Standard - RH.5-8.1:
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.

Standard - RH.5-8.2:
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

Standard - RH.5-8.3:
Identify key steps in a text's description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered).

Standard - RH.5-8.4:
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.

Standard - RH.5-8.5:
Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally).

Standard - RH.5-8.6:
Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).

Standard - RH.5-8.7:
Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.

Standard - RH.5-8.8:
Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text.

Standard - RH.5-8.9:
Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic.

Standard - RH.5-8.10:
By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.