Nevada Standards
NV.CC.RH.6-8. Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies
Craft and Structure
RH.6-8.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
RH.6-8.5. Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally).
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
RH.6-8.10. By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
NV.G7.0. Human Systems - Students understand how economic, political, and cultural processes interact to shape patterns of human migration and settlement, influence and interdependence, and conflict and cooperation. At a minimum, students will maintain previous content and attain the following:
Migration & Settlement
G7.[6-8].3. Identify the conditions necessary for the development of civilizations and the cultural, political, and economic characteristics resulting from the growth of civilizations.
NV.H1.0. People, Cultures, and Civilizations - Students understand the development, characteristics, and interaction of people, cultures, societies, religion, and ideas. At a minimum, students will maintain previous content and attain the following:
World: Early Civilizations
H1.[6-8].16. Identify the characteristics of a civilization.
H1.[6-8].18. Describe the achievements of ancient and classical civilizations.
H1.[6-8].19. Locate ancient, classical, and regional civilizations and describe their contributions of social structure, religion, and political systems.
H1.[6-8].21. Describe the cultural achievements of societies in the Middle East, Far East, the Americas, Africa, South Asia, and Europe.
NV.H2.0. Nation Building and Development - Students understand the people, events, ideas, and conflicts that lead to the evolution of nations, empires, distinctive cultures, and political and economic ideas. At a minimum, students will maintain previous content and attain the following:
World: Early Civilizations
H2.[6-8].24. Identify the characteristics that led to the emergence and decline of empires around the world.
NV.S1.0. Social Studies Skills - As students become increasingly sophisticated and informed thinkers, they are provided opportunities to develop and apply skills that enhance critical thinking processes by developing and applying 21st Century Skills.
Content Literacy
S1.[6-8].1. Read texts by using reading strategies (i.e., prior knowledge, key vocabulary words, context clues, main ideas, supporting details, and text features: pictures, maps, text boxes).
S1.[6-8].2. Read to identify cause and effect relationships, compare and contrast information, fact v. opinion, and author bias.
S1.[6-8].3. Apply reading and writing strategies to construct and express knowledge.
S1.[6-8].4. Use reading and writing to respond to historical literature.
S1.[6-8].6. Formulate essential questions on a given topic.
Historical Analysis & Interpretation
S1.[6-8].16. Develop a clear sense of historical time, past, present, and future in order to identify the sequence in which events occurred.
S1.[6-8].20. Formulate historical questions.