Academic standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.7
- Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6
- Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.7
- Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.9
- Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.5
- Analyze in detail how an author's ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.6
- Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.7
- Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in both print and multimedia), determining which...
- 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.9-10.7
- Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.9
- Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.5
- Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.1
- Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts,...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.2
- Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives (e.g.,...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1
- Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3
- Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event...
- CLE 3003.7.2
- Examine the agreements and conflicts between the visual (e.g., media images,
painting, film, graphic arts) and the verbal.
- CLE 3003.7.4
- Apply and adapt the principles of written composition to create coherent
media productions.
- CLE 3005.7.2
- Examine the agreements and conflicts between the visual (e.g., media images,
painting, film, graphic arts) and the verbal.
- CLE 3005.7.4
- Apply and adapt the principles of written composition to create coherent
media productions.
- GLE 0801.2.7
- Participate in work teams and group discussions.
- GLE 0801.3.3
- Organize ideas into an essay with an introduction, developing paragraphs,
conclusion, and appropriate transitions.
- GLE 0801.4.2
- Gather relevant information from a variety of print and electronic sources, as well as from direct observation, interviews, and surveys.
- GLE 0801.4.3
- Make distinctions about the credibility, reliability, consistency, strengths, and limitations of resources, including information gathered from websites.
- GLE 0801.5.5
- Explore the concept of premises, including false premises.
- SPI 0801.2.7
- Select the most appropriate strategies for participating productively in a team
(e.g., gain the floor in orderly ways, meet or set deadlines for completing each...
- SPI 0801.2.8
- Identify the functions and responsibilities of individuals within an organized group (i.e., reporter, recorder, information gatherer, leader, timekeeper).
- SPI 0801.3.11
- Identify individual written selections as technical, narrative, persuasive,
and/or descriptive in mode.
- SPI 0801.3.5
- Select appropriate time-order or transitional words/phrases to enhance the flow of a writing sample.
- SPI 0801.3.8
- Select vivid words to strengthen a description (adjective or adverb) within a
writing sample or passage.
- SPI 0801.3.9
- Select illustrations, explanations, anecdotes, descriptions and/or facts to support key ideas.
- SPI 0801.4.2
- Identify levels of reliability among resources (e.g., eyewitness account,
newspaper account, supermarket tabloid account, Internet source).
- SPI 0801.7.3
- Identify the purpose of a medium (i.e., to inform, to persuade, to entertain, to
describe).
- SPI 0801.7.5
- Choose the statement that best summarizes/communicates the message presented by a medium.
- SPI 0801.8.14
- Identify the authors purpose for writing.
- SPI 3001.7.7
- Consider the treatment of a particular subject or event in two or more media (e.g., newspaper and visual art, narrative and poem, diary and magazine article).
- SPI 3001.8.3
- Identify and analyze an authors point of view (i.e., first person, third-person objective, third-person limited, third-person omniscient).
- SPI 3002.7.7
- Consider the treatment of a particular subject or event in two or more media (e.g., newspaper and visual art, narrative and poem, diary and magazine article).
- SPI 3002.8.16
- Analyze how form relates to meaning (e.g., compare a poem and a newspaper on the same theme or topic).
- SPI 3002.8.3
- Identify and analyze an authors point of view (i.e., first person, third-person objective, third-person limited, third-person omniscient).
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RI.IKI.7
- Evaluate the topic or subject in multiple diverse formats and media.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RL.IKI.7
- Evaluate the topic, subject, and/or theme in multiple diverse formats and media, including how the version interprets the source text.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.SL.PKI.5
- Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
- TSS.ELA.8.RI.CS.6
- Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
- TSS.ELA.8.RI.IKI.7
- Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums to present a particular topic or idea.
- TSS.ELA.8.RL.CS.6
- Analyze how similarities and differences in the points of view of the audience and the characters create effects such as suspense, humor, or dramatic irony.
- TSS.ELA.8.RL.IKI.7
- Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from a text or script, evaluating the choices made...
- TSS.ELA.8.SL.CC.1
- Prepare for collaborative discussions on 8th grade level topics and texts; engage effectively with varied partners, building on others' ideas and expressing...
- TSS.ELA.8.SL.CC.2
- Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media formats; evaluate the motives, such as social, commercial, and political, behind its presentation.
- TSS.ELA.8.W.TTP.1
- Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
- TSS.ELA.8.W.TTP.3
- Write narratives (fiction and nonfiction) to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and...
- TSS.ELA.9-10.RI.CS.6
- Determine an author's point of view or purpose and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
- TSS.ELA.9-10.RI.IKI.7
- Evaluate the topic or subject in two diverse formats or media.
- TSS.ELA.9-10.RI.IKI.9
- Analyze a variety of thematically related texts of historical and literary significance for the way they address related topics, facts, and concepts.
- TSS.ELA.9-10.RL.CS.6
- Analyze how point of view and/or author purpose shapes the content and style of diverse texts.
- TSS.ELA.9-10.RL.IKI.7
- Evaluate the topic, subject, and/or theme in two diverse formats or media.
- TSS.ELA.9-10.RL.IKI.9
- Analyze a variety of related literary texts and evaluate how an author draws on, alludes to, or transforms source material to provide a deeper and more...
- US.9
- Describe the difference between "old" and "new" immigrants and analyze the assimilation process and consequences for the "new" immigrants and their impact on American...
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Essential and guiding questions:
How do these diverse sources represent the various perspectives on immigration at the turn of the century? Why were some people in support of or against immigration at the time?
