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Literacy: History/Social Studies
Literacy: History/Social Studies
LH.1: LEARNING OUTCOME FOR LITERACY IN HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES – Read and comprehend history/social studies texts independently and proficiently, and write effectively for a variety of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences
6-8.LH.1.1: Read and comprehend history/social studies texts within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 6-8 independently and proficiently by the end of grade 8.
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6-8.LH.1.2: Write routinely over a variety of time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
LH.2: KEY IDEAS AND TEXTUAL SUPPORT (READING) – Extract and construct meaning from history/social studies texts using a variety of comprehension skills
6-8.LH.2.1: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
6-8.LH.2.2: Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
6-8.LH.2.3: Identify key steps in a text’s description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes a law, how interest rates are raised or lowered).
LH.3: STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS AND ORGANIZATION (READING) – Build understanding of history/social studies texts, using knowledge of structural organization and author’s purpose and message
6-8.LH.3.1: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
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LH.4: SYNTHESIS AND CONNECTION OF IDEAS (READING) – Build understanding of history/social studies texts by synthesizing and connecting ideas and evaluating specific claims
6-8.LH.4.1: Integrate visual information (e.g., charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
LH.5: WRITING GENRES (WRITING) – Write for different purposes and to specific audiences or people
6-8.LH.5.1: Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
LH.6: THE WRITING PROCESS (WRITING) – Produce coherent and legible documents by planning, drafting, revising, editing, and collaborating with others
6-8.LH.6.1: Plan and develop; draft; revise using appropriate reference materials; rewrite; try a new approach; and edit to produce and strengthen writing that is clear and coherent, with some guidance and support from peers and adults.
IN.6.Peoples, Places and Cultures in Europe and the Americas
Peoples, Places and Cultures in Europe and the Americas
6.1. History: Students explore the key historic movements, events and figures that contributed to the development of modern Europe and America from early civilizations through modern times by examining religious institutions, trade and cultural interactions, p
Historical Knowledge - Modern Era: 1700 to the present
6.1.15. Describe the impact of industrialization and urbanization on the lives of individuals and on trade and cultural exchange between Europe and the Americas and the rest of the world.
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6.1.16. Identify individuals, beliefs and events that represent various political ideologies during the nineteenth and twentieth century’s and explain their significance.
6.1.3. Explain the continuation and contributions of the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
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6.1.4. Identify and explain the development and organization of political, cultural, social and economic systems in Europe and the Americas.
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6.1.5. Analyze the diverse points of view and interests of those involved in the Crusades and give examples of the changes brought about by the Crusades.
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6.1.6. Identify trade routes and discuss their impact on the rise of cultural centers and trade cities in Europe and Mesoamerica.
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6.1.9. Analyze the interconnections of people, places and events in the economic, scientific and cultural exchanges of the European Renaissance that led to the Scientific Revolution, voyages of discovery and imperial conquest.
Chronological Thinking, Historical Comprehension, Analysis and Interpretation, Research
6.1.18. Create and compare timelines that identify major people, events and developments in the history of individual civilizations and/or countries that comprise Europe and the Americas.
6.1.19. Define and use the terms decade, century, and millennium, and compare alternative ways that historical periods and eras are designated by identifying the organizing principles upon which each is based.
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6.1.20. Analyze cause-and-effect relationships, keeping in mind multiple causations, including the importance of individuals, ideas, human interests, beliefs and chance in history.
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6.1.21. Differentiate between fact and interpretation in historical accounts and explain the meaning of historical passages by identifying who was involved, what happened, where it happened, and relating them to outcomes that followed and gaps in the historical r
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6.1.22. Form research questions and use a variety of information resources to obtain, evaluate and present data on people, cultures and developments in Europe and the Americas.
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6.1.23. Identify issues related to an historical event in Europe or the Americas and give basic arguments for and against that issue utilizing the perspectives, interests and values of those involved.
Historical Knowledge - Early and Classical Civilizations: 1900 B.C. /B.C.E to 700 A.D. /C.E.
6.1.1. Summarize the rise, decline, and cultural achievements of ancient civilizations in Europe and Mesoamerica.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideThe Incas
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6.1.2. Describe and compare the beliefs, the spread and the influence of religions throughout Europe and Mesoamerica.
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6.2. Civics and Government: Students compare and contrast forms of government in different historical periods with contemporary political structures of Europe and the Americas and examine the rights and responsibilities of individuals in different political sy
Functions of Government
6.2.5. Discuss the impact of major forms of government in Europe and the Americas on civil and human rights.
6.2.3. Examine key ideas of Magna Carta (1215), the Petition of Right (1628), and the English Bill of Rights (1689) as documents to place limits on the English monarchy and how they have affected the shaping of other governments.
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6.3. Geography: Students identify the characteristics of climate regions in Europe and the Americas and describe major physical features, countries and cities of Europe and the Western Hemisphere.
Human Systems
6.3.11. Define the terms anthropology and archeology and explain how these fields contribute to our understanding of societies in the present and the past.
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6.3.14. Explain and give examples of how nature has impacted the physical environment and human populations in specific areas of Europe and the Americas.
6.3.2. Use latitude and longitude to locate the capital cities of Europe and the Americas and describe the uses of locational technology, such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to distinguish absolute and relative location and to describe Earth’s surfaces.
6.4.4. Describe how different economic systems (traditional, command, market and mixed) in Europe and the Americas answer the basic economic questions on what to produce, how to produce and for whom to produce.