Research, Evidence, and Point of View Students frame question that can be answered by historical study and research. Students distinguish fact from opinion in historical narratives and stories Students distinguish relevant from irrelevant information, essential from incidental information, and verifiable fro unverifiable information in historical narratives and stories. Students assess the credibility of primary and secondary sources and draw sound conclusions from them. Historical Interpretation Students explain the central issues and problems from the past, placing people and events in a matrix of time and place. Students explain the sources of historical continuity and how the combination of ideas and events explains the emergence of new patterns.
Students recognize the role of chance, oversight, and error in history.
Students recognize that interpretations of history are subject to change as new information is uncovered. Six 6.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush 8. Identify the location of the Kush civilization and describe its political, commercial, and cultural relations with Egypt.