Students read, comprehend, and respond to a range of materials, using a variety of strategies for different purposes.
Students write competently for a variety of purposes and audiences.
Students will locate, select, and synthesize information from a variety of texts, media, references, and technological sources to acquire and communicate knowledge. Students apply reasoning and problem solving skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and visually representing. Students develop a spatial understanding of Earth's surface and the processes that shape it, the connections between people and places, and the relationship between man and his environment . Students develop an understanding of the structure and purposes of government, the foundations of the American democratic system, and the role of the United States in the world, while learning about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. Students develop an understanding of the structure and purposes of government, the foundations of the American democratic system, and the role of the United States in the world, while learning about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.