Appendix: Standards
My unit addresses all four categories of reading standards for literacy in the Social Sciences. Specifically, these categories are Key Ideas and Details, Craft and Structure, Integration of Knowledge and Ideas, and Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity. First, as students summarize difficult court cases, they will learn to identify key ideas and details. By engaging with difficult texts such as the federalist papers, students will demonstrate a broad range of reading. Analyzing court cases and the structure of historical sources will assist students in making sense of craft and structure. Lastly, comparison activities and broad, critical analysis questions will assist students in integrating knowledge and ideas. Throughout, students will cite specific evidence and analyze how structure and word choice affect authors' purposes. Students will ultimately utilize effective techniques in their own writing. If, for instance, they appreciate Alexander Hamilton's "scientific" writing format in Federalist number 80, they may apply it in their own paper!
Specific Standards Include:
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.
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.
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.
RH.9-10.5 Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or advance an explanation or analysis
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.
RH.9-10.8 Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author's claims.
RH.9-10.9 Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.
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