6-RI-7 (Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.) RL is reading Literature, while RI is reading informational text.

7-RI-3 – Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).

6-8-WHST-7 – Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.

 6th Grade
6.SI.1- Analyze resources to determine their reliability, point of view, bias, and relevance for particular topics and purposes.
• 6.SI.1.1
Analyze resources in terms of their reliability (which can be determined by currency, credibility, or authority, depending on the topic or purpose)
• 6.SI.1.2
Analyze content for relevance to the assigned task.
• 6.SI.1.3
Analyze resources for point of view, bias, values, or intent of information.
6.RP.1
Apply a research process for collaborative or individual research.
• 6.RP.1.1
Implement a research process collaboratively.
6.H.1 – Use historical thinking to understand the emergence, expansion and decline of civilizations, societies and regions over time.
• 6.H.1.2
Summarize the literal meaning of historical documents in order to establish context.
• 6.H.1.3
Use primary and secondary sources to interpret various historical perspectives.
6.H.2 – Understand the political, economic and/or social significance of historical events, issues, individuals and cultural groups.
• 6.H.2.2
Compare historical and contemporary events and issues to understand continuity and change.
• 6.H.2.3
Explain how innovation and/or technology transformed civilizations, societies and regions over time (e.g., agricultural technology, weaponry, transportation and communication).
• 6.H.2.4
Explain the role that key historical figures and cultural groups had in transforming society (e.g., Mansa Musa, Confucius, Charlemagne and Qin Shi Huangdi).
6.P.3 – Understand characteristics of energy transfer and interactions of matter and energy.
• 6.P.3.1
Illustrate the transfer of heat energy from warmer objects to cooler ones using examples of conduction, radiation and convection and the effects that may result.

7th grade
7.SI.1 – Evaluate information resources based on specified criteria.
• 7.SI.1.1
Evaluate resources for reliability. (Reliability can be determined by currency, credibility, authority, etc. depending on the curriculum topic).
• 7.SI.1.3
Evaluate resources for point of view, bias, values, or intent of information.
7.RP.1 – Apply a research process to complete given tasks.
• 7.RP.1.1
Implement a collaborative research process activity that is group selected.
7.P.1 – Understand motion, the effects of forces on motion and the graphical representations of motion.
• 7.P.1.1
Explain how the motion of an object can be described by its position, direction of motion, and speed with respect to some other object.
• 7.P.1.2
Explain the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces acting on an object (including friction, gravity and magnets).
7.P.2 – Understand forms of energy, energy transfer and transformation and conservation in mechanical systems.
• 7.P.2.1
Explain how kinetic and potential energy contribute to the mechanical energy of an object.
• 7.P.2.2
Explain how energy can be transformed from one form to another (specifically potential energy and kinetic energy) using a model or diagram of a moving object (roller coaster, pendulum, or cars on ramps as examples).
• 7.P.2.3
Recognize that energy can be transferred from one system to another when two objects push or pull on each other over a distance (work) and electrical circuits require a complete loop through which an electrical current can pass.
• 7.P.2.4
Explain how simple machines such as inclined planes, pulleys, levers and wheel and axles are used to create mechanical advantage and increase efficiency.
7.H.1 – Use historical thinking to analyze various modern societies.
• 7.H.1.3
Use primary and secondary sources to interpret various historical perspectives.

8th grade
8.SI.1 – Evaluate information resources based on specified criteria.
• 8.SI.1.1
Evaluate resources for reliability. (Reliability can be determined by currency, credibility, authority, etc. depending on the curriculum topic).
• 8.SI.1.2
Evaluate content for relevance to the assigned task.
• 8.SI.1.3
Evaluate resources for point of view, bias, values, or intent of information.
8.RP.1 – Apply a research process to complete project-based activities.
• 8.RP.1.1
Implement a project-based activity collaboratively.
8.H.3 – Understand the factors that contribute to change and continuity in North Carolina and the United States.
• 8.H.3.2
Explain how changes brought about by technology and other innovations affected individuals and groups in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. advancements in transportation, communication networks and business practices
9-12th Grade
HS.SI.1- Evaluate resources needed to solve a given problem.
• HS.SI.1.1
Evaluate resources for reliability. (Reliability can be determined by currency, credibility, authority, etc. depending on the curriculum topic).6.SI.1.2
• HS.SI.1.2
Evaluate resources for point of view, bias, values, or intent of information.
PSc.1.1- Understand motion in terms of speed, velocity, acceleration and momentum.
• PSc.1.1.1
Explain motion in terms of frame of reference, distance, and displacement.
Psc.1.2 – Understand the relationship between forces and motion.
• PSc.1.2.1
Explain how gravitational force affects the weight of an object and the velocity of an object in freefall.
• PSc.1.2.2
Classify frictional forces into one of four types: static, sliding, rolling, and fluid.
PSc.3.1 – Understand the types of energy, conservation of energy and energy transfer.
• PSc.3.1.1
Explain thermal energy and its transfer.
• PSc.3.1.2
Explain the law of conservation of energy in a mechanical system in terms of kinetic energy, potential energy and heat.
Phy.1.1 – Analyze the motion of objects.
• Phy.1.1.2
Analyze motion in one dimension using time, distance, displacement, velocity, and acceleration.
• Phy.1.1.3
Analyze motion in two dimensions using angle of trajectory, time, distance, displacement, velocity, and acceleration.
Phy.1.2 – Analyze systems of forces and their interaction with matter.
• Phy.1.2.4
Explain the effects of forces (including weight, normal, tension and friction) on objects.
Phy.1.3 – Analyze the motion of objects based on the principles of conservation of momentum, conservation of energy and impulse.
• Phy.1.3.2
Analyze the motion of objects based on the relationship between momentum and impulse.
AH2.H.1 – Apply the four interconnected dimensions of historical thinking to the American History Essential Standards in order to understand the creation and development of the United States over time.
• AH2.H.1.1
Use Chronological thinking to:
1. Identify the structure of a historical narrative or story: (its beginning, middle and end)
2. Interpret data presented in timelines and create timelines.