Social Science Analysis Standards
Construct arguments using precise claims, integrating and evaluating information provided by multiple sources, diverse media, and formats, while acknowledging counterclaims and evidentiary strengths and weaknesses.
Construct explanations using sound reasoning, correct sequence (linear or nonlinear), examples, and details with significant and pertinent information and data, while acknowledging the strengths and weaknesses of the explanations given its purpose (such as validity, value and limitation, cause and effect, chronological, procedural, technical).
Identify and analyze multiple and diverse perspectives as critical consumers of information.
Analyze an event, issue, problem, or phenomenon, critiquing and evaluating characteristics, influences, causes, and both short- and long-term effects.
Evaluate options for individual and collective actions to address local, regional and global problems by engaging in self-reflection, strategy identification, and complex causal reasoning.
Propose, compare, and evaluate multiple responses, alternatives, or solutions to issues or problems; then reach an informed, defensible, supported conclusion.
Engage in informed and respectful deliberation and discussion of issues, events, and ideas applying a range of strategies and procedures to make decisions and take informed action.
Identify and critique how implicit bias, institutional racism, racial supremacy, privilege, intersectionality, and identity, influence perspectives in the understanding of history and contemporary events.
Critique and analyze information for point of view, historical context, distortion, bias propaganda and relevance including sources with conflicting information in order to question the dominant narratives in history.
Analyze how a specific problem can manifest itself at local, regional, and global levels over time, identifying its characteristics and causes, and the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address the problem.
Analyze and apply a range of deliberative and collaborative procedures to make decisions and take informed action.
Construct explanations using reasoning, correct sequence, examples and details with relevant information and data, while acknowledging the strengths and weaknesses of the explanations.
Critique and analyze information for point of view, historical context, distortion, bias, propaganda, and relevance including sources with conflicting information in order to question the dominant narratives in history.
Analyze how a specific problem can manifest itself at local, regional, and global levels over time, identifying its characteristics and causes, and the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address a specific problem.
Analyze and apply a range of deliberative and collaborative procedures to make decisions and take informed action.
Construct explanations using reasoning, correct sequence, examples, and details with relevant information and data while acknowledging the strengths and weaknesses of the explanations.
Critique and analyze information for point of view, historical context, distortion, propaganda and relevance including sources with conflicting information.
Draw on multiple disciplinary lenses to analyze how a specific problem can manifest itself at local, regional, and global levels over time, identifying its characteristics and causes, and the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address the problem.
Assess individual and collective capacities to take informed action to address local, regional, and global problems, taking into account a range of possible levers of power, strategies and potential outcomes.
Construct arguments using claims and evidence from multiple sources and diverse media, while acknowledging the strengths and limitations of the arguments.
Critique and analyze information for point of view, historical context, distortion, propaganda, and relevance including sources with conflicting information.
Draw on multiple disciplinary lenses to analyze how a specific problem can manifest itself at local, regional, and global levels over time, identifying its characteristics and causes, and the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address the problem.
Assess individual and collective capacities to take informed action to address local, regional, and global problems, taking into account a range of possible levers of power, strategies, and potential outcomes.
Construct arguments using claims and evidence from multiple sources and diverse media while acknowledging the strengths and limitations of the arguments
Gather, interpret, document, and use information from multiple sources and diverse media, distinguish facts from opinions while recognizing points of view through inquiry and research.
Critique information by determining its sufficiency to answer questions and if the source is credible.
Analyze how a specific problem can manifest itself at local, regional, and global levels. Identify challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address a specific problem.
Assess individual and collective capacities to take action to address local and regional issues, taking into account a range of possible levers of power, strategies and potential outcomes.
Construct arguments using claims and evidence from multiple sources, while acknowledging the strengths and limitations of these arguments.
Gather, interpret, document, and use information from multiple sources and diverse media, distinguish facts from opinions while recognizing points of view through inquiry and research.
Critique information by determining its sufficiency to answer questions and if the source is credible.
Analyze how a specific problem can manifest itself at local, regional, and global levels. Identify challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address a specific problem.
Assess individual and collective capacities to take action to address local and regional issues, taking into account a range of possible levers of power, strategies, and potential outcomes.
Construct arguments using claims and evidence from multiple sources while acknowledging the strengths and limitations of these arguments.
Analyze multiple accounts or perspectives of the same event, issue, problem or topic and describe important similarities and differences.
Gather, assess, and use information from multiple primary and secondary sources (such as print, electronic, interviews, speeches, images) to examine an event, issue, or problem through inquiry and research.
Identify characteristics of an event, issue, or problem, suggesting possible causes and results.
Propose a response or solution to an issue or problem, utilizing research, to support the position.
Use a range of collaborative procedures to make decisions about and act on civic issues or problems.
Gather, assess, and use information from multiple primary and secondary sources (such as print, electronic, interviews, speeches, images) to examine an event, issue, or problem through inquiry and research.
Identify characteristics of an event, issue, or problem, suggesting possible causes and results.
Propose a response or solution to an issue or problem, utilizing research, to support the position.
Use a range of collaborative procedures to make decisions about and act on civic issues or problems.
Compare eyewitness and secondhand accounts of an event.
Construct explanations using reasoning, correct sequence, examples and details with relevant information and data.
Analyze historical accounts related to Oregon to understand cause-and-effect.
Determine the validity of multiple sources, both historical and current, including but not limited to, diverse, primary and secondary sources.
Explain individual and cooperative approaches people have taken, or could take in the future, to address local, regional, and global problems, as well as predict possible results of those actions.
Compare eyewitness and secondhand accounts of an event.
Construct explanations using reasoning, correct sequence, examples and details with relevant information and data.
Analyze historical accounts related to Oregon to understand cause-and-effect.
Determine the validity of multiple sources, both historical and current, including but not limited to, diverse, primary and secondary sources.
Explain individual and cooperative approaches people have taken, or could take in the future, to address local, regional, and global problems, as well as predict possible results of those actions.
Use a variety of historical sources including artifacts, pictures and documents to identify factual evidence.
Identify and compare different ways of looking at an event, issue, or problem with an emphasis on multiple perspectives.
Analyze different ways that people, other living things, and the environment might be affected by an event, issue, or problem.
Use a variety of historical sources including artifacts, pictures and documents to identify factual evidence.
Identify how systems of power, including white supremacy, institutional racism, racial hierarchy, and oppression affect the perspectives of different individuals and groups when examining an event, issue, or problem with an emphasis on multiple perspectives.
Analyze different ways that people, other living things, and the environment might be affected by an event, issue, or problem.
Describe the connection between two or more current or historical events.
Compare and contrast past and present situations, people, and events in neighborhoods and communities.
Evaluate information relating to an issue or problem.
Use listening, consensus-building, and voting procedures to decide on and take informed action.
Describe the connection between two or more current or historical events.
Compare and contrast past and present situations, people, and events in neighborhoods and communities.
Evaluate information relating to an issue or problem.
Use listening, consensus-building, and voting procedures to decide on and take informed action to interrupt injustice or promote justice in their community.
Identify cause-and-effect relationships.
Identify and explain a range of issues and problems and some ways that people are addressing them.
Identify ways that students can take informed action to help address issues and problems.
Determine if a source is primary or secondary and distinguish whether it is mostly fact or opinion.
Identify cause-and-effect relationships.
Identify and explain a range of issues and problems and some ways that people are addressing them.
Identify ways that students can take informed action to help address issues and problems at school and/or in the community.
Determine if a source is primary or secondary and distinguish whether it is mostly fact or opinion.
For a given problem find a solution that demonstrates fairness and empathy.
Given context clues, develop a reasonable idea about who created the primary or secondary source, when they created it, where they created it, or why they created it.
Identify possible solutions to injustices that demonstrate fairness and empathy.
Given context clues, develop a reasonable idea about who, when, where, and why the primary or secondary source was created.