1. Analyzing Sources
Learning Scale
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2. Language Arts Day 1 Level Skill 4
I can analyze a historical document and synthesize from it a brief historical fiction. 3
I can identify and analyze, on my own or by collaborating with others, a historical document and describe the type of source it will provide for research. 2
I can properly identify key features and ideas of a particular historical document and summarize the document in a collaboration with others. 1
I can define primary and secondary source, and describe what constitute first- and second-hand accounts. I can explain why written records are important to the study of history.

3. I can identify a map as a primary or secondary source.
Social Studies Day 1
Level
Skill 4
I can create a local map, including key features and annotations necessary for a viewer to understand/visualize the area being mapped. 3
I can use a map to help me understand written information about history and properly annotate a map to show locations and paths of key events. 2
I can explain how a map helps to understand written information about history and give examples. 1
I can identify a map as a primary or secondary source.

4. I can compare and contrast multiple accounts of the same topic.
Language Arts Days 2 & 3
Level
Skill 4
After studying an event from history I describe how to use the things I learned to handle future events, citing specific examples that taught me something important. 3
I can integrate information from multiple sources and write a properly-formatted essay where I explain the topic knowledgably with supporting evidence from the sources. 2
I can use multiple accounts of the same topic to gather information and explain the topic, including why different persons may have different views about it. 1
I can compare and contrast multiple accounts of the same topic.

5. I can identify key events in a biography of a historical figure.
Social Studies Day 2
Level
Skill 4
I can use illustrations in my creation of a biographic timeline to help the viewer understand the events being described. 3
I can create an accurate, visually appealing timeline of a historical figure using a biography. 2
I can collaborate with others to understand how a biography helps to understand historic events that involved more than just the subject of the biography. 1
I can identify key events in a biography of a historical figure.

6. I can identify key details in an oral account of history.
Social Studies Day 3
Level
Skill 4
I can actively seek opportunities to learn about humanity from the study of history and apply the lessons I learn to my own life now and in the future. 3
I can use diverse sources about a topic to understand how humans have reacted to events in our history and explain how those historical events apply to my life today. 2
I can compare and contrast the experiences of hearing an oral account of history and reading that same account in writing. 1
I can identify key details in an oral account of history.