STANDARD GOVT.1a The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by a) planning inquiries by synthesizing information from diverse primary and secondary sources; Essential Understandings Experiences may include but are not limited to the following: Inquiries result in the development of questions Use a variety of information sources to do the following: in response to identified issues. Collect and analyze data to explain major influences on voter turnout in three different localities in the Commonwealth. Synthesis involves combining processed Investigate and find examples in the United States Constitution to answer the does the question, “How information with other knowledge to logically Constitution guard against tyranny? reach a new interpretation and understanding of Choose three pieces of voter legislation passed in the past 150 years. Examine contemporary sources to content. explain how each impacted citizen participation in elections. Examine and analyze the geography of a location. Gather information about a specific geographic feature Evidence is evaluated, analyzed, and organized (e.g., the ocean, lakes, mountains, rivers) that may impact several countries, states, localities, or to support the development of a response to an communities. Investigate and examine an issue or concern with the geographic feature, the types of identified issue. legislation passed, and how bordering communities cooperated or had conflicts. Review the United States Naturalization Test for citizenship to determine how the questions reflect the political Proposed responses to identified issues and philosophies outlined in the following: problems are developed based upon evidence Athenian democracy and the Roman republic found in a variety of sources. Declaration of Independence, Virginia Declaration of Rights, Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, and the Bill of Rights Historical information may be acquired from a Constitution of the United States variety of sources: Prepare a collection of primary and secondary sources that best relate to a unit of study. Examine the sources to Diaries do the following: Interviews Make and record observations about the sources and generate questions about each item. Letters Determine commonalities and patterns in the themes of the sources, as well as how the sources connect to the overarching topic of the lesson. Raw data Determine the local implications, impacts, and costs and benefits of the sources. Court records and transcripts Develop a position. Photographs Journal articles that report the findings of original research Newspaper articles reporting on current events Autobiographies Speeches Creative works (novels, plays, poems, music, art)
STANDARD GOVT.1a The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by a) planning inquiries by synthesizing information from diverse primary and secondary sources; Essential Understandings Experiences may include but are not limited to the following: Inquiries result in the development of questions in response to identified issues. Synthesis involves combining processed information with other knowledge to logically reach a new interpretation and understanding of content. Evidence is evaluated, analyzed, and organized to support the development of a response to an identified issue. Proposed responses to identified issues and problems are developed based upon evidence found in a variety of sources. Historical information may be acquired from a variety of sources: Diaries Interviews Letters Raw data Court records and transcripts Photographs Journal articles that report the findings of original research Newspaper articles reporting on current events Autobiographies Speeches Creative works (novels, plays, poems, music, art) Use a variety of information sources to do the following: Collect and analyze data to explain major influences on voter turnout in three different localities in the Commonwealth. Investigate and find examples in the United States Constitution to answer the question, “How does the Constitution guard against tyranny? Choose three pieces of voter legislation passed in the past 150 years. Examine contemporary sources to explain how each impacted citizen participation in elections. Examine and analyze the geography of a location. Gather information about a specific geographic feature (e.g., the ocean, lakes, mountains, rivers) that may impact several countries, states, localities, or communities. Investigate and examine an issue or concern with the geographic feature, the types of legislation passed, and how bordering communities cooperated or had conflicts. Review the United States Naturalization Test for citizenship to determine how the questions reflect the political philosophies outlined in the following: Athenian democracy and the Roman republic Declaration of Independence, Virginia Declaration of Rights, Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, and the Bill of Rights Constitution of the United States Prepare a collection of primary and secondary sources that best relate to a unit of study. Examine the sources to do the following: Make and record observations about the sources and generate questions about each item. Determine commonalities and patterns in the themes of the sources, as well as how the sources connect to the overarching topic of the lesson. Determine the local implications, impacts, and costs and benefits of the sources. Develop a position.
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