Standards

National History Standards

4B The student understands ordinary people who have exemplified values and principles of American democracy.

Identify ordinary people who have believed in the fundamental democratic values such as justice, truth, equality, the rights of the individual, and responsibility for the common good, and explain their significance. [Assess the importance of the individual in history] 

4C The student understands historic figures who have exemplified values and principles of American democracy. 

Describe how historical figures in the United States and other parts of the world have advanced the rights of individuals and promoted the common good, and identify character traits such as persistence, problem solving, moral responsibility, and respect for others that made them successful. [Assess the importance of the individual in history

Virginia Standards of Learning

3.11        The student will explain the importance of the basic principles that form the foundation of a republican form of government by

b)      identifying the contributions of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall, and Martin Luther King, Jr.;