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Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Generate resourceRead and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
Generate resourceDetermine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Generate resourceAnalyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Generate resourceInterpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
Generate resourceAnalyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
Generate resourceAssess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
Generate resourceIntegrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
Generate resourceDelineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Generate resourceAnalyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
Generate resourceWrite arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Generate resourceWrite routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Generate resourceWrite informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Generate resourceWrite narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
Generate resourceProduce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Generate resourceDevelop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
Generate resourceUse technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
Generate resourceConduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Generate resourceGather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
Generate resourceDraw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Generate resourceAnalyze what the text says explicitly as well as inferentially; cite several pieces of textual evidence to support primary and secondary source analysis.
Generate resourceBy the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Generate resourceDetermine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Generate resourceIdentify key steps in a text's description of a process related to history/social studies.
Generate resourceDetermine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
Generate resourceIntegrate visual information with other information in print and digital texts.
Generate resourceAnalyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic.
Generate resourceAnalyze what science and technical texts say explicitly as well as inferentially; cite several pieces of textual evidence to support the analysis.
Generate resourceBy the end of grade 8, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Generate resourceDetermine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Generate resourceFollow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.
Generate resourceDetermine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6–8 texts and topics.
Generate resourceAnalyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an understanding of the topic.
Generate resourceAnalyze the author's purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text.
Generate resourceIntegrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually.
Generate resourceDistinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, and speculation in a text.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic.
Generate resourceIntroduce claim(s) about a topic or issue, acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
Generate resourceSupport claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant, accurate data and evidence that demonstrate an understanding of the topic or text, using credible sources.
Generate resourceUse words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
Generate resourceEstablish and maintain an appropriate style for content, purpose, and audience.
Generate resourceProvide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
Generate resourceWrite routinely over extended time frames (time for reflection and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Generate resourceWrite informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.
Generate resourceIntroduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories as appropriate to achieving purpose; include formatting, graphics, and multimedia when useful in aiding comprehension.
Generate resourceDevelop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
Generate resourceUse appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
Generate resourceUse precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Generate resourceEstablish and maintain an appropriate style for content, purpose, and audience.
Generate resourceProvide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
Generate resourceProduce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
Generate resourceUse technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.
Generate resourceConduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
Generate resourceGather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
Generate resourceDraw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Generate resourceIdentify examples of attempts to limit the power and influence of government.
Generate resourceResearch and assess the effectiveness of individual and collective attempts towards the repair of civic society with recognition, reconciliation, and restorative justice in response to genocide and other historical injustices.
Generate resourceDescribe the rights and roles of citizens in civilizations and empires to 900 CE, with attention to the inclusion of historically underrepresented groups and individuals.
Generate resourceDescribe the rights and roles of citizens in civilizations and empires after 600 CE, with attention to the inclusion of historically underrepresented groups and individuals.
Generate resourceEvaluate the effectiveness of different methods of resistance available in pluralistic democracies to combat misinformation, indifference, and discrimination.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast early forms of governance in early civilizations and empires from the Paleolithic to 900 CE.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast early forms of governance in civilizations and empires after 600 CE, including the treatment of historically underrepresented groups and individuals.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast historical and modern forms of governance over time and on multiple continents.
Generate resourceAnalyze the origins, purpose, and influence of diverse religions, philosophies, and legal systems on the development of modern governments and the concepts of individual, civil, and human rights, equality, equity, and justice over time and on multiple continents.
Generate resourceExamine the origins, purposes, and effects of constitutions, laws, treaties, and international agreements, including the treatment of historically underrepresented groups and individuals.
Generate resourceCompare the education and training requirements for at least two student selected career choices.
Generate resourceCreate and discuss budgeting that includes realistic and locally relevant living expenses and savings for various income levels.
Generate resourceIdentify tools to help budget and save money to make a large purchase in one year, 5 -years, and 10-years.
Generate resourceExplain how government interventions, such as incentives, taxes or tribute affect individual participation in the economy.
Generate resourceEvaluate alternative approaches or solutions to economic issues in terms of benefits and costs for traditionally underrepresented groups and individuals in early major Western and non-Western civilizations.
Generate resourceIdentify how the four factors of production combine to make goods and deliver services in capitalist economies.
Generate resourceCompare how different economic systems choose to allocate the production, distribution, and consumption of resources.
Generate resourceCompare specialization and trade in two or more civilizations or empires.
Generate resourceAnalyze the effect on the costs of goods and services for trade or barter with the development of specialization in local economies.
Generate resourceExplain how growing interdependence and technological advances improve living standards within and across societies.
Generate resourceConstruct and use maps and other representations, technologies, and spatial thinking to compare how physical geography, human, and environmental characteristics of a region influenced the movement of people, goods, and ideas among civilizations and empires.
Generate resourceUsing physical and political maps, identify and distinguish countries, capitals, other cities, and important bodies of water to describe, place, region, and the absolute location and relative location of cultures and civilizations.
Generate resourceIdentify how physical environments influence and effect changes in population, technical advancements, culture, and approaches to resource use, stewardship, and sustainability from the Paleolithic to 900 CE.
Generate resourceIdentify and describe examples of how conquest and colonialism affected traditionally underrepresented identities, cultures, and communities.
Generate resourceIdentify and describe how the physical geography and human characteristics of places influence cultural attributes such as politics, law, religion, diet, architecture, and the construction of race, ethnicity, and gender.
Generate resourceIdentify and explain the consequences of cultural conflict, interaction, exchange, and/or fusion.
Generate resourceExplain how technological developments in transportation and communication affected interactions between human settlements, including the diffusion of ideas and cultural practices.
Generate resourceUse primary and secondary sources to identify and analyze the interactions and exchanges of cultures and civilizations from the Neolithic to 900 CE.
Generate resourceUse primary and secondary sources to identify and analyze the interactions and exchanges of cultures and civilizations after 600 CE.
Generate resourceIdentify examples of historical and contemporary indigenous resilience and resistance to colonial exploration and settlement.
Generate resourceIdentify and describe examples of how conquest and colonialism affected historically underrepresented identities, cultures, and communities.
Generate resourceConstruct and interpret a timeline using words and abbreviations for identifying key periods in the development of human societies.
Generate resourceExplain the characteristics historians and social scientists have used to define complex societies or “civilizations.” Note- The characteristics remain a topic of debate for historians and archeologists and some societies do not include all listed characteristics.
Generate resourceDescribe the key features and developments of independently formed civilizations and cultures between the Neolithic and 900 CE.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast the central tenets and cultural practices of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, and Islam.
Generate resourceInvestigate the historical origins and modern manifestations of anti-Judaism. Note: Anti-Judaism refers to the bias, discrimination, and violence experienced by Jewish individuals and communities throughout history primarily rooted in religious identity. Antisemitism is the prejudice, discrimination, hostility, or violence directed toward Jewish people or communities and their religious, cultural, and ethnic identity.
Generate resourceIdentify the motivations and methods governments and other institutions use to create, reinforce, or address injustice and divisions in society.
Generate resourceUse primary and secondary sources to identify archaeological evidence of the characteristics of Indigenous civilizations of the Americas and Caribbean basin from the Paleolithic to 1500.
Generate resourceUse primary and secondary sources to identify the important characteristics of civilizations and cultures in Western Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa from Paleolithic to 1500.
Generate resourceUse primary and secondary sources to identify the important characteristics of civilizations and cultures in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Generate resourceCompare the origins and development of early world religions from the Neolithic to 1500 CE.
Generate resourceIdentify the key components of creation or origin stories from various civilizations and cultures.
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