Use yesterday, today, and tomorrow correctly, sequence three events from his own week, and name his parents' and grandparents' names.

Name his country, state, and town, and point to his country on a globe.

Identify the seven continents and five oceans on a globe or unlabeled map.

Place forty historical events on a timeline with dates or centuries, drawn from the four-year chronological cycle.

Label all fifty United States and their capitals, and identify thirty countries relevant to the period under study, on unlabeled maps.

Distinguish a primary from a secondary source and explain why the difference matters for judging a historical claim.

Place sixty events across the full chronological cycle and recall ten anchor dates exactly from memory.

Write a three-paragraph historical essay with a thesis, evidence from at least two sources, and a conclusion.

Explain the causes and consequences of five major historical events, distinguishing immediate from underlying causes.

Explain what it means that God governs history, and evaluate a historical figure — including a figure the student admires — against Scripture, acknowledging both good and evil in the same person.

Label the major nations of every continent on unlabeled maps, and name the capital of at least thirty of them.