LA: Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.
LA: Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting
discrepancies among sources.
LA: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
LA: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating a command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
SCI: Ask questions and collect information to quantify the scope and impacts of a major global problem on local communities and find evidence of possible causes by breaking the problem down into parts and investigating the mechanisms that may contribute to each part.
SCI: Refine a solution by prioritizing criteria and taking into account the life cycle of a given product or technological system and factors such as safety, reliability, and aesthetics to achieve an optimal solution.
SS: Examine the relationships and tensions between personal wants and needs and various global concerns, such as use of imported oil, land use, and environmental protection.
SS: Examine the interaction of human beings and their physical environment, the use of land, building of cities, and ecosystem changes in selected locales and regions.
SS: Apply knowledge of economic concepts in developing a response to a current local economic issue, such as how to reduce the flow of trash into a rapidly filling landfill.
SS: Use knowledge of facts and concepts drawn from history, along with elements of historical inquiry, to inform decision-making about and action-taking on public issues.
VA: Apply subjects, symbols, and ideas in artworks and use the skills gained to solve problems in daily life.
VA: Synthesize the creative and analytical principles and techniques of the visual arts and selected other arts disciplines, the humanities, or the sciences.