Social Studies Practice Detail - SS.SSP.9-12.1.1:
Define and frame questions about events and the world in which we live, form hypotheses as potential answers to these questions, use evidence to answer these questions, and consider and analyze counter‐hypotheses.

Social Studies Practice Detail - SS.SSP.9-12.1.2:
Identify, describe, and evaluate evidence about events from diverse sources (including written documents, works of art, photographs, charts and graphs, artifacts, oral traditions, and other primary and secondary sources).

Social Studies Practice Detail - SS.SSP.9-12.1.3:
Analyze evidence in terms of content, authorship, point of view, bias, purpose, format, and audience.

Social Studies Practice Detail - SS.SSP.9-12.1.4:
Describe, analyze, and evaluate arguments of others.

Social Studies Practice Detail - SS.SSP.9-12.1.5:
Make inferences and draw conclusions from evidence.

Social Studies Practice Detail - SS.SSP.9-12.1.6:
Deconstruct and construct plausible and persuasive arguments using evidence.

Social Studies Practice Detail - SS.SSP.9-12.1.7:
Create meaningful and persuasive understandings of the past by fusing disparate and relevant evidence from primary and secondary sources and drawing connections to the present.