Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks
Washington Essential Learning Requirements
English–Writing

• Apply writing conventions; know and apply correct spelling, grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, and capitalization
• Write for different purposes, such as telling stories, presenting analytical responses to literature, persuading, conveying technical information, completing a team project, and explaining concepts and procedures
• Write in a variety of forms, including narratives, journals, poems, essays, stories, research reports, and technical writing
• Understand and use the steps of the writing process

 Social Studies–Geography and Economics

• Use and construct maps, charts, and other resources to gather and interpret geographic information
• Identify the characteristics that define the Pacific Northwest and the Pacific Rim as regions
• Recognize that both buyers and sellers participate in voluntary trade because both expect to gain from the exchange 

Mathematics

• Understand and apply concepts and procedures from probability and statistics—probability, statistics, and prediction and inference
• Gather information—read, listen, and observe to access and extract mathematical information
• Organize and interpret information
• Represent and share information—express and explain mathematical ideas using language and notation in ways appropriate for audience and purposes
• Understand representations of data from tables, charts, and bar graphs

Student Objectives
Part One: Get to Know Our Region
Students will be able to:

• Use maps to locate six major cities within their local region
• Compare and contrast the history, geography, commerce, and features of each local city

Part Two: Trade and Economics
Students will be able to:

• Synthesize information from various resources to teach others about the concept of trade
• Explain the importance of trade in everyday life and to communities
• Analyze the connections between countries receiving imports and sending exports as well as where those countries are in relation to one another
• Use the Internet as a tool to understand global trade
• Use spreadsheets to collect and organize data

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