History/Social Studies: Grades 9, 10

Read and comprehend history/social studies texts independently and proficiently, and write effectively for a variety of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences

Extract and construct meaning from history/social studies texts using a variety of comprehension skills

Build understanding of history/social studies texts, using knowledge of structural organization and author's purpose and message

Build understanding of history/social studies texts by synthesizing and connecting ideas and evaluating specific claims

Write for different purposes and to specific audiences or people

Produce coherent and legible documents by planning, drafting, revising, editing, and collaborating with others

Build knowledge about the research process and the topic under study by conducting short or more sustained research

Learning Outcomes

Key Ideas and Textual Support

Structural Elements and Organization

Synthesis and Connection of Ideas

Writing Genres

The Writing Process

The Research Process

Read and comprehend history/social studies texts within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 9-10 independently and proficiently by the end of grade 10.

Write routinely over a variety of time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.

Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.

Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social studies.

Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or advance an explanation or analysis.

Compare the perspectives of two or more authors for how they treat the same or similar topics, including which details they include and emphasize in their respective accounts.

Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text.

Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author's claims.

Analyze the relationships among primary and secondary sources on the same topic.

Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.

Write informative texts, including analyses of historical events.

Plan and develop; draft; revise using appropriate reference materials; rewrite; try a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience; and edit to produce and strengthen writing that is clear and coherent.

Use technology to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.

Conduct short as well as more sustained research assignments and tasks to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative sources, using advanced searches effectively; annotate sources; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; synthesize and integrate information into the text selectivity to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation (e.g., APA or Chicago).

Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.