Illinois State Learning Standards

A visit to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum addresses the following Illinois State Learning Standards.

English Language Arts
State Goal 1: Read with understanding and fluency.
• Apply word analysis and vocabulary skills to comprehend selections.
• Apply reading strategies to improve understanding and fluency.
• Comprehend a broad range of reading materials

State Goal 4: Listen and speak effectively in a variety of situations

• Listen effectively in formal and informal situations.
• Speak effectively using language appropriate to the situation and audience

State Goal 5: Use the language arts to acquire, assess and communicate information.

• Analyze and evaluate information acquired from various sources.


Social Studies
State Goal 14: Understand political systems, with an emphasis on the United States

• Understand the development of United States political ideas and traditions.

State Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States

• Understand how different economic systems operate in the exchange, production, distribution and consumption of goods and services.

State Goal 16: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States and other nations.
• Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.
• Understand the development of significant political event
• Understand the development of economic systems.
• Understand Illinois, United States and world social history

State Goal 17: Understand world geography and the effects of geography on society, with an emphasis on the United States.
• Understand relationships between geographic factors and society.
• Understand the historical significance of geography

State Goal 18: Understand social systems with an emphasis on the United States.
• Compare characteristics of culture as reflected in language, literature, the arts, traditions and institutions
• Understand the roles and interactions of individuals and groups in society
• Understand how social systems form and develop over time