GEO 6–7.1 - Construct maps to represent and explain the pattern of cultural and environmental characteristics in our world.
GEO 6–7.2 - Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions, and changes in their environmental characteristics.
GEO 6–7.3 - Explain how cultural patterns and economic decisions influence environments and the daily lives of people.
GEO 6–7.4 - Analyze the cultural and environmental characteristics that make places both similar to and different from one another.
GEO 6–7.5 - Explain the connections between the physical and human characteristics of a region and the identity of individuals and cultures living there.
GEO 6–7.6 - Explain how changes in transportation and communication technology influence human settlements and affect the diffusion of ideas and cultural practices.
GEO 6–7.7 - Analyze how relationships between humans and environments extend or contract settlement and movement.
GEO 6–7.8 - Evaluate the influences of long-term, human-induced environmental change on conflict and cooperation.
GEO 6–7.9 - Analyze the ways in which cultural and environmental characteristics vary among various regions of the world.
GEO 6–7.10 - Explain how the relationship between the environmental characteristics of places and the production of goods influences the world trade.
GEO 6–7.11 - Explain how global changes in population distribution affect changes in land use in particular regions.
Literacy.RH.6-8.1 - Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
Text Types and Purposes
WHST.6-8.1 - Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
WHST.6-8.1.a - Introduce claim(s) about a topic or issue, acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
WHST.6-8.1.b - Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant, accurate data and evidence that demonstrate an understanding of the topic or text, using credible sources.
WHST.6-8.1.c - Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
WHST.6-8.1.d - Establish and maintain a formal style.
WHST.6-8.1.e - Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
WHST.6-8.2 - Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.
WHST.6-8.2.a - Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories as appropriate to achieving purpose; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
WHST.6-8.2.b - Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
WHST.6-8.2.c - Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
WHST.6-8.2.d - Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
WHST.6-8.2.e - Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone.
WHST.6-8.2.f - Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
Production and Distribution of Writing
WHST.6-8.4 - Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
WHST.6-8.5 - With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
WHST.6-8.6 - Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
WHST.6-8.7 - Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
WHST.6-8.8 - Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
WHST.6-8.9 - Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Range of Writing
WHST.6-8.10 - Write routinely over extended time frames (time for reflection and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Geography
D2.Geo.1.6-8 - Construct maps to represent and explain the spatial patterns of cultural and environmental characteristics.
D2.Geo.2.6-8 - Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions, and changes in their environmental characteristics.
D2.Geo.3.6-8 - Use paper based and electronic mapping and graphing techniques to represent and analyze spatial patterns of different environmental and cultural characteristics.
D2.Geo.4.6-8 - Explain how cultural patterns and economic decisions influence environments and the daily lives of people in both nearby and distant places.
D2.Geo.5.6-8 - Analyze the combinations of cultural and environmental characteristics that make places both similar to and different from other places.
D2.Geo.6.6-8 - Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are connected to human identified and cultures.
D2.Geo.7.6-8 - Explain how changes in transportation and communication technology influence the spatial connections among human settlements and affect the diffusion of ideas and cultural practices.
D2.Geo.8.6-8 - Analyze how relationships between humans and environments extend or contract spatial patterns of settlement and movement.
D2.Geo.9.6-8 - Evaluate the influences of long-term human-induced environmental change on spatial patterns of conflict and cooperation.
D2.Geo.10.6-8 - Analyze the ways in which cultural and environmental characteristics vary among various regions of the world.
D2.Geo.11.6-8 - Explain how the relationship between the environmental characteristics of places and production of goods influences the spatial patterns of world trade.
D2.Geo.12.6-8 - Explain how global changes in population distribution patterns affect changes in land use in particular places.
History
D2.His.1.6-8 - Analyze connections among events and developments in broader historical contexts.
D2.His.2.6-8 - Classify series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity.
D2.His.4.6-8 - Analyze multiple factors that influenced the perspectives of people during different historical eras.
D2.His.13.6-8 - Evaluate the relevancy and utility of a historical source based on information such as maker, date, place of origin, intended audience, and purpose.
D2.His.14.6-8 - Explain multiple causes and effects of events and developments in the past.
D2.His.15.6-8 - Evaluate the relative influence of various causes of events and developments in the past.
Economics
D2.Eco.1.6-8 - Explain how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals, businesses, and society.
D2.Eco.2.6-8 - Evaluate alternative approaches or solutions to current economic issues in terms of benefits and costs for different groups and society as a whole.
D2.Eco.14.6-8 - Explain barriers to trade and how those barriers influence trade among nations.
D2.Eco.15.6-8 - Explain the benefits and the costs of trade policies to individuals, businesses, and society.
Civics
D2.Civ.6.6-8 - Describe the roles of political, civil, and economic organizations in shaping people’s lives.
D2.Civ.12.6-8 - Assess specific rules and laws (both actual and proposed) as means of addressing public problems.
D2.Civ.13.6-8 - Analyze the purposes, implementation, and consequences of public policies in multiple settings.
D2.Civ.14.6-8 - Compare historical and contemporary means of changing societies, and promoting the common good.