Academic standards
- 8.58
- Describe the concept of Manifest Destiny and its impact on the developing character of the American nation, including the purpose, challenges and economic incentives for...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.1
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.2
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.4
- Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 11-12 reading and content, choosing flexibly...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.5
- Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.6
- Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.1
- Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text,...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.2
- Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.3
- Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.4
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.6
- Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.8
- Delineate and evaluate the reasoning in seminal U.S. texts, including the application of constitutional principles and use of legal reasoning...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.1
- Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text,...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.10
- By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2
- Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.5
- Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.7
- Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.9
- Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century foundational works of American literature, including how two or...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.10
- By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1
- Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1
- Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.10
- Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.2
- Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.3
- Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.4
- Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience....
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.5
- Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.7
- Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.9
- Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3
- Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
- CLE 3001.3.1
- Write in a variety of modes for different audiences and purposes.
- CLE 3001.6.1
- Comprehend and summarize the main ideas of informational and technical texts and determine the essential elements that elaborate them.
- CLE 3002.3.1
- Write in a variety of modes for different audiences and purposes.
- CLE 3002.6.1
- Comprehend and summarize the main ideas of informational and technical texts and determine the essential elements that elaborate them.
- CLE 3003.1.1
- Demonstrate control of Standard English through grammar usage and mechanics (punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
- CLE 3003.1.2
- Employ a variety of strategies and resources to determine the definition,
pronunciation, etymology, spelling, and usage of words and phrases.
- CLE 3003.2.7
- Participate in work teams and group discussions.
- CLE 3003.3.1
- Write in a variety of modes, with particular emphasis on persuasion, for
different purposes and audiences.
- CLE 3003.3.3
- Organize ideas into an essay with a thesis statement in the introduction, well-constructed paragraphs, a conclusion, and transition sentences that connect...
- CLE 3003.5.1
- Use logic to make inferences and draw conclusions in a variety of complex
oral and written contexts.
- CLE 3003.5.2
- Analyze text for fact and opinion, cause/effect, inferences, evidence, and
conclusions.
- CLE 3003.6.1
- Comprehend and summarize the main ideas of complex informational texts
and determine the essential elements that elaborate them.
- CLE 3003.6.2
- Analyze the organizational structures of complex informational and technical
texts.
- CLE 3003.6.3
- Read, interpret, and analyze graphics that support complex informational and
technical texts.
- CLE 3003.8.1
- Demonstrate knowledge of significant works of American literature from the
colonial period to the present and make relevant comparisons.
- CLE 3003.8.4
- Analyze works of American literature for what is suggested about the
historical period in which they were written.
- CLE 3003.8.5
- Know and use appropriate literary terms to derive meaning and comprehension from various literary genres.
- SPI 3001.3.14
- Select the most precise word to provide clarity appropriate to audience and purpose.
- SPI 3001.3.4
- Select a vivid word (e.g., adjective, adverb, verb) to strengthen a written description.
- SPI 3002.1.9
- Recognize a shift in either verb tense or point of view within a writing sample.
- SPI 3002.3.15
- Select the most precise word to provide clarity appropriate to audience and purpose.
- SPI 3002.3.4
- Select a vivid word (e.g., adjective, adverb, verb) to strengthen a written description.
- SPI 3003.1.1
- Demonstrate the correct use of commas and lesser-used punctuation marks (e.g., hyphens, dashes, colons) in complex and sophisticated constructions.
- SPI 3003.1.11
- Correctly choose verb forms in terms of tense, voice (i.e., active and passive), and mood for continuity.
- SPI 3003.1.5
- Use previously learned techniques such as recognizing cognates, root words, affixes, foreign phrases, and textual context to identify unfamiliar words, including...
- SPI 3003.1.8
- Choose correctly or incorrectly spelled words.
- SPI 3003.2.5
- Identify the rhetorical devices used in a complex speech (i.e., rhetorical questions, parallelism and repetition, analogies, hyperbole, metaphors, simile,...
- SPI 3003.3.13
- Identify the targeted audience for a selected passage.
- SPI 3003.3.8
- Choose the transitional device that appropriately connects sentences or paragraphs within a writing sample.
- SPI 3003.3.9
- Rearrange the order of supporting paragraphs within a writing sample given a specified organizational pattern (comparison-contrast, chronological).
- SPI 3003.4.3
- Evaluate the reliability and credibility of sources for use in research.
- SPI 3003.5.1
- Make inferences and draw conclusions based on evidence in text.
- SPI 3003.5.11
- Identify the main claim, premise(s), evidence, or conclusion of a given argument.
- SPI 3003.5.8
- Determine whether a given argument employs deductive or inductive reasoning. (NOTE: NO Check for Understanding)
- SPI 3003.6.1
- Discern the stated or implied main idea and supporting details of a complex informational or technical passage.
- SPI 3003.6.3
- Analyze the ways in which the organizational structure of a complex informational or technical text supports or confounds its meaning or purpose.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.L.CSE.1
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking; consider complex and contested matters of usage...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.L.CSE.2
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; when reading and writing, use...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.L.VAU.4
- Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on 11th -12th grade-level text by choosing flexibly from a...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.L.VAU.5
- Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings in grades 11-12 reading and content; interpret...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.L.VAU.6
- Acquire and accurately use general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RI.CS.4
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RI.CS.5
- Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her own exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RI.CS.6
- Determine an author's point of view and/or purpose in a text, analyzing how style and content contribute to its effectiveness.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RI.IKI.9
- Analyze and evaluate a variety of thematically-related texts of historical and literary significance for their topics, facts, purposes, and rhetorical...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RI.KID.1
- Analyze what a text says explicitly and draw inferences; support an interpretation of a text by citing and synthesizing relevant textual evidence from...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RI.KID.2
- Determine multiple central ideas of a text or texts and analyze their development; provide a critical summary.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RL.CS.4
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RL.CS.5
- Analyze how an author's choices concerning the structure of specific parts of a text contribute to its overall structure, meaning, and aesthetic impact.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RL.CS.6
- Analyze how point of view and/or author purpose requires distinguishing what is directly stated in texts and what is implied.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RL.IKI.9
- Demonstrate knowledge of and analyze thematically-related, significant literary texts, considering how two or more texts treat similar themes or topics.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RL.KID.1
- Analyze what a text says explicitly and draw inferences; support an interpretation of a text by citing and synthesizing relevant textual evidence from...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RL.KID.2
- Determine multiple themes or central ideas of a text or texts and analyze their development; provide a critical summary.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.SL.CC.1
- Initiate and participate effectively with varied partners in a range of collaborative discussions on appropriate 11th - 12th grade topics, texts, and...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.W.PDW.4
- Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.W.PDW.5
- Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.W.RBPK.7
- Conduct and write short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem by...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.W.RBPK.9
- Support and defend interpretations, analyses, reflections, or research with evidence found in literature or informational texts, applying grade band...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.W.RW.10
- Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.W.TTP.1
- Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning supported by relevant and sufficient evidence.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.W.TTP.2
- Write informative/explanatory texts to analyze, synthesize, and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.W.TTP.3
- Write narrative fiction or literary nonfiction to convey experiences and/or events using effective techniques, well-chosen details, and well-structured...
- TSS.ELA.9-10.W.TTP.3
- Write narrative fiction or literary nonfiction to convey experiences and/or events using effective techniques, well-chosen details, and well-structured...
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Essential and guiding questions:
What is Manifest Destiny? How was this doctrine used to justify war with Native Americans and their removal to reservations?
