understanding of a assessing whether the Delineate and evaluate reasoning is sound and the reasoning in seminal topic or issue. the evidence is relevant U.S. texts, including the Trace and evaluate and sufficient; recognize application of when irrelevant constitutional principles the argument and evidence is introduced. and use of legal specific claims in a Analyze a case in which reasoning (e.g., in U.S. text, distinguishing two or more texts Supreme Court majority claims that are provide conflicting opinions and dissents) supported by information on the same and the premises, reasons and topic and identify where purposes, and the texts disagree on arguments in works of evidence from matters of fact or public advocacy (e.g., claims that are not. interpretation. The Federalist, Compare and presidential addresses). contrast one Analyze seventeenth-, author’s eighteenth-, and presentation of nineteenth-century events with that of foundational U.S. another (e.g., a documents of historical memoir written by and literary significance (including The and a biography on Declaration of the same person). Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address) for their themes, purposes, and rhetorical features.
understanding of a topic or issue. Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not. Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person). assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced. Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation. Delineate and evaluate the reasoning in seminal U.S. texts, including the application of constitutional principles and use of legal reasoning (e.g., in U.S. Supreme Court majority opinions and dissents) and the premises, purposes, and arguments in works of public advocacy (e.g., The Federalist, presidential addresses). Analyze seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenth-century foundational U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (including The Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address) for their themes, purposes, and rhetorical features.