History-Social Science Analysis Skills, Grades 9-12 (HSS Analysis Skills CA)

• ​Chronological and Spatial Thinking

  • Students compare the present with the past, evaluating the consequences of past events and decisions and determining the lessons that were learned.

  • Students use a variety of maps and documents to interpret human movement, including major patterns of domestic and international migration, changing environmental preferences and settlement patterns, the frictions that develop between population groups, and the diffusion of ideas, technological innovations, and goods.

• Historical Research, Evidence, and Point of View

  • Students evaluate major debates among historians concerning alternative interpretations of the past, including an analysis of authors’ use of evidence and the distinctions between sound generalizations and misleading oversimplifications.

• Historical Interpretation

  • Students interpret past events and issues within the context in which an event unfolded rather than solely in terms of present-day norms and values.

  • Students analyze human modifications of landscapes and examine the resulting environmental policy issues.

World History, Culture, and Geography: The Modern World (HSS Content Standards, 10th)

• 10.4 Students analyze patterns of global change in the era of New Imperialism in at least two of the following regions or countries: Africa, Southeast Asia, China, India, Latin America, and the Philippines.

United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century (HSS Content Standards, 11th)

• 11.2 Students analyze the relationship among the rise of industrialization, largescale rural-to-urban migration, and massive immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe.

​Common Core ELA Grades 6-12 Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects (CC EH)

• English Language Arts Standards – History/Social Studies

  • Key Ideas and Details:

    • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.2: 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.

  • Craft and Structure

    • ​CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.6: Compare the point of view 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.

• English Language Arts Standards – Writing

  • Production and Distribution of Writing:

    • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.9-10.4 and 11-12.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

  • Range of Writing:

    • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.9-10.10 and 11-12.10: Write 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.