Subject Area: Literacy in History/Social Studies (NYS 5-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade
Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
Subject Area: Literacy in History/Social Studies (NYS 5-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade
Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author's claims.
Subject Area: Literacy in History/Social Studies (NYS 5-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade
Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.
Subject Area: Literacy in History/Social Studies (NYS 5-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade
By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Subject Area: English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Delineate and evaluate the reasoning in seminal U.S. texts, including the application of constitutional principles and use of legal reasoning (e.g., in U.S. Supreme Court majority opinions and dissents) and the premises, purposes, and arguments in works of public advocacy (e.g., The Federalist, presidential addresses).
Subject Area: English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Analyze seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenth-century foundational U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (including The Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address) for their themes, purposes, and rhetorical features.
Subject Area: Literacy in History/Social Studies (NYS 5-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain.
Subject Area: Literacy in History/Social Studies (NYS 5-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Evaluate an author's premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information.
Subject Area: Literacy in History/Social Studies (NYS 5-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.
Subject Area: Literacy in History/Social Studies (NYS 5-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Subject Area: NYS Social Studies Framework
Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade
Different perspectives concerning constitutional, political, economic, and social issues contributed to the growth of sectionalism.
Subject Area: NYS Social Studies Framework
Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade
African Americans continued to struggle for social and economic equality while expanding their own thriving and unique culture. African American cultural achievements were increasingly integrated into national culture.
Subject Area: NYS Social Studies Framework
Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade
The United States created a coalition to defeat Iraq in the Persian Gulf War (1991), but was reluctant to commit American military power through the rest of the decade.
Subject Area: NYS Social Studies Framework
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Analyze evidence in terms of content, authorship, point of view, bias, purpose, format, and audience.
Subject Area: NYS Social Studies Framework
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Describe, analyze, and evaluate arguments of others.
Subject Area: NYS Social Studies Framework
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Identify, compare, and evaluate multiple perspectives on a given historical experience.
