Common Core State Standards - Social Studies Informational Texts
Key Ideas and details
- 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.
- Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
- Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
- Interpret 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.
- Analyze 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.
- Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
- Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.*
- Delineate 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.
- Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
- Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
North Carolina Essential Standards - US History 1&2 and World History
WH/AH1/AH2 – 1.1 Use Chronological thinking to:
WH/AH1/AH2 – 1.2 Use Historical Comprehension to:
WH/AH1/AH2 – 1.3 Use Historical Analysis and Interpretation to:
- Identify the structure of a historical narrative or story: (its beginning, middle and end).
- Interpret data presented in time lines and create time lines.
WH/AH1/AH2 – 1.2 Use Historical Comprehension to:
- Reconstruct the literal meaning of a historical passage.
- Differentiate between historical facts and historical interpretations.
- Analyze data in historical maps.
- Analyze visual, literary and musical sources.
WH/AH1/AH2 – 1.3 Use Historical Analysis and Interpretation to:
- Identify issues and problems in the past.
- Consider multiple perspectives of various peoples in the past.
- Analyze cause-and-effect relationships and multiple causation.
- Evaluate competing historical narratives and debates among historians.
- Evaluate the influence of the past on contemporary issues.