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Examine the evolution of political parties and interest groups and their effect on events, issues, and ideas.
Generate resourceIdentify the methods of individuals and movements responsible for the expansion of justice, equality, equity, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship from historically underrepresented groups at the local and national levels.
Generate resourceEvaluate the historical and contemporary means of attempting to create more inclusive societies, including the importance of advocacy and activism related to the expansion of justice, equality, and equity for historically underrepresented individuals and groups.
Generate resourceAnalyze important political and ethical values for individual rights and their lasting effect on the status, rights, and liberties of historically underrepresented individuals and groups embodied in documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the United States and Oregon Constitutions, and the Bill of Rights.
Generate resourceAnalyze issues involving liberty in conflict with equality or authority, individual rights in conflict with the common good, or majority rule in conflict with minority rights.
Generate resourceIdentify and understand how to apply the rights and responsibilities of individuals under the Constitution.
Generate resourceExplain the significance of the influence of the democratic political concepts of ancient Greece and Rome on the structure and ideas of the Founders and the Constitution.
Generate resourceExplain the influence of the Enlightenment and Native American political ideas and documents on the American Revolution and the framework of the American government.
Generate resourceIdentify the reasons for the failure of the Articles of Confederation and the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
Generate resourceExamine and analyze significant primary source documents establishing, limiting, or denying civil rights in the United States and Oregon.
Generate resourceEvaluate how the persistence of racism, sexism, and other forms of prejudice, affected laws, treaties, and Supreme Court decisions from 1787 to 1865 on sovereignty, status, rights, and liberties of historically underrepresented individuals and groups.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast the United States republican form of government to direct democracy, theocracy, oligarchy, authoritarianism, and monarchy.
Generate resourceExplain the process of elections in the legislative and executive branches, and the process of nomination/confirmation of individuals in the judicial and executive branches.
Generate resourceExamine the interconnection of governing power and responsibility in the system of checks and balances.
Generate resourceCompare the education and training requirements, income potential, and primary duties of at least two jobs available to high school students.
Generate resourceDiscuss how unexpected life situations can affect financial well-being and savings plans.
Generate resourceDefine and analyze the concept of “fair lending practices” and the history of discrimination and systemic inequalities in the US financial system.
Generate resourceAssess the effect of business growth and expansion on the allocation of resources and economic incentives.
Generate resourceExplore varying viewpoints on the role and purpose of taxation and government spending historical and contemporary debate.
Generate resourceExplain the role of forced and exploitative labor systems in the economic development of the United States.
Generate resourceExplain how regional specialization created economic interdependence among the regions of the United States between 1783-1865.
Generate resourceConstruct and use maps and other representations, technologies, and spatial thinking to understand changes in the demographic composition of North America.
Generate resourceInterpret maps to identify the changes in political geography, population, and economic development of the United States.
Generate resourceIdentify and explain examples of the influence of physical geography on human cultural elements such as law, religion, diet, and architecture.
Generate resourceIdentify and describe how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions connect to human identities and cultures.
Generate resourceIdentify and describe examples of how conquest and colonialism in North America affected Indigenous peoples' identities, cultures, and communities.
Generate resourceIdentify and describe the causes and effects of migration, settlement, and cultural diffusion, in the expansion of the United States after the American Revolution until the end of the Civil War.
Generate resourceInvestigate the effects of migration on immigrants and the culture where they settle.
Generate resourceDiscuss the ongoing debate on attempts at restorative justice to address historic and ongoing injustice.
Generate resourceAnalyze resistance to enslavement through research of primary sources such as newspapers, narratives, accounts of slave auctions, and political and legal records.
Generate resourceExplain the effects of discoveries and technologies in the 18th and 19th centuries on the political and cultural development of the United States, including the expansion of slavery and the taking of Indigenous lands.
Generate resourceAnalyze how economic, religious, social, ideological, and political developments led to sectional and national tensions, inspiring reform movements and political and social divisions between 1800-1860.
Generate resourceEvaluate the growing political tensions between 1820-1861 over the institution of slavery within the United States, leading to the Civil War.
Generate resourceIdentify and analyze the political and military significance of the Civil War.
Generate resourceIdentify the significant political developments surrounding the territorial expansion of the United States in the early republic (1776-1865).
Generate resourceUtilize the grade 8 Tribal History Shared History resources and other Indigenous voices to examine the differing forms of oppression, including cultural and physical genocide, faced by Indigenous Tribes and acts of resilience and resistance used by Indigenous peoples in response to settler colonialism.
Generate resourceIdentify and explain the contributions and experiences of individuals from traditionally underrepresented identities in Oregon and the United States.
Generate resourceUse primary and secondary sources to evaluate how intersecting identities including, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, religion, physical and mental ability, and class affect the living histories and experiences of peoples, groups, and events.
Generate resourceRead 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.
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