Appendix A: Implementing Standards
Common Core English Language Arts Standards: History/Social Studies/ Grades 9-10
RH. 9-10.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
Students will meet this standard with the completion of their final written assessment where they use the evidence from their research to define the cultural identity of their neighborhood.
RH.9-10.2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
Students will practice this skill through reading strategy activities such as passage mapping and SQ3R and the summarizing of notes.
RH.9-10.3 Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
Students will practice this skill through a series of literature circle activities involving the analysis of characters in a story as they change over time and plot mapping.
RH. 9-10.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social science.
Students will consistently practice words in context and maintain a personal geographic dictionary of vital course terms.
RH. 9-10.6. Compare the point of view of two or more authors for how they treat the same or similar topics, including which details they include and emphasize in their respective accounts.
Students will conduct and compare the ethnographic interviews of several people from their community.
RH. 9-10.8. Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author's claims.
Students will evaluate the claims addressed by Lionel Sosa and Juan Williams regarding race and ethnicity. This could lead to either a philosophical chairs or deliberation activity.
RH. 9-10.9. Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.
Students will meet this standard with the completion of their final written assessment where they use the evidence from their research to define the cultural identity of their neighborhood.
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