups have contributed to U.S. social systems over time.