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
Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text.
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, 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
Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
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
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, 10th Grade
Those who faced being colonized engaged in varying forms of resistance and adaptation to colonial rule with varying degrees of success.
Subject Area: NYS Social Studies Framework
Grades: Commencement, 10th Grade
The Cold War originated from tensions near the end of World War II as plans for peace were made and implemented. The Cold War was characterized by competition for power and ideological differences between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Subject Area: NYS Social Studies Framework
Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade
Globalization and advances in technology have affected the United States economy and society.
Subject Area: NYS Social Studies Framework
Grades: Commencement, 12th Grade
Freedom of the press is an essential element of a democratic system, and allows for a citizen to receive and interpret information representing different points of view. Freedom of the press has limits, which are intended to protect the rights of individuals and other entities. The degree to which the press is free and impartial in practice is a source on ongoing debate.
Subject Area: NYS Social Studies Framework
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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).
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, evaluate, and construct models of historical periodization that historians use to categorize events.
Subject Area: NYS Social Studies Framework
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Identify and compare similarities and differences among historical developments over time and in different geographical and cultural contexts.
Subject Area: NYS Social Studies Framework
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Describe, compare, and evaluate multiple historical developments (within societies; across and between societies; in various chronological and geographical contexts).
Subject Area: NYS Social Studies Framework
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Recognize the relationship between geography, economics, and history as a context for events and movements and as a matrix of time and place.
