Is 240 a good study guide for the NES History (302)?

Yes. The 240 study guide is built around the official exam framework and this page shows detailed alignment domain by domain and competency by competency.

NES History (302) Study Guide Alignment

Q: How closely does 240 align to the NES History (302) exam?

This guide is 93% test-aligned based on a competency-by-competency review of the official framework and the study resources included in the guide.

Q: Does 240 cover every competency?

Coverage is shown transparently across covered, partially covered, and identified gaps: 112 covered, 17 partially covered, and 1 gaps across 130 competencies.

Q: What does "partially covered" mean?

Partially covered means the guide addresses the core parts of a competency, but some depth or subtopics may still be limited.

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HISTORIOGRAPHY (DOMAIN I) Partially covered

SMR I.0001 Understand historical concepts, terms, sources, and perspectives.

70 Qs8 Materials32 Cards2 VideosPartially covered

Official Competency	Matching 240 Topics	Alignment	Qs	Mats	Cards	Vids	Notes
A. Demonstrate knowledge of basic historical terms and concepts such as nation-state, theocracy, dynastic cycle, collectivization, globalization, modernization, chronology, and periodization.	Historical Concepts and Vocabulary; World History Overview - Advanced	Covered	7	2	22	0	Covered by 2 topics (7 questions, 2 materials, 22 cards, 0 videos).
B. Apply knowledge of basic reference sources used in historical research, including information technology, bibliographies, periodical guides, encyclopedias, and biographical dictionaries.	Skill - Sources for Data	Partially covered	0	1	4	0	Partial coverage by 1 topic (0 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content.
C. Distinguish between primary and secondary sources of historical information.	Skill - Primary and Secondary Sources	Covered	22	1	4	1	Covered by 1 topic (22 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 1 videos).
D. Evaluate the uses and limitations of various historical source materials, including oral histories, newspapers, diaries, artifacts, probate data, tax lists, personal correspondence, census data, videos, audio recordings, and materials accessed through information technologies.	Skill - Sources for Data	Partially covered	0	1	4	0	Partial coverage by 1 topic (0 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content.
E. Analyze important historical interpretations and how historical interpretations change over time.	Skill - Analyze Historical Text	Covered	12	1	0	0	Covered by 1 topic (12 questions, 1 materials, 0 cards, 0 videos).
F. Analyze the purpose and perspective of diverse sources of historical information, including potential bias and the assumptions on which historical arguments are based.	Skill - Sources for Data; Bias and Difference in Historical Interpretation; Skill - Analyzing Political Cartoons; Skill - Analysis of Graphics; Skill - Analyze Historical Text	Covered	41	5	6	1	Covered by 5 topics (41 questions, 5 materials, 6 cards, 1 videos).

SMR I.0002 Understand historical research skills.

98 Qs5 Materials13 Cards3 VideosCovered

Official Competency	Matching 240 Topics	Alignment	Qs	Mats	Cards	Vids	Notes
A. Analyze cause-and-effect relationships between historical events and developments.	Themes - Cause and Effect in History; Teaching - Research Skills	Covered	43	2	9	1	Covered by 2 topics (43 questions, 2 materials, 9 cards, 1 videos).
B. Recognize central theses, main ideas, and supporting evidence in various sources of historical information.	Skill - Analyze Historical Text	Covered	12	1	0	0	Covered by 1 topic (12 questions, 1 materials, 0 cards, 0 videos).
C. Distinguish between fact and opinion in historical narratives and interpretations.	ELA.Skill - Fact vs Opinion	Covered	20	1	3	1	Covered by 1 topic (20 questions, 1 materials, 3 cards, 1 videos).
D. Draw inferences and conclusions from historical texts and interpretations.	Skill - Analyze Historical Text	Covered	12	1	0	0	Covered by 1 topic (12 questions, 1 materials, 0 cards, 0 videos).
E. Interpret historical issues represented in graphic formats, including charts, diagrams, maps, political cartoons, and graphs.	Skill - Analysis of Graphics	Covered	23	1	1	1	Covered by 1 topic (23 questions, 1 materials, 1 cards, 1 videos).

WORLD HISTORY TO 1450 (DOMAIN II) Partially covered

SMR II.0003 Understand the development of early civilizations to 500 BCE.

109 Qs10 Materials45 Cards2 VideosCovered

Official Competency	Matching 240 Topics	Alignment	Qs	Mats	Cards	Vids	Notes
A. Examine the Neolithic Revolution and the birth of human civilization, including the growth of agriculture, the domestication of animals, social differentiation, economic specialization, political organization, and the emergence of towns.	Human Evolution	Covered	10	1	5	0	Covered by 1 topic (10 questions, 1 materials, 5 cards, 0 videos).
B. Analyze major geographic, social, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of early civilizations in Mesopotamia and the Near East, including Sumer, Babylonia, the Assyrian Empire, Hittite civilization, the Hebrew kingdoms, and Phoenicia.	Mesopotamia; Ancient Hebrews	Covered	16	2	12	0	Covered by 2 topics (16 questions, 2 materials, 12 cards, 0 videos).
C. Analyze major geographic, social, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of early civilizations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, including the Egyptian, Minoan, and Mycenaean civilizations.	Ancient Egypt	Covered	14	1	6	1	Covered by 1 topic (14 questions, 1 materials, 6 cards, 1 videos).
D. Analyze major geographic, social, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of early civilizations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, including the Shang and Zhou dynasties of China, the Indus and Aryan cultures of India, the African kingdom of Kush, and the Olmec civilization of Mesoamerica.	Kingdom of Kush; Ancient India; Ancient China	Covered	32	3	18	1	Covered by 3 topics (32 questions, 3 materials, 18 cards, 1 videos).
E. Examine major population movements and commercial and cultural interactions within and between Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas from 4000 to 500 BCE.	Patterns of Trade - Silk Road and Crusades	Covered	15	1	4	0	Covered by 1 topic (15 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 0 videos).
F. Demonstrate knowledge of significant developments of the period, including bronze-making and iron-making technology, the invention of plows, the domestication of horses, the construction of ships, the use of written records, and the advent of monotheistic religion.	Trends in Early Civilizations	Covered	17	1	3	0	Covered by 1 topic (17 questions, 1 materials, 3 cards, 0 videos).
G. Recognize chronological relationships between major global events and developments of the period.	Trends in Early Civilizations; Ancient History Overview - Advanced	Covered	22	2	3	0	Covered by 2 topics (22 questions, 2 materials, 3 cards, 0 videos).

SMR II.0004 Understand the classical Mediterranean world and the development of world civilizations from 500 BCE to 500 CE.

90 Qs11 Materials58 Cards2 VideosCovered

Official Competency	Matching 240 Topics	Alignment	Qs	Mats	Cards	Vids	Notes
A. Examine the evolution, characteristics, and contributions of ancient Greek civilization.	Ancient Greece	Covered	12	1	16	1	Covered by 1 topic (12 questions, 1 materials, 16 cards, 1 videos).
B. Analyze major events, developments, characteristics, and contributions of ancient Roman society and the formation, expansion, and decline of the Roman Empire.	Ancient Rome; Decline of Western Roman Empire	Covered	32	2	9	1	Covered by 2 topics (32 questions, 2 materials, 9 cards, 1 videos).
C. Examine major geographic, social, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of Iranian, Indian, and Chinese civilizations, including the Persian Empire, the Mauryan and Gupta empires, the beliefs and practices of Brahmanism, the Qing unification of China, Han government and expansion, and the influence of Confucianism and Taoism in China.	Ancient Persia; Dynasties of China; Dynasties of India	Covered	15	3	12	0	Covered by 3 topics (15 questions, 3 materials, 12 cards, 0 videos).
D. Examine major geographic, social, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of civilizations in Africa and the Americas during the period, including the formation of Sudanic trading kingdoms, the Bantu migrations, and Mayan science, religion, and society.	Ancient Africa; Culture of the Pre-Columbian Americas	Covered	11	2	7	0	Covered by 2 topics (11 questions, 2 materials, 7 cards, 0 videos).
E. Demonstrate knowledge of the principal beliefs, sacred texts, and historical development of Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism.	Religions of the World - Abraham; Religions of the World	Covered	15	2	14	0	Covered by 2 topics (15 questions, 2 materials, 14 cards, 0 videos).
F. Recognize chronological relationships between global events and developments of the period.	Decline of Western Roman Empire; Classical History Overview	Covered	18	2	7	0	Covered by 2 topics (18 questions, 2 materials, 7 cards, 0 videos).

SMR II.0005 Understand major developments in world history from 500 to 1450.

116 Qs15 Materials44 Cards0 VideosPartially covered

Official Competency	Matching 240 Topics	Alignment	Qs	Mats	Cards	Notes
A. Examine major geographic, social, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of the Byzantine Empire, including Justinian's conquests and legal reforms; the role of the Orthodox Church in Byzantine society; the work of Byzantine artists, architects, and scholars; and the influence and decline of Byzantine civilization.	Fall of Constantinople; Byzantine Empire	Covered	14	2	10	Covered by 2 topics (14 questions, 2 materials, 10 cards, 0 videos).
B. Analyze major geographic, social, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of Islamic civilization, including the principal beliefs of Islam, the expansion of Islamic civilization, the growth of Muslim commerce, the work of Islamic scholars, and disunity and division within the Muslim caliphate.	Growth of Islam	Covered	13	1	6	Covered by 1 topic (13 questions, 1 materials, 6 cards, 0 videos).
C. Analyze major social, political, and economic developments in Europe during the period, including the emergence of feudalism, the role of the Catholic Church in medieval civilization, the contributions and experiences of the Jewish people, the creation of the Holy Roman Empire, the rise of Russian civilization, the Crusades, the Black Death, and the Hundred Years' War.	Rise of Feudalism; Christianity in Early Europe; Crusades; Black Death; Holy Roman Empire; Hundred Years' War	Covered	47	6	19	Covered by 6 topics (47 questions, 6 materials, 19 cards, 0 videos).
D. Examine major political, social, economic, and cultural developments in India, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia, including the Muslim-Hindu encounter in India, Tang government and culture, the Sung commercial revolution, Japanese feudalism and the rise of the samurai, and the Indianization of Southeast Asia.	Japan and Feudalism; India Pre Britain; China Pre Europeans	Covered	15	3	6	Covered by 3 topics (15 questions, 3 materials, 6 cards, 0 videos).
E. Demonstrate knowledge of major features of Mongol society and developments related to the Mongol invasions, including Mongol political structure and military tactics; the leadership of Genghis Khan; Mongol rule in China, Russia, Korea, and Southwest Asia; and the effect of the Mongol invasions on relations between Europe and Asia.	Mongols	Partially covered	5	1	2	Partial coverage by 1 topic (5 questions, 1 materials, 2 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content.
F. Examine the geographic, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of major civilizations in Africa and the Americas during the period, including the spread of Islam south of the Sahara; the rise and decline of the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai empires; the emergence of Swahili culture and commerce; Aztec religion and society; and Incan government and expansion.	Maya, Inca, Aztec	Covered	12	1	6	Covered by 1 topic (12 questions, 1 materials, 6 cards, 0 videos).
G. Recognize chronological relationships between major global events and developments of the period.	Christianity in Early Europe; World History Overview Middle Ages - Advanced	Covered	18	2	9	Covered by 2 topics (18 questions, 2 materials, 9 cards, 0 videos).

WORLD HISTORY 1450 TO THE PRESENT (DOMAIN III) Partially covered

SMR III.0006 Understand major developments in world history from 1450 to 1750.

61 Qs6 Materials30 Cards0 VideosPartially covered

Official Competency	Matching 240 Topics	Alignment	Qs	Mats	Cards	Notes
A. Examine the origins, major developments, significant individuals, and consequences of the European Renaissance.	Scientific Revolution and the Renaissance	Covered	13	1	11	Covered by 1 topic (13 questions, 1 materials, 11 cards, 0 videos).
B. Analyze the causes and consequences of the Protestant Reformation, including the role of leading reformers, the response of the Catholic Church, and the religious wars of the sixteenth century.	Reformation	Covered	8	1	7	Covered by 1 topic (8 questions, 1 materials, 7 cards, 0 videos).
C. Analyze European expansion between 1450 and 1750, including the factors that encouraged European exploration and conquest and the impact of European colonization on Europeans and the indigenous societies they encountered.	British Empire	Covered	10	1	2	Covered by 1 topic (10 questions, 1 materials, 2 cards, 0 videos).
D. Examine patterns of continuity and change among major civilizations of Asia and Africa between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, including the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires of Southwest Asia; the Ming and Qing dynasties of China; the Warring States and Tokugawa eras in Japan; Portuguese and Dutch penetration of southern Africa; and the growth and consequences of the transatlantic slave trade.	The Ottoman Empire	Partially covered	5	1	4	Partial coverage by 1 topic (5 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content.
E. Analyze major political developments in Europe, including the consolidation of nation-states, the growth of absolutism, and the emergence of parliamentary monarchy during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.	Enlightenment	Covered	15	1	9	Covered by 1 topic (15 questions, 1 materials, 9 cards, 0 videos).
F. Demonstrate knowledge of major figures of the Scientific Revolution, including Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Francis Bacon, and Isaac Newton, and the impact of their discoveries on the development of the modern world.	Scientific Revolution and the Renaissance	Covered	13	1	11	Covered by 1 topic (13 questions, 1 materials, 11 cards, 0 videos).
G. Analyze central ideas of major thinkers of the European Enlightenment and their influence on events and developments in Europe and the Americas.	Scientific Revolution and the Renaissance	Covered	13	1	11	Covered by 1 topic (13 questions, 1 materials, 11 cards, 0 videos).
H. Recognize chronological relationships between major global events and developments of the period.	Reformation; World History Overview 1450 - 1750 - Advanced	Covered	18	2	7	Covered by 2 topics (18 questions, 2 materials, 7 cards, 0 videos).

SMR III.0007 Understand major developments in world history from 1750 to 1900.

109 Qs13 Materials49 Cards0 VideosCovered

Official Competency	Matching 240 Topics	Alignment	Qs	Mats	Cards	Notes
A. Analyze the causes, major events, similarities, differences, and consequences of the American and French revolutions, including significant individuals and events in the wars for independence in Latin America.	French Revolution and Napoleon; Latin American Wars of Independence	Covered	15	2	9	Covered by 2 topics (15 questions, 2 materials, 9 cards, 0 videos).
B. Evaluate economic, social, and political factors related to the emergence and spread of industrialization in Europe, including the role of Great Britain in the industrializing process; the growth of urban centers; the environmental impact; the transformation of family and social relations; and major technological innovations, economic theories, political responses, and social reforms of the industrial era.	First Industrial Revolution	Covered	23	1	8	Covered by 1 topic (23 questions, 1 materials, 8 cards, 0 videos).
C. Examine major political developments, reform movements, and military conflicts in Europe during the nineteenth century, including the Napoleonic wars, the Congress of Vienna, the growth of liberalism, the Chartist movement in Great Britain, the revolutions of 1848, the Crimean War, the rise of nationalism, and Italian and German unification.	Nineteenth Century Europe	Covered	9	1	11	Covered by 1 topic (9 questions, 1 materials, 11 cards, 0 videos).
D. Analyze major causes, events, developments, and consequences of European imperialism, including motives and justifications for the pursuit of colonial empires; the structure of colonial societies; rivalries and conflicts between colonial powers; and interactions between imperialist powers and the peoples of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.	French Imperialism	Covered	10	1	3	Covered by 1 topic (10 questions, 1 materials, 3 cards, 0 videos).
E. Examine major political developments and military conflicts in East Asia during the period, including the Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, the failure of reform in China, the Boxer Rebellion, the Meiji Restoration, and the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895.	Japanese Imperialism; China and European Attempted Colonization	Covered	17	2	12	Covered by 2 topics (17 questions, 2 materials, 12 cards, 0 videos).
F. Demonstrate knowledge of major literary, artistic, intellectual, and scientific developments of the period in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.	ELA.British Literature; ELA.African Literature; Art in Culture; Middle Eastern Influence on World Culture and Technology; African Influence on World Culture and Technology	Covered	30	5	10	Covered by 5 topics (30 questions, 5 materials, 10 cards, 0 videos).
G. Recognize chronological relationships between major global events and developments of the period.	Japanese Imperialism; World History Overview 1750 - 1945 - Advanced	Covered	12	2	8	Covered by 2 topics (12 questions, 2 materials, 8 cards, 0 videos).

SMR III.0008 Understand major developments in world history from 1900 to 1945.

78 Qs10 Materials44 Cards2 VideosPartially covered

Official Competency	Matching 240 Topics	Alignment	Qs	Mats	Cards	Vids	Notes
A. Analyze the origins, major events, and consequences of World War I, including the prewar alliance system, nationalist tensions in the Balkans, strategies and tactics of the principal combatants, major battles of the war, the Treaty of Versailles, and the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires.	World War I V1	Covered	21	1	11	1	Covered by 1 topic (21 questions, 1 materials, 11 cards, 1 videos).
B. Analyze major social and economic developments in Europe during the period, including changing patterns of leisure and consumption, the introduction of radio and film, post–World War I debt and reparations problems, German inflation, and the Great Depression of the 1930s.	The Worldwide Depression	Partially covered	4	1	1	0	Partial coverage by 1 topic (4 questions, 1 materials, 1 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content.
C. Examine events and developments related to major revolutionary movements of the early twentieth century, including the Mexican Revolution, the Chinese Revolution of 1911, the Russian Revolution, the creation of the Irish Free State, the rise of nationalism in Africa and Southeast Asia, and Indian resistance to British rule.	Revolutions of the Early 20th Century	Covered	7	1	7	0	Covered by 1 topic (7 questions, 1 materials, 7 cards, 0 videos).
D. Assess the causes, major events, and consequences of the rise of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes in Russia, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan.	Rise of Communism and Fascism; Rise of Japan and Germany Post World War II	Covered	20	2	2	0	Covered by 2 topics (20 questions, 2 materials, 2 cards, 0 videos).
E. Analyze the origins, major events, and consequences of World War II, including Nazi and Japanese aggression, the Munich Conference, the Nazi-Soviet pact, major battles of the war, the Holocaust, the use of the atomic bomb, and the formation of the United Nations.	World War II V1	Covered	11	1	9	1	Covered by 1 topic (11 questions, 1 materials, 9 cards, 1 videos).
F. Demonstrate knowledge of major literary, artistic, intellectual, and scientific developments of the period in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.	ELA.British Literature; ELA.African Literature; Art in Culture	Covered	13	3	6	0	Covered by 3 topics (13 questions, 3 materials, 6 cards, 0 videos).
G. Demonstrate knowledge of major world political figures of the first half of the twentieth century, including David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, V. I. Lenin, Sun Yat-sen, Mohandas Gandhi, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Leon Trotsky, Josef Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, and Chiang Kai-shek.	Historical Figures in Early Twentieth Century World History (NES)	Partially covered	2	1	8	0	Partial coverage by 1 topic (2 questions, 1 materials, 8 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content.
H. Recognize chronological relationships between major global events and developments of the period.	World War II V1	Covered	11	1	9	1	Covered by 1 topic (11 questions, 1 materials, 9 cards, 1 videos).

SMR III.0009 Understand major developments in the modern world from 1945 to the present.

92 Qs17 Materials53 Cards2 VideosPartially covered

Official Competency	Matching 240 Topics	Alignment	Qs	Mats	Cards	Vids	Notes
A. Analyze the causes, major events, and consequences of the Cold War, including U.S.-Soviet differences concerning Eastern Europe, ideological confrontation, the Berlin Blockade, the creation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, the nuclear arms race, détente, and the collapse of the Soviet Union.	The Cold War; The Cold War - Collapse of Soviet Union; NATO	Covered	21	3	20	1	Covered by 3 topics (21 questions, 3 materials, 20 cards, 1 videos).
B. Analyze major events, developments, and issues related to the process of decolonization in postwar Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, including the economic and political challenges faced by new nations.	Decolonization in Africa and Asia; Post-World War II India	Covered	15	2	3	0	Covered by 2 topics (15 questions, 2 materials, 3 cards, 0 videos).
C. Analyze major political, social, economic, and cultural developments in Europe since World War II, including postwar reconstruction; the establishment of democratic institutions in former fascist nations; the adoption of welfare-state reform programs; changing patterns of work, leisure, and gender relations; immigration and demographic change; and the creation of the European Union.	None	Coverage gap identified	0	0	0	0	No matching topic found in the study guide.
D. Examine major political, social, economic, and cultural developments in East Asia, including the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the reconstruction of postwar Japan, and the economic emergence of South Korea and Taiwan.	Communism and China	Partially covered	4	1	5	0	Partial coverage by 1 topic (4 questions, 1 materials, 5 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content.
E. Assess patterns of change and stability in Latin America, including revolutions in Cuba, Chile, and Nicaragua; the persistence of traditional elites; the integration of Latin America into the world economy; and relations with the United States.	The Cold War - Latin America	Partially covered	2	1	3	0	Partial coverage by 1 topic (2 questions, 1 materials, 3 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content.
F. Examine the causes and consequences of major regional conflicts in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas since World War II.	The Cold War - Divided Germany; South Africa	Covered	12	2	4	0	Covered by 2 topics (12 questions, 2 materials, 4 cards, 0 videos).
G. Demonstrate knowledge of major world political figures of the post–World War II era, such as Mao Zedong, Charles de Gaulle, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ho Chi Minh, Nikita Khruschev, Juan and Eva Perón, Golda Meir, Kwame Nkrumah, Fidel Castro, Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela, and Mikhail Gorbachev.	Historical Figures in Post WWII World History (NES)	Partially covered	2	1	7	0	Partial coverage by 1 topic (2 questions, 1 materials, 7 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content.
H. Analyze major global challenges of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, including environmental degradation, terrorism, human rights abuses, limited natural resource supplies, and economic imbalances and social inequalities among the world's peoples.	Themes - Impact of Conflict; ISIS	Partially covered	3	2	2	0	Partial coverage by 2 topics (3 questions, 2 materials, 2 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content.
I. Demonstrate knowledge of major literary, artistic, intellectual, and scientific developments of the period in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.	ELA.British Literature; ELA.African Literature; Art in Culture	Covered	13	3	6	0	Covered by 3 topics (13 questions, 3 materials, 6 cards, 0 videos).
J. Recognize chronological relationships between major global events and developments of the period.	Rise of Globalism; World History Overview 1945 - Present - Advanced	Covered	20	2	4	1	Covered by 2 topics (20 questions, 2 materials, 4 cards, 1 videos).

U.S. HISTORY PRECONTACT TO 1877 (DOMAIN IV) Partially covered

SMR IV.0010 Understand major developments in early U.S. history from the precontact period to 1763.

131 Qs10 Materials54 Cards4 VideosPartially covered

Official Competency	Matching 240 Topics	Alignment	Qs	Mats	Cards	Vids	Notes
A. Demonstrate knowledge of important social, economic, political, and cultural features of major Native American peoples of the precontact period.	Native American Groups Pre-Colonization	Covered	18	1	4	0	Covered by 1 topic (18 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 0 videos).
B. Examine major events and developments related to the European exploration of North America, including the objectives of various explorers, the consequences of key expeditions and settlements, and competition and conflict between European colonial powers.	European Exploration and Colonization V1	Covered	35	1	13	1	Covered by 1 topic (35 questions, 1 materials, 13 cards, 1 videos).
C. Analyze coexistence and conflict between Europeans, African Americans, and Native Americans, including the varied cultural perspectives of each group.	European Exploration and Colonization V1; French and Indian War	Covered	49	2	17	2	Covered by 2 topics (49 questions, 2 materials, 17 cards, 2 videos).
D. Compare similarities and differences between the New England, mid-Atlantic, and southern colonies, as well as similarities and differences between English, French, and Spanish colonies, including reasons for migration to North America, ethnic diversity, and patterns of social and economic development.	Colonial Period; Regionalism in the Early United States; Thirteen Colonies	Covered	36	3	23	2	Covered by 3 topics (36 questions, 3 materials, 23 cards, 2 videos).
E. Examine major conflicts of the colonial period, including Bacon's Rebellion, King William's War, King George's War, and the French and Indian War.	Colonial Period	Covered	11	1	11	1	Covered by 1 topic (11 questions, 1 materials, 11 cards, 1 videos).
F. Analyze major economic, social, political, and cultural developments in the colonies, including the influence of the triangular trade on colonial economic development, the growth of slavery, the role of colonial assemblies and the emergence of representative government, the Great Awakening and the evolution of religious freedom, and economic and political relations with Great Britain.	Great Awakenings	Partially covered	5	1	4	0	Partial coverage by 1 topic (5 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content.
G. Demonstrate knowledge of important individuals who influenced colonial development, such as John Smith, John Winthrop, Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, William Penn, James Oglethorpe, and Chief Pontiac.	Colonial Period; Historical Figures in Early U.S. History (NES)	Covered	13	2	14	1	Covered by 2 topics (13 questions, 2 materials, 14 cards, 1 videos).
H. Analyze how various groups contributed to the emergence of a distinct American society, such as the Puritans, the Baptists, the Quakers, women, colonial merchants, African Americans, and Native Americans.	Minority Groups in Early America	Partially covered	6	1	3	0	Partial coverage by 1 topic (6 questions, 1 materials, 3 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content.
I. Recognize chronological relationships between major events and developments of the colonial period.	European Exploration and Colonization V1; Early U.S. History Overview - Advanced	Covered	50	2	13	1	Covered by 2 topics (50 questions, 2 materials, 13 cards, 1 videos).

SMR IV.0011 Understand the origins and events of the American Revolution and major developments of the early national period to 1801.

75 Qs6 Materials56 Cards3 VideosCovered

Official Competency	Matching 240 Topics	Alignment	Qs	Mats	Cards	Vids	Notes
A. Analyze the causes of the American Revolution, including the influence of Enlightenment thought on Americans, changes in British imperial policy following the French and Indian War, arguments over the rights of English people, the Stamp Act crisis and the Townshend Acts, the Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts, and efforts to achieve colonial cooperation.	The American Revolution V1	Covered	28	1	24	1	Covered by 1 topic (28 questions, 1 materials, 24 cards, 1 videos).
B. Examine major events, developments, and consequences of the Revolutionary War, including American and British strategies, the roles and perspectives of various groups during the war, major battles of the conflict, economic issues arising out of the Revolution, and the effects of the Revolution on various social groups.	The American Revolution V1	Covered	28	1	24	1	Covered by 1 topic (28 questions, 1 materials, 24 cards, 1 videos).
C. Demonstrate knowledge of major principles and ideas contained in key political documents of the American Revolution and early national period, including the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Northwest Ordinance, the Federalist Papers, and the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.	Articles of Confederation; Constitution and the Bill of Rights	Covered	31	2	19	2	Covered by 2 topics (31 questions, 2 materials, 19 cards, 2 videos).
D. Analyze the evolution of national and state government during and after the Revolution, including arguments over the Articles of Confederation, the creation of state constitutions, differences between Federalists and Anti-Federalists, Shays's Rebellion, major debates and compromises at the Constitutional Convention, and the struggle for ratification of the Constitution.	Origin of Political Parties	Covered	7	1	5	0	Covered by 1 topic (7 questions, 1 materials, 5 cards, 0 videos).
E. Demonstrate knowledge of major figures of the Revolutionary era and early national period, such as George Washington, Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, Abigail Adams, Daniel Boone, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson.	Key Names in Early Republic	Covered	6	1	12	0	Covered by 1 topic (6 questions, 1 materials, 12 cards, 0 videos).
F. Analyze major events and developments during the presidential administrations of George Washington and John Adams, including the emergence of political parties, the Whiskey Rebellion, Hamilton's fiscal program, Washington's Farewell Address, relations with European nations, the Alien and Sedition Acts, and the presidential election of 1800.	Origin of Political Parties; Alien and Sedition Acts	Covered	10	2	7	0	Covered by 2 topics (10 questions, 2 materials, 7 cards, 0 videos).
G. Recognize chronological relationships between major events and developments in U.S. history during the period.	The American Revolution V1	Covered	28	1	24	1	Covered by 1 topic (28 questions, 1 materials, 24 cards, 1 videos).

SMR IV.0012 Understand major developments in U.S. history from 1801 to 1850.

129 Qs12 Materials76 Cards3 VideosPartially covered

Official Competency	Matching 240 Topics	Alignment	Qs	Mats	Cards	Vids	Notes
A. Analyze events and developments related to westward expansion, including major territorial acquisitions, government-sponsored exploration of the West, factors encouraging migration, economic motives and ideological and religious justifications, the challenges faced by settlers, and the impact of westward settlement and growth on Native American peoples.	Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny	Covered	25	1	16	1	Covered by 1 topic (25 questions, 1 materials, 16 cards, 1 videos).
B. Analyze the causes and consequences of economic growth during the period, including improvements in transportation, technological innovations, the spread of factory production, immigration and urbanization, the panics of 1819 and 1837, and the effect of industrialization on different regions and social groups.	Immigration 1830-1850	Covered	12	1	3	0	Covered by 1 topic (12 questions, 1 materials, 3 cards, 0 videos).
C. Examine major events and developments in U.S. foreign relations during the period, including the War of 1812, the Monroe Doctrine, and the Mexican War.	War of 1812; Early 1800s; Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny	Covered	33	3	26	1	Covered by 3 topics (33 questions, 3 materials, 26 cards, 1 videos).
D. Examine major political and constitutional developments of the period, including Jeffersonian Republicanism, John Marshall and the Supreme Court, the decline of the Federalist Party, the emergence of Jacksonian democracy, debates over the tariff and the national bank, the Nullification Crisis, and differences between the Democratic and Whig parties.	Landmark Supreme Court Cases; Early 1800s	Covered	31	2	9	1	Covered by 2 topics (31 questions, 2 materials, 9 cards, 1 videos).
E. Demonstrate knowledge of the removal of Eastern Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi River and the resistance of Native Americans to forced resettlement.	Regionalism in the Western United States	Partially covered	5	1	5	0	Partial coverage by 1 topic (5 questions, 1 materials, 5 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content.
F. Analyze events and developments related to the spread of slavery during the period, including the role of slavery in southern society, forces encouraging the expansion of slavery, the emergence of a distinctive African American culture, slave resistance, the development of pro-slavery arguments, and the influence of slavery on national politics.	Slavery	Covered	11	1	8	0	Covered by 1 topic (11 questions, 1 materials, 8 cards, 0 videos).
G. Examine the origins and objectives of major reform movements of the period and the activities and achievements of key reformers, such as William Lloyd Garrison, the Grimké sisters, Sojourner Truth, Frances Wright, Robert Owen, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Horace Mann, and Dorothea Dix.	Abolitionist Movement and The Growing Sectional Divide; Women's Rights Movement; Major Reform Movement Leaders in U.S. History (NES)	Covered	30	3	33	1	Covered by 3 topics (30 questions, 3 materials, 33 cards, 1 videos).
H. Demonstrate knowledge of major literary, artistic, intellectual, and scientific developments of the period and the beginnings of a distinctly American literary and intellectual culture.	ELA.American Literature	Partially covered	0	1	0	0	Partial coverage by 1 topic (0 questions, 1 materials, 0 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content.
I. Recognize chronological relationships between major events and developments in U.S. history during this period.	Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny; U.S. History Overview 1797 - 1877 - Advanced	Covered	36	2	16	1	Covered by 2 topics (36 questions, 2 materials, 16 cards, 1 videos).

SMR IV.0013 Understand the origins, course, and consequences of the Civil War and Reconstruction from 1850 to 1877.

84 Qs6 Materials51 Cards1 VideosCovered

Official Competency	Matching 240 Topics	Alignment	Qs	Mats	Cards	Vids	Notes
A. Analyze similarities and differences in the economies, cultures, and social structures of the North, South, and West in the period preceding the Civil War.	Causes of Sectionalism	Covered	9	1	10	0	Covered by 1 topic (9 questions, 1 materials, 10 cards, 0 videos).
B. Examine major political developments of the 1850s that contributed to the sectional polarization leading to the Civil War, including the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the disruption of the second American party system, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry, and the presidential election of 1860.	Slavery Compromises; Causes of Sectionalism	Covered	29	2	14	1	Covered by 2 topics (29 questions, 2 materials, 14 cards, 1 videos).
C. Analyze major events and developments of the Civil War, including the leadership provided by Abraham Lincoln, strategies adopted by Union and Confederate military leaders, major battles and diplomatic initiatives, wartime draft riots, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the election of 1864.	Civil War	Covered	24	1	11	0	Covered by 1 topic (24 questions, 1 materials, 11 cards, 0 videos).
D. Examine the roles and perspectives of various groups during the war, including immigrants, African Americans, women, Northern businessmen, antiwar Democrats, and Southern planters and farmers.	Civil War	Covered	24	1	11	0	Covered by 1 topic (24 questions, 1 materials, 11 cards, 0 videos).
E. Assess the costs and consequences of the Civil War, including human casualties and physical destruction, the impact of the war on African Americans and women, the response of former slaves to emancipation, the rise of sharecropping in the South, and the development of a one-party political system in the former Confederacy.	Civil War	Covered	24	1	11	0	Covered by 1 topic (24 questions, 1 materials, 11 cards, 0 videos).
F. Analyze key events and developments of the Reconstruction period, including alternative programs for Reconstruction; the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; conflict between President Johnson and Congress; the passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments; the establishment of the Freedman's Bureau; the programs of radical state governments in the South; Southern White resistance to Reconstruction; the role of the U.S. Supreme Court; and the Compromise of 1877.	Reconstruction	Covered	21	1	14	0	Covered by 1 topic (21 questions, 1 materials, 14 cards, 0 videos).
G. Examine major social, economic, and political developments during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, including homestead and land grant legislation enacted by Congress during the war, the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, postwar conflict between the U.S. Army and Native Americans, and the woman suffrage movement.	Reconstruction	Covered	21	1	14	0	Covered by 1 topic (21 questions, 1 materials, 14 cards, 0 videos).
H. Demonstrate knowledge of significant figures of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, such as Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Stephen A. Douglas, John Brown, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, Robert E. Lee, Clara Barton, Andrew Johnson, Thaddeus Stevens, and Charles Sumner.	Abolitionist Movement - Underground Railroad; Key Figures of the Civil War and Reconstruction	Covered	10	2	19	0	Covered by 2 topics (10 questions, 2 materials, 19 cards, 0 videos).
I. Recognize chronological relationships between major events and developments in U.S. history during this period.	Civil War	Covered	24	1	11	0	Covered by 1 topic (24 questions, 1 materials, 11 cards, 0 videos).

U.S. HISTORY 1877 TO THE PRESENT (DOMAIN V) Partially covered

SMR V.0014 Understand major developments in U.S. history from 1877 to 1914.

153 Qs13 Materials101 Cards1 VideosCovered

Official Competency	Matching 240 Topics	Alignment	Qs	Mats	Cards	Vids	Notes
A. Examine the settlement of the trans-Mississippi West, including the mining, ranching, and farming frontiers; the impact of technological developments (e.g., the telegraph, the railroad, barbed wire); and the effects of expanding settlement on Native American peoples.	Impacts of Human Innovations	Covered	11	1	7	1	Covered by 1 topic (11 questions, 1 materials, 7 cards, 1 videos).
B. Analyze the growth of the industrial economy, including the rise and consolidation of industrial and financial empires, the results of technological and managerial innovations, and the conflict between industrial capitalism and organized labor.	Second Industrial Revolution; Rise of Labor	Covered	25	2	25	0	Covered by 2 topics (25 questions, 2 materials, 25 cards, 0 videos).
C. Examine changing patterns of immigration to the United States between 1880 and 1910, and the impact of immigration and urbanization on U.S. society.	Immigration 1870-1920	Covered	7	1	6	0	Covered by 1 topic (7 questions, 1 materials, 6 cards, 0 videos).
D. Analyze the rise of the New South; the disenfranchisement and segregation of, and violence against, African Americans; and the efforts of African Americans such as Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Ida B. Wells to overcome the social, economic, and political obstacles that confronted them.	Reconstruction	Covered	21	1	14	0	Covered by 1 topic (21 questions, 1 materials, 14 cards, 0 videos).
E. Examine the emergence of the United States as a world power, including the Spanish-American War, U.S. intervention in Asia and Latin America, and key issues in the debate over U.S. expansionism.	American Imperialism	Covered	20	1	6	0	Covered by 1 topic (20 questions, 1 materials, 6 cards, 0 videos).
F. Compare the origins, goals, strategies, and influence of the Populist and Progressive movements.	Progressive Movement; Populism	Covered	26	2	17	0	Covered by 2 topics (26 questions, 2 materials, 17 cards, 0 videos).
G. Demonstrate knowledge of major political and social developments and influential figures of the period, including Tatanka Iyotake, Mark Twain, Grover Cleveland, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan, Madam C. J. Walker, Samuel Gompers, William Jennings Bryan, Jane Addams, William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt.	Progressive Movement; Historical Figures of the Gilded Age in U.S. History (NES)	Covered	16	2	17	0	Covered by 2 topics (16 questions, 2 materials, 17 cards, 0 videos).
H. Demonstrate knowledge of major literary, artistic, intellectual, scientific, and technological developments in the United States between 1877 and 1914.	ELA.American Literature; Themes and Famous Artworks	Covered	9	2	13	0	Covered by 2 topics (9 questions, 2 materials, 13 cards, 0 videos).
I. Recognize chronological relationships between major events and developments in U.S. history during this period.	Gilded Age; U.S. History Overview 1877 - 1945 - Advanced	Covered	32	2	10	0	Covered by 2 topics (32 questions, 2 materials, 10 cards, 0 videos).

SMR V.0015 Understand major developments in U.S. history from 1914 to 1945.

72 Qs9 Materials66 Cards3 VideosPartially covered

Official Competency	Matching 240 Topics	Alignment	Qs	Mats	Cards	Vids	Notes
A. Analyze the causes and consequences of U.S. participation in World War I, including reasons for U.S. entry into the conflict, the mobilization of public opinion, the impact of U.S. intervention on the war's outcome, and the effect of the war on U.S. society.	Effects of World War I on America V1	Covered	13	1	14	1	Covered by 1 topic (13 questions, 1 materials, 14 cards, 1 videos).
B. Examine major events and developments of the 1920s, including the growth of a consumer economy, the Red Scare, prohibition, the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, immigration restriction, passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, nonconformity and dissent, the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, and the presidential administrations of Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover.	Early 20th Century Amendments; Interwar America	Covered	14	2	20	0	Covered by 2 topics (14 questions, 2 materials, 20 cards, 0 videos).
C. Evaluate the causes of the Great Depression, the response of the Hoover administration and Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal to economic collapse and social dislocation, the ascendancy of the Democratic Party, critics of the New Deal, and the effects of the Depression on the American people.	Great Depression and the New Deal	Covered	18	1	5	1	Covered by 1 topic (18 questions, 1 materials, 5 cards, 1 videos).
D. Analyze major issues and developments in U.S. foreign policy between 1914 and 1941, including Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, the fight over the League of Nations, relations with Latin America, isolationism and neutrality, and the events leading to World War II.	The Fourteen Points	Covered	7	1	7	0	Covered by 1 topic (7 questions, 1 materials, 7 cards, 0 videos).
E. Examine major events and developments related to U.S. participation in World War II, including war mobilization, the internment of Japanese Americans, U.S. military and diplomatic strategy, major battles involving U.S. forces, the impact of the war on the U.S. economy and society, and the decision to drop the atomic bomb.	World War II and America V1	Covered	10	1	4	1	Covered by 1 topic (10 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 1 videos).
F. Demonstrate knowledge of major figures of the period, such as Charles Lindbergh, Marcus Garvey, Eleanor Roosevelt, Frances Perkins, Huey Long, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and George C. Marshall.	Historical Figures WW in U.S. History (NES)	Partially covered	2	1	6	0	Partial coverage by 1 topic (2 questions, 1 materials, 6 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content.
G. Demonstrate knowledge of major literary, artistic, intellectual, scientific, and technological developments in the United States between 1914 and 1945.	ELA.American Literature; Themes and Famous Artworks	Covered	9	2	13	0	Covered by 2 topics (9 questions, 2 materials, 13 cards, 0 videos).
H. Recognize chronological relationships between major events and developments in U.S. history during this period.	Effects of World War I on America V1; Great Depression and the New Deal	Covered	31	2	19	2	Covered by 2 topics (31 questions, 2 materials, 19 cards, 2 videos).

SMR V.0016 Understand major developments in U.S. history from 1945 to 1970.

135 Qs19 Materials81 Cards2 VideosCovered

Official Competency	Matching 240 Topics	Alignment	Qs	Mats	Cards	Vids	Notes
A. Analyze major events and developments of the Cold War, including the Marshall Plan; the Truman Doctrine; McCarthyism; containment policy and the domino theory; the formation of NATO; the Korean and Vietnam wars; U.S. intervention in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East; atomic diplomacy; the Cuban missile crisis; and the effect of the Cold War on the U.S. economy and society.	Marshall Plan; McCarthyism; Korean War and Vietnam War; The Cold War - The Bay of Pigs; Cuban Missile Crisis; The Cold War - Policies	Covered	45	6	25	1	Covered by 6 topics (45 questions, 6 materials, 25 cards, 1 videos).
B. Analyze major social and economic developments of the period, including postwar reconversion, the postwar economic boom, suburbanization, the baby boom, the expansion of higher education, the construction of the Interstate Highway System, the rise of the Sunbelt, the impact of television, and the emergence of a youth culture.	American Society 1945-1990	Covered	14	1	8	0	Covered by 1 topic (14 questions, 1 materials, 8 cards, 0 videos).
C. Examine major political events and developments in the United States between 1945 and 1970, including Harry S. Truman's Fair Deal, Dwight D. Eisenhower's Modern Republicanism, John F. Kennedy's New Frontier, Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren, and important electoral contests and legislative initiatives of the period.	American Society 1945-1990; Political Developments 1945-1970	Covered	21	2	15	0	Covered by 2 topics (21 questions, 2 materials, 15 cards, 0 videos).
D. Examine the aims, activities, strategies, and achievements of the struggle for African American civil rights, including Brown v. Board of Education, the Montgomery bus boycott, civil disobedience, the sit-in movement, the Birmingham and Selma campaigns, the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Black Power movement.	African American Civil Rights Movement in America	Covered	21	1	8	1	Covered by 1 topic (21 questions, 1 materials, 8 cards, 1 videos).
E. Demonstrate knowledge of social and political activism during the period, including the feminist movement, the American Indian Movement, the Hispanic rights movement, the Asian American movement, the New Left, the counterculture, the gay liberation movement, and the environmental movement.	Counterculture; Feminist Movement; Hispanic Civil Rights Movement; American Indian Civil Rights Movement	Covered	19	4	8	0	Covered by 4 topics (19 questions, 4 materials, 8 cards, 0 videos).
F. Demonstrate knowledge of major figures of the period, such as Douglas MacArthur, George F. Kennan, Thurgood Marshall, Rachel Carson, Robert Kennedy, Barry Goldwater, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr.,Malcolm X, Betty Friedan, and César Chavez.	Malcolm X; Historical Figures Social Change in U.S. History (NES)	Covered	3	2	10	0	Covered by 2 topics (3 questions, 2 materials, 10 cards, 0 videos).
G. Examine major developments in literature, the arts, popular culture, science, and technology in the United States between 1945 and 1970.	ELA.American Literature; Themes and Famous Artworks	Covered	9	2	13	0	Covered by 2 topics (9 questions, 2 materials, 13 cards, 0 videos).
H. Recognize chronological relationships between major events and developments in U.S. history during this period.	Desegregation of Schools; U.S. History Overview 1945 - Present - Advanced	Covered	17	2	6	0	Covered by 2 topics (17 questions, 2 materials, 6 cards, 0 videos).

SMR V.0017 Understand major developments in U.S. history from 1970 to the present.

52 Qs13 Materials67 Cards0 VideosPartially covered

Official Competency	Matching 240 Topics	Alignment	Qs	Mats	Cards	Notes
A. Examine major political events and developments in the United States since 1970, including Richard Nixon and the Republican ascendancy in the South, Watergate, the decline of liberalism and rise of the conservative movement, the Iran-Contra scandal, the impeachment of Bill Clinton, significant Supreme Court decisions, and important electoral contests and legislative initiatives of the period.	The Cold War - Iran-Contra Affair; Nixon and Watergate; Clinton Impeachment	Covered	5	3	8	Covered by 3 topics (5 questions, 3 materials, 8 cards, 0 videos).
B. Analyze major issues and developments in U.S. foreign policy since 1970, including détente with China; the end of the Cold War; the Camp David Accords; the Iran hostage crisis; the Persian Gulf War; the events of September 11, 2001; and the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.	The Gulf War; 911 and Response; Afghanistan and Iraq; Rise of China	Covered	6	4	25	Covered by 4 topics (6 questions, 4 materials, 25 cards, 0 videos).
C. Assess the impact of major economic developments of the period affecting the United States, including the oil embargoes of the 1970s, stagflation, deindustrialization and the shift toward a service economy, the decline of organized labor, Reaganomics, information technology and the computer revolution, the stock market boom of the 1990s, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and economic globalization.	Interdependence of Nations - Advanced; Information Age	Covered	26	2	11	Covered by 2 topics (26 questions, 2 materials, 11 cards, 0 videos).
D. Evaluate major social developments of the period, including demographic change and population shifts, continuing struggles for equal rights, the growth of religious influence in politics, environmental and consumer advocacy, changing patterns of immigration, rising homelessness, and increased disparities in income and wealth.	Modern Political Parties	Partially covered	4	1	2	Partial coverage by 1 topic (4 questions, 1 materials, 2 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content.
E. Demonstrate knowledge of major figures of the period, such as Jimmy Carter, Jesse Jackson, Ronald Reagan, Sandra Day O'Connor, Jerry Falwell, George H. W. Bush, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Alan Greenspan, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama.	Modern Political Parties; Historical Figures in Modern U.S. History (NES)	Covered	6	2	13	Covered by 2 topics (6 questions, 2 materials, 13 cards, 0 videos).
F. Demonstrate knowledge of major literary, artistic, intellectual, scientific, and technological developments in the United States from 1970 to the present.	ELA.American Literature; Themes and Famous Artworks	Covered	9	2	13	Covered by 2 topics (9 questions, 2 materials, 13 cards, 0 videos).
G. Recognize chronological relationships between major events and developments in U.S. history during this period.	The Gulf War	Partially covered	2	1	8	Partial coverage by 1 topic (2 questions, 1 materials, 8 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content.

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