| Standard Area SS: Social Studies
Standard SS1: History of the United States and New York
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of
major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in the history of the
United States and New York.
Key Idea SS1.4:
The skills of historical analysis include the ability to: explain the significance of
historical evidence; weigh the importance, reliability, and validity of evidence;
understand the concept of multiple causation; understand the importance of changing
and competing interpretations of different historical developments.
Intermediate
Performance Indicator SS1.I.4A:
Students consider the sources of historical documents, narratives, or artifacts and
evaluate their reliability.
Standard Area SS: Social Studies
Standard SS3: Geography
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of
the geography of the interdependent world in which we live—local, national, and
global—including the distribution of people, places, and environments over the Earth’s
surface.
Key Idea SS3.2:
Geography requires the development and application of the skills of asking and
answering geographic questions; analyzing theories of geography; and acquiring,
organizing, and analyzing geographic information.
Intermediate
Performance Indicator SS3.I.2A:
Students present geographic information in a variety of formats, including maps,
tables, graphs, charts, diagrams, and computer-generated models.
Standard MST1: Analysis, Inquiry, and Design
Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering design, as
appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers, and develop solutions.
Scientific Inquiry
Key Idea MST1.SI3:
Scientific Inquiry: The observations made while testing proposed explanations, when
analyzed using conventional and invented methods, provide new insights into
phenomena.
Intermediate
Performance Indicator MST1.I.SI3A:
Students design charts, tables, graphs, and other representations of observations in
conventional and creative ways to help them address their research question or
hypothesis.
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