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Pre-Assessment- Unit 1: History/Social Studies and CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy 6-12
- 1.1 History/Social Studies and the Shared Responsibility for Literacy
- 1.2 The Importance of Literacy in History/Social Studies
- 1.3 Organization of the CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy
- 1.4 Comparing the CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy to the History-Social Sciences Analysis Skill Standards
- 1.5 The Common Core Shifts for ELA/Literacy
- 1.6 Informational Texts in History/Social Studies: Primary and Secondary Sources
- 1.7 Text Complexity in History/Social Studies
- 1.8 Reading like a Historian and the CA CCSS
- 1.9 Supporting All Students in Content Literacy
- 1.10 Unit 1 Summary
- Unit 2: Close Reading in History/Social Studies
- 2.1 What is Close Reading?
- 2.2 Using Investigation/Inquiry-Based Instruction for Close Reading in History/Social Studies
- 2.3 Evaluating Sources and Using Evidence to Answer Text-Dependent Questions
- 2.4 Understanding the Author’s Point of View by Sourcing
- 2.5 Understanding Context of Historical Documents
- 2.6 Reading for Evidence, Claims, and Argument
- 2.7 Corroborating Multiple Documents
- 2.8 Supporting English Learners and Struggling Readers with Historical Texts
- 2.9 Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities in Reading Primary Sources
- 2.10 Document-Based Whole-Class Discussion
- 2.11 Unit 2 Summary
- Unit 3: Implementing the CA CCSS in Civics and Government, Economics, and Geography
- Module Summary
- Post-Assessment
- Certificate of Completion
Resources- Module Evalutation
2.6 Reading for Evidence, Claims, and Argument
The CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy place great emphasis on understanding the author’s argument, claims, evidence, and reasoning in a text as does the CA Historical and Social Sciences Analysis Skills as seen by selecting the following link.
CA Historical and Social Sciences Analysis Skills
While this emphasis is woven throughout the CA CCSS for Reading, it is most clearly seen in Standard 1 and Standard 8. Select the links that follow to reveal the relevant grade-level standards for reading in history/social studies.
Reading Like a Historian also provides guiding questions to help students analyze the author’s arguments, claims, and evidence under the strategy of close reading as seen below:
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Close reading helps students evaluate sources and analyze rhetoric by asking them:
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Read "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman," by Mary Wollstonecraft. Then use the information to respond to the close reading questions that follow.
Sample responses
Content Literacy in History/Social Studies, Grades 6 through Twelve. Brought to you by the California Department of Education.
For questions or feedback, please e-mail commoncoreteam@cde.ca.gov.
