NRS Level 6 Reading

High Adult Secondary Education (Grade Levels 11.0 – 12.9)

######### READING IN THE CONTENT AREAS: HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES (RH)

6.R.RH.1 / 6.R.RH.2 / 6.R.RH.3 / 6.R.RH.4 / 6.R.RH.5 / 6.R.RH.6 6.R.RH.7 / 6.R.RH.8 / 6.R.RH.9 / 6.R.RH.10 / 6.R.RH.11 / 6.R.RH.12

######### Essential Understandings:

- • primary and secondary resources indicates the relationships among • primary and secondary resources indicates the relationships among the key details and ideas of the text.
- • in primary and secondary sources can be analyzed in regard to • in primary and secondary sources can be analyzed in regard to factors including date, origin, central idea, cause/effect, and sequence.
- • can be analyzed in terms of vocabulary, structure, and point of view. • can be analyzed in terms of vocabulary, structure, and point of view.
- • research tools and resources can be used to obtain research information. • research tools and resources can be used to obtain research information.
- • for research should be integrated from diverse sources to form a • for research should be integrated from diverse sources to form a coherent understanding of an idea or event.

######### Essential Questions:

- • strategies can be used to reconcile discrepancies among sources? • strategies can be used to reconcile discrepancies among sources?
- • can digital resources be evaluated for appropriateness and accuracy? • can digital resources be evaluated for appropriateness and accuracy?

######### Students will be able to:

Key Ideas and Details: History and Social Studies

- • comprehension by citing specific textual evidence to support • comprehension by citing specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, explaining how insights from specific details leads to an understanding of the whole text.
- • comprehension by making decisions that compare and contrast • comprehension by making decisions that compare and contrast facts, as distinct from opinions.
- • comprehension by identifying the central ideas or information of a • comprehension by identifying the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source and providing an accurate summary that clarifies how key details or ideas relate to each other and develop throughout the text.
- • comprehension by evaluating and determining which explanations • comprehension by evaluating and determining which explanations best fits with evidence from the text, particularly noting areas of uncertainty.

Craft and Structure: History and Social Studies

- • comprehension by determining the meaning of words and phrases • comprehension by determining the meaning of words and phrases in a text, including figurative, connotative and technical meanings; analyze the author’s use of a key term throughout the text (e.g., Madison’s definition of faction in Federalist No. 10).
- • comprehension by analyzing the structure of a complex primary • comprehension by analyzing the structure of a complex primary source, noting how sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions are combined to create the whole text.
- • comprehension by comparing two or more authors’ points of view • comprehension by comparing two or more authors’ points of view on an historical event or issue and evaluating their claims, reasoning, and evidence.