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STANDARD 6.1 (SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS) ALL STUDENTS WILL UTILIZE HISTORICAL THINKING, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND RESEARCH SKILLS TO MAXIMIZE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF CIVICS, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND ECONOMICS.
Descriptive Statement: The purpose of this standard is to develop the requisite skills needed to fully appreciate, comprehend, and apply knowledge of the other five social studies standards: civics, world history, United States and New Jersey history, geography, and economics. These skills must be integrated across all five standards. Students must understand basic concepts such as time, location, distance, and relationships and must be able to apply these concepts to the study of people, places, events, and issues. These skills focus on the importance of historical research as well as the need to distinguish fact from fiction and to understand cause and effect. These skills should not be taught in isolation; rather, students must use these skills in the study of all social studies disciplines.
Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 8, students will:
A. Social Studies Skills 1. Analyze how events are related over time.2. Use critical thinking skills to interpret events, recognize bias, point of view, and context. 3. Assess the credibility of primary and secondary sources. 4. Analyze data in order to see persons and events in context. 5. Examine current issues, events, or themes and relate them to past events. 6. Formulate questions based on information needs. 7. Use effective strategies for locating information. 8. Compare and contrast competing interpretations of current and historical events. 9. Interpret events considering continuity and change, the role of chance, oversight and error, and changing interpretations by historians. 10. Distinguish fact from fiction by comparing sources about figures and events with fictionalized characters and events. 11. Summarize information in written, graphic, and oral formats.
For Further information on 5.1, See Page 21 of New Jersey's Social Studies Framework
Link to Standard 6.1 Grade 3-4
Link to Standard 6.1 High School
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