I.1.2 Supporting Questions

● Identify related issues and problems related to the compelling question.

● Formulate supporting questions.

I.1.3 Gathering and Evaluating Sources
● Locate credible primary and secondary sources.
● Identify a variety of primary and secondary sources in support of compelling and supporting
questions.Summarize the central ideas and meaning of primary and secondary sources through the use of literacy strategies.
● Determine the origin, context, and bias of primary and secondary sources.
● Differentiate between facts and interpretation of sources.
● Evaluate competing historical narratives and debates among historians.

I.1.4 Developing Claims and Using Evidence
● Analyze data from charts, graphs, timelines, and maps.
● Analyze visual, literary, and musical sources.
● Examine change and continuity over time.
● Analyze causes, effects, and correlations.
● Determine the relevance of a source in relation to the compelling and supporting questions.

I.1.5 Communicating Ideas
● Construct written, oral, and multimedia arguments.
● Support arguments with evidence and reasoning while considering counterclaims.
● Use proper formatting in citing sources for arguments.
● Develop new understandings of complex historical and current issues through rigorous academic
discussions.
● Participate in rigorous academic discussions emphasizing multiple viewpoints in which claims and
evidence are acknowledged, critiqued, and built upon in order to create new understandings of complex historical or current issues.

I.1.6 Taking Informed Action
● Generate ideas through which the inquiry facilitates change.
● Devise a plan to enact change based on the results of the inquiry.
● Organize and take individual or collaborative action in order to effect change and inform others.