Social Studies Content and Literacy Skills – Grades 6-12 - SAU 14

Social Studies Content and Literacy Skills – Grades 6-12
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so
teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be relevant to the real world,
reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. With American students fully
prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy.
Epping students will address the Common Core Reading Standards for Literacy in Social Studies/History in a number of ways as they
advance from grades six through twelve. Our content and literacy skills directly reflect the goals of the Common Core State
Standards. The following table shows the sequence in which the skills and standards are covered as a student advances through
Epping Middle School and Epping High School. The integration of these skills, at various depths and in different courses, is an
important part of the Social Studies curriculum and our ability to meet the Common Core standards.
Content
Skills
Chronological
Order
Create and
use time
lines
Recognize
historical
perspectives
Literacy
Skills
Sequence
Sequence
Point of View
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 High School
Ancient
History
Progression of
rise and fall of
different
civilizations
Roman time line
from Etruscans
until the fall of
Rome
Two differing
views on the
Roman baths
from one who
visits to one
who lives above
the baths
World
Geography
Apartheid history
Impact of
colonialism in
Africa in creating
political borders
US History Civics World
Cultures
Causes of the
American
Revolution time
line
Revolutionary
Road Map time
line
Mexican-
American War
dialogues
Development of
government
types through
time
Mandate of
Heaven: Rise and
fall of Ancient
Chinese
Dynasties
Map the timeline
of trade
throughout the
West African
trading empires
Analyze the
Cultural
Revolution
through a 1st
person account
reading the novel
Red Scarf Girl
US History
Cold War Issues
WWII - 1992
Cold War
Events
Views in the
South regarding
race since
Reconstruction
Modern
History
Palestine/Israeli
Conflict
1945-Present
Events leading
up to The
Russian
Revolution
The formation
of Israel from a
Zionist and
Palestinian
viewpoint
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Evaluate
historical
perspectives
then and
now
Frame
historical
questions
Present well
supported
historic
argument
Compare and
Contrast
Questioning/
Inquiry
Write an
argument
Greek
democracy vs
representative
democracy
International
conflict and
cooperation:
understanding
diplomacy
Comparing citizen
revolutions:
causes Common
ideals
Bill of Rights
connections
Examination of
John Locke’s
ideals
Critique the
causes of the
American
Revolution
Creation of web
pages that share
why you should
support a
fictitious
candidate for
office and then
defend a choice
Analyzing the
Hindu-Muslim
conflict
throughout
India's past
Researching the
history of the
Israeli/Palestinian
conflict
Prepare a brief
analyzing the
future viability of
a membership in
OPEC
Wilson and the
League of
Nations
Should we have
accepted his
proposal
Should the US
entered WWII
sooner
Students
respond to
Were Civil
Rights violated
during WWI
Capitalism vs
Communism
Compare and
contrast the
Russian and
French
Revolution
Re-enact a
meeting of
peasants prior
to the French
Revolution
Roles of
citizens
Map Skills
Interpret
maps
Main idea
Technical
reading &
text
structure
Technical
reading &
text
structure
The different
responsibilities
of the plebeians
and the
patricians in
Roman society
The geography
of a region and
its impact on
people’s lives
Tracing
Hannibal’s
indirect route
from Spain to
his attack on
Rome
ID forms of gov’t
and role of
citizens
Reading and
understanding
various types of
maps and
creating own
maps
Using special
purpose maps to
analyze
information and
creating special
purpose maps to
convey
information
“In a republic “
4-square
assignment
Regional Maps
Pre-Civil War
maps
highlighting
North/South
differences
Read a section
of a document
and write down
the rights and
responsibilities
of citizens
Answer
questions that
relate to a map
Using a map of
information:
give a title and
write down
three questions
that can be
answered by the
facts given
Prepare a film
review of Gandhi
from the
perspective of his
role in Indian
Independence
Identifying
population
patterns of
cultures based on
geography and
natural resources
Apply to 5
themes of
geography to
each region of
study
Immigration
and the
naturalization
process
Battle maps of
WWII
Vietnam and its
impact on
military strategy
The role of
citizens during
the French
Revolution of
citizens during
the Russian
Revolution
Geography of
the Soviet
Union and how
it contributed
to the Russian
Revolution
Latin American
and how its
location is
conducive to
immigration
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Money/
Exchange
Compare
costs and
benefits
Graphing
Problem
Solving
Evaluate
written and
non-written
sources
Mathematics
technical
reading
Compare &
contrast
Compare &
contrast;
Cause &
effect
Inferences
Drawing
conclusions
Research
skills
Inferences
Drawing
conclusions
What lessons
might nations
today learn from
the fall of
Rome
Looking at
various artifacts
and determining
How they were
used in the past
Personal finance
practices
Entrepreneurship:
key components
of businesses
Using and
creating
climographs:
compare and
contrast climates
of regions around
globe
Health crises in
sub-Saharan
Africa: identify
problem and
solutions
Photographs:
creating photo
stories about Cold
War era
Drawing
inferences
based upon Civil
War primary
sources
Abraham
Lincoln quotes
coupled with
North/South
information
tables
Learning about 4
forms of
economic
systems
In chart form
show how the 4
economic
systems are
similar, different
and which type
of government
works for that
system
Interpreting
data presented
or creation of a
graph displaying
subject material
Which do you
lean are you
more liberal or
conservative
Take a guess and
then answer
surveys to see
your result
surveys
Using various
sources
(documents,
songs,
presentations…)
answer a series
of questions or
ask questions
based on the
material
Analyze China's
Open Door policy
and its effects on
the rest of the
world
Researching the
worlds fresh
water supply and
the distribution
going forward
Compare and
Contrast world
health graphs to
Specific African
country data
Constructing a
business in an
African country
Analysis of the
three holy books
of the World's
Monotheistic
religions
Role play a
stock market
game to
simulate the
stock market
crash of 1929
The New Deal
What programs
worked and
which ones did
not
US troop
escalation in
Vietnam
Appeasement
of Germany by
the Allied
Powers prior to
WWII
Did we wait too
long
Students read
letters from Ellis
Island and study
photographs of
immigrants as
they arrive
Role play the
French
economy prior
to the
Revolution
Stalin’s 5 year
plan
Was it
successful
Rate of
immigration to
the US from
Latin America
Epping Accords
Students study
the
Palestine/Israeli
conflict and
offer solutions
Stalin’s use of
propaganda and
determine the
techniques he
used
Evaluate Research Medieval Evaluating press Examination of When given a Collecting and Study the Respond to
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objectivity
and validity
of sources
Identify
primary and
secondary
sources
Use primary
and
secondary
sources
Collect,
organize and
present data
Organize
information
(outlining,
summarizing
and citing)
Analyze
issues
skills
Research
skills
Research
skills
Research
skills
Research
skills
Main idea
Summarizing
Analyze
research for ABC
book on
medieval terms
Read an excerpt
From Caesar’s
report of the
Gallic Wars,
then the text’s
report
Read the text’s
biography of
Hammurabi,
then, read a
section from the
Code of
Hammurabi
Use trade books
and computer
sites to gather
information for
the Medieval
ABC book
Put the
medieval
information in
an outline to
organize for the
final product
Include a
citation page
Considering
slavery’s impact
on Rome, how
could Romans
have addressed
reports of
Sharpville
Massacre in
South Africa
Research Chinese
cultural
revolution
ID causes and
effects of
immigration
waves in history
Middle East
current event
project: The Arab
Spring
Current events
journal: yearlong
summaries
and analysis of
current event
stories
Water crisis in
Middle East
Revere’s
“Boston
Massacre”
etching
Daily Life in the
13 Colonies
Civil War
biography cubes
with quotes
US State
scatterplot
assignment
War of 1812
notes and
illustration
project
US Supreme
Court cases
review
series of web
sites, explain
why it is or is
not reliable
Able to identify
when using a
primary or
secondary
source
While analyzing
photographs,
interpret which
goes with an
amendment in
the Bill of Rights
As a member of
a special interest
group you and
other groups
need to hold a
Constitutional
Convention to
create a proper
government for
your country
Who is in and
what does the
Executive
Branch of the
government do
Using a current
event explain
how it connects
or effects the
government of
evaluating data
for the OPEC
brief
Analysis of early
Japanese writings
and their
relationship with
China
Collection of
sources to aid
with the
proposed
solution to the
Arab/Israeli
conflict
Constructing an
argument for the
future of oil
dependency of
various regions
Character
analysis through
role playing
courtroom trial
after reading the
novel Red Scarf
Girl
Analyzing
colonialisms
effect on South
America versus
Africa
Presidency of
Warren Harding
Look at facts
and perception
Compose a
travel letter
about the
Depression
using primary
sources
Write a letter a
a Muckraker
during the early
1900’s using
primary sources
Evaluate the
US’s escalation
in Vietnam and
what lead to it
Reading skills
worksheets for
each chapter
Immigration
Push / Pull
factors
Stalin’s use of
propaganda by
writing a letter
as a dissident
from the Soviet
Union
Study the stages
of the
Holocaust using
primary sources
The student
writes a paper
about life in
Central America
Standard of
living graphs of
Latin America
Poster activities
that summarize
chapters
Middle East
Conflict
Issues of the
Cold War
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the high
unemployment
rate of the
plebeians
the US
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