SS10.CWI.1

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 09-12 - Contemporary World Issues and Civic Engagement

SS10.CWI.1

Describe current news stories from various perspectives, including geographical, historical, political, social, and cultur

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • News stories can be interpreted through various perspectives.
  • The types of information that can be found within news stories.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Analyze news stories for comparative purposes in their style, format, and audience.
  • Develop connections between current issues and past events.
  • Interpret various forms of data, including statistical and geographical, contained in news stories.
  • Identify cause-effect relationships with current news stories and their world implications.
  • Locate on a map key locations of major world news stories.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • The relevancy of major news stories can be established through analysis of the story and drawing connections.

Vocabulary

  • perspective
  • local, state, national, and international communities
  • analyze
  • interpret
  • statistical data
  • compare/contrast
  • news graphic (infographic)

Aligned Learning Resources

Obama Calls for Full Cooperation at Malaysia Airlines Crash Site
Document Analysis Worksheet
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