Social Studies Standards Addressed Students identify bias and prejudice when evaluating documents. Students compare the present with the recent past, evaluating consequences of events and decisions to determine cause and effect. Students relate current events to the physical and human characteristics of places and regions. Students examine unresolved problems of the modern world as they appear in current events. Students solve problems and draw conclusions.
Students predict probable consequences of an event, series of events, or policy proposal.
This project also emphasizes critical thinking, problem solving, group work, inquiry, and cause and effect relations. Implementation Overview Please review the rules before continuing with this document. The basic implementation of the project involves four steps. There are several components that need to be addressed before you begin using Educated Guess into your class. This is not an individual activity.