Mississippi Standards
MS.7. SEVENTH GRADE (WORLD HISTORY FROM PRE-HISTORIC ERA TO THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT)
Domestic Affairs
7.1. Understand the biological and cultural processes that shaped the earliest human communities.
7.1.a. Examine a variety of scientific methods used by archaeologists, geologists, and anthropologists to determine the dates of early human communities. (DOK 2)
MS.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.