Academic standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.3
- Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to...
- 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.RI.11-12.10
- By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as...
- 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.11-12.3
- Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.6
- Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g.,...
- 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.SL.11-12.3
- Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.6
- Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback,...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.9
- Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
- 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 3003.2.4
- Analyze the style and structure of a complex speech.
- CLE 3003.4.4
- Write an extended research paper, using primary and secondary sources and
technology and graphics, as appropriate.
- CLE 3003.5.1
- Use logic to make inferences and draw conclusions in a variety of complex
oral and written contexts.
- CLE 3003.6.1
- Comprehend and summarize the main ideas of complex informational texts
and determine the essential elements that elaborate them.
- 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 3005.1.2
- Employ a variety of strategies and resources to determine the definition,
pronunciation, etymology, spelling, and usage of words and phrases.
- CLE 3005.2.4
- Analyze the style and structure of a complex speech.
- CLE 3005.6.1
- Comprehend and summarize the main ideas of complex informational texts
and determine the essential elements that elaborate them.
- CLE 3005.8.1
- Demonstrate knowledge of significant works of British literature from the
Anglo-Saxon period to the present and make relevant comparisons.
- CLE 3005.8.4
- Analyze works of British literature for what is suggested about the historical
period in which they were written.
- SPI 3003.1.11
- Correctly choose verb forms in terms of tense, voice (i.e., active and passive), and mood for continuity.
- SPI 3003.8.6
- Identify and analyze standard literary elements (i.e., archetype, allegory, parable, paradox, parody, satire, foreshadowing, flashback).
- TSS.ELA.11-12.L.KL.3
- Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend...
- 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.RI.IKI.8
- Evaluate how an author incorporates evidence and reasoning to support the argument and specific claims in a text.
- 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.2
- Determine multiple central ideas of a text or texts and analyze their development; provide a critical summary.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RI.KID.3
- Analyze how an author's choices regarding the ordering of ideas and events, the introduction and development of ideas, and connections among ideas...
- 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.2
- Determine multiple themes or central ideas of a text or texts and analyze their development; provide a critical summary.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RL.KID.3
- Analyze how an author's choices regarding the development and interaction of characters, events, and ideas over the course of a text impact meaning.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.SL.CC.3
- Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric; assess the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.W.PDW.6
- Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, utilizing ongoing feedback, including new...
- 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.RI.RRTC.10
- (For 11th Grade) Read and comprehend a variety of literary nonfiction throughout the grades 11-12 text complexity band proficiently, with a gradual...
- TSS.ELA.11.RL.RRTC.10
- (For 11th Grade) Read and comprehend a variety of literature throughout the grades 11-12 text complexity band proficiently, with a gradual release of...
- TSS.ELA.12.RI.RRTC.10
- (For 12th Grade) Read and comprehend a variety of literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 11-12 text complexity band independently and...
- TSS.ELA.12.RL.RRTC.10
- (For 12th Grade) Read and comprehend a variety of literature at the high end of the grades 11-12 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
- US.61
- Identify the roles and sacrifices of individual American soldiers, as well as the unique contributions of special fighting forces such as the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd...
- US.65
- Examine the impact of World War II on economic and social conditions for African Americans, including the Fair Employment Practices Committee, the service of African...
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Essential and guiding questions:
- How did the involvement of African Americans in World War II reflect racial attitudes and segregation?
- How did the role of African Americans in the war impact social and economic conditions for African Americans during and after World War II?
- How did labor programs and Executive Orders affect opportunities for African Americans?
