State Standards – Pennsylvania

PA Standards Aligned System (2009-2010)

The wave of tougher classroom standards that swept across the nation in the late 1990s had some common themes: complicated economic ideas such as “opportunity cost” are now taught in elementary grades; a state’s own history gets in-depth treatment in fourth grade; ancient cultures across the globe are more important to the curriculum; US History now includes much more diversity in the stories it tells. Each state has put its own spin on these ideas. Here is how the line of Chester’s Comix with Content can help teachers in this state address those standards.

Click on the comic book title to see more information about what stories that comic has and to see material in that book’s free matching teachers guide.

GRADE/Course	STANDARD	STANDARDS AREA	MATCHING TITLE
GRADE 3/ Civics	Standard 5.1.3.A, B, C, I, J	government	GOVERNMENT By the People
	Standard 5.1.3.E, F, H	government	Constitution Construction
	Standard 5.1.3.G, K, M	history	American Symbols
	Standard 5.1.3.H	biography, government	Founding Fathers Constitution Construction
	Standard 5.1.3.M	history, government	Civil Rights Freedom Train
GRADE 3/ Pennsylvania History	Standard 8.2.3.A, B	biography, history	American Symbols Revolutionary Rumblings
	Standard 8.2.3.C	history, transportation	First Americans Moving and Grooving Transportation
GRADES 6/ Pennsylvania History	Standard 8.2.6.B, C	history	Lewis & Clark Transportation for a New Nation
	Standard 8.2.6.D	history	Wonder Women
GRADE 6/ US History	Standard 8.3.6.A	history, government	Jamestown Journey Revolutionary Rumblings Founding Fathers Revolutionary City War for Independence Lewis & Clark Transportation for a New Nation
	Standard 8.3.6.B	biography, government	Jamestown Journey Founding Fathers
	Standard 8.3.6.C, D	history, government	Constitution Construction Founding Fathers War for Independence Lewis & Clark Transportation for a New Nation
GRADE 6/ Civics	Standard 5.1.6.A, B, C, D, F, I, J	government	GOVERNMENT By the People Constitution Construction
	Standard 5.1.6.G, K	history	American Symbols
	Standard 5.1.6.H	biography, government	Founding Fathers Constitution Construction
GRADE 6/ Economics	Standard 6.1.6.A, B, C	economics	Comix Economix
GRADE 9/ Pennsylvania History	Standard 8.2.9.A, D	history	Civil War vol. 1 Reconstruction Junction
	Standard 8.2.9.B, D	history	Civil War vol. 2
	Standard 8.2.9.C	transportation	Lewis & Clark Transportation for a New Nation
GRADE 9/ US History 1787 to 1914	Standard 8.1.9.D	history	Heroic Folk
	Standard 8.3.9.A	history	Civil War vol. 1 Civil War vol. 2 Reconstruction Junction
	Standard 8.3.9.B	history	American Symbols Wonder Women Lewis & Clark Transportation for a New Nation Slavery’s Storm Civil War vol. 1
	Standard 8.3.9.C	history	Go West! Wonder Women Slavery’s Storm Civil War vol. 1
	Standard 8.3.9.D	history	Go West! Wonder Women Slavery’s Storm Civil War vol. 1 Civil War vol. 2 Reconstruction Junction
GRADE 9/ Civics	Standard 5.1.9	government	GOVERNMENT By the People Constitution Construction