World History Studies-Social studies skills

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The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including electronic technology. The student is expected to:
Identify methods used by archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, and geographers to analyze evidence.
Explain how historians, when examining sources, analyze frame of reference, historical context, and point of view to interpret historical events.
Explain the differences between primary and secondary sources and examine those sources to analyze frame of reference, historical context, and point of view.
Evaluate the validity of a source based on language, corroboration with other sources, and information about the author.
Identify bias in written, oral, and visual material.
Analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, drawing inferences and conclusions, and developing connections between historical events over time.
Construct a thesis on a social studies issue or event supported by evidence.
Use appropriate reading and mathematical skills to interpret social studies information such as maps and graphs.
The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:
Use social studies terminology correctly.
Use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation.
Interpret and create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information.
Transfer information from one medium to another.
The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others, in a variety of settings. The student is expected to:
Use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution.
Use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision.

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