Subject Area: Literacy in History/Social Studies (NYS 5-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade
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.
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 authors' differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors' claims, reasoning, and evidence.
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
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, 11th Grade
In response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States launched the War on Terror which involved controversial foreign and domestic policies.
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.
