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Washington State: Classroom Based Assessment(CBA)

Links to Primary Documents at the National Archives and Records Administration

5th Grade

What's the Big Idea? (History)

Primary source documents from "Our Documents, 100 Milestone Source Documents from the National Archives and Records Administration," relating to this Classroom Based Assessment [CBA]:

Important notes for using this section:

• Following each sub-topic is a list representing specific documents that are believed to best illustrate a topic. Each document is linked to an interactive digital copy of the record itself, complete with description, background information and teaching suggestions, from the "Our Documents" web site www.ourdocuments.gov. The transcribed copy is for your convenience and for students having difficulty reading handwriting. All pages can be easily downloaded and/or printed. Just click on the document title and it will take you to the specific "Our Documents" page.

Sample Topics and Associated Primary Sources:

Ideas

Democracy

• Lee Resolution (1776)
  
  
• President Franklin Roosevelt's Annual Message (Four Freedoms) to Congress (1941)
  
  

Exploration & Scientific Discovery

• Jefferson's Secret Message to Congress Regarding the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1803)
  
  
• Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803)
  
  

Land for New Citizens

• President Andrew Jackson's Message to Congress 'On Indian Removal' (1830)
  
  
• Homestead Act (1862)
  
  
• Dawes Act (1887)
  
  
• Check for the Purchase of Alaska (1868)
  
  
• Morrill Act (1862)
  
  

Transportation

• Pacific Railway Act (1862)
  
  

Conservation of Resources

• Act Establishing Yellowstone National Park (1872)
  
  

Income Tax

• 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Federal Income Tax (1913)
  
  

Ways to Avoid War

• President Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points (1918)
  
  

Overcoming Poverty

• Tennessee Valley Authority Act (1933)
  
  
• National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)
  
  
• National Labor Relations Act (1935)
  
  
• Social Security Act (1935)
  
  
• President Franklin Roosevelt's Radio Address unveiling the second half of the New Deal (1936)
  
  

Rights of Citizens

• Executive Order 9066: Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese (1942)
  
  
• Brown v Board of Education (1954)
  
  

Helping Others

• Executive Order 10924: Establishment of the Peace Corps. (1961)
  
  

Safety

• Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963)
  
  

Technology

• Patent for Cotton Gin (1794)
  
  
• Thomas Edison's Patent Application for the Light Bulb (1880)
  
  
• Boulder Canyon Project Act (1928)
  
  
• Manhattan Project Notebook (1945) (Atomic Bomb)
  
  
• National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (1956)
  
  
• Transcript of John Glenn's Official Communication with the Command Center (1962)
  
  
• Aerial Photograph of Missiles in Cuba (1962)
  
  

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Associated Washington State Standards {EALR}

• History 2.1.1 - Explain how an idea has affected the way people live.
• Social Studies Skills 3.1.2d - Investigate cause and effect relationships and their impact on people, environments, and economic systems.
• History 2.2.1 - Describe instances in which new technology has led to changes in values, beliefs, and attitudes.
• Social Studies Skills 1.1.1d - Locate particular facts in Social Studies documents. Identify the main idea.

Scoring
EALR	Scoring (*for additional levels, see OSPI Scoring Rubric)
History 2.1.1 Social Studies Skills 3.1.2d	*at highest level... Clearly and accurately explains at least three effects of the idea or technology on people's actions with specific details to support each explanation.
History 2.2.1	*at highest level... Clearly and accurately describes how the technology or idea led to two changes in the values and/or beliefs of the people.
Social Studies Skills 1.1.1d	*at highest level... List of resources thoroughly examines six or more sources.

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