All of our programs have been reviewed to ensure their relevance to state and national standards. (See Education Program descriptions.)
History and Social Science Learning Standards:
USI 26: Explain the importance of the Transportation Revolution of the 19th century (the building of canals, railroads), including the stimulus it provided to the growth of a market economy.
USI 27: Explain the emergence and impact of the textile industry in New England and industrial growth generally throughout antebellum American.
USI 28: Describe the rapid growth of slavery in the South after 1800, the impact of the cotton gin on the economics of slavery and Southern agriculture.
USII 1 Explain the various causes of the Industrial Revolution
USII 2 Explain the important consequences of the Industrial Revolution
English/Language Arts Learning Standards
3.14 Give formal and informal talks to various audiences and for various purposes using appropriate level of formality and rhetorical debate.
8.31 Analyze the logic and use of evidence in an author's argument.
9.6 Relate a literary work to primary source documents of its literary period or historical setting.
19.30 Write coherent compositions with a clear focus, objective presentation of alternate views, rich detail, well-developed paragraphs, and logical argumentation.
