Social+Studies+Standards,+Session+2

=Social Studies Standards Targeted--NETS and NCSS:=

NETS
Creativity and Innovation-
 * apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.

Communication and Collaboration-

Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students:
 * communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
 * contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.

Research and Information Fluency

Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:
 * plan strategies to guide inquiry.
 * locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
 * evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
 * process data and report results.

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making. Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. Students:
 * identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation.
 * plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
 * collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.
 * use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions

Digital Citizenship

Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. Students:
 * advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology.
 * exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity.

Technology Operations and Concepts

Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. Students:
 * understand and use technology systems
 * select and use applications effectively and productively.
 * troubleshoot systems and applications.
 * transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies

(NCSS, "A Framework for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment," 2010)

 * ===Literacy Skills===
 * Listen, read, write, and speak with comprehension and clarity
 * Define and apply discipline-based conceptual vocabulary
 * Differentiate fact from opinion
 * Determine an author's purpose
 * Determine and analyze similarities and differences
 * Explore complex patterns, interactions, and relationships
 * Explore and/or observe, identify, and analyze how individuals and/or institutions relate to one another
 * Locate, analyze, critique, and use appropriate resources and data
 * Evaluate sources for validity and credibility and to detect bias, propaganda, and censorship
 * Use a wide variety of media to access, analyze, evaluate, and create messages and reports
 * Investigate, interpret, and analyze multiple historical and contemporary sources and viewpoints
 * Articulate and construct reasoned arguments from diverse perspectives and frames of reference
 * ===Critical Thinking Skills===
 * Explore information
 * Use relevant parts of a text, document, visual, electronic, or audio source
 * Evaluate sources of information--print, visual, electronic, audio
 * Interpret the social and political messages of cartoons
 * Interpret history through artifacts
 * Use computer-based technology and media/communication technology
 * Use Internet-based information networks
 * Utilize tools and resources to manage and communicate information
 * Use on-line information resources and communities to meet the need for collaboration, research, publications, and communication
 * Use tools for research, information analysis, problem-solving, and decision making in learning
 * Interpret information
 * Draw inferences from factual material
 * Recognize and interpret different points of view
 * Recognize instances in which more than one interpretation is valid
 * Transfer knowledge into new contexts
 * Analyze information
 * Form a simple organization of key ideas related to a topic
 * Separate a topic into major components according to appropriate criteria
 * Detect bias in data presented in various forms
 * Compare and contrast the credibility of differing ideas, elements, or accounts
 * Synthesize information
 * Reinterpret events by relating knowledge from several disciplines
 * Present information extracted from one format in a different format, e.g., print to visual
 * Communicate concisely both orally and in writing
 * Evaluate information
 * Determine whether or not sources are valid and credible
 * Estimate the adequacy of the information
 * Test the validity of the information, using such criteria as source, objectivity, technical correctness, and currency.