The following standards have been taken from the Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McRel) standards.

United States History Standards

Understands the historical perspective

Standard 2

• # 6 Knows different types of primary and secondary sources and the motives, interests, and bias expressed in them (e.g., eyewitness accounts, letters, diaries, artifacts, photos; magazine articles, newspaper accounts, hearsay)

Language Arts Standards
Writing

Standard 4

Gathers and uses information for research purposes

• #6 Uses systematic strategies (e.g., anecdotal scripting, annotated bibliographies, graphics, conceptual maps, learning logs, notes, outlines) to organize and record information