Concord Middle School: Social Studies Skills
Understanding an expository/informational text
- reading comprehension strategies
Understanding fact vs. inferences vs. opinions
Distinguish between primary and secondary sources and describe how each kind of source is used in interpreting history
* Compose a paragraph that includes a topic sentence and relevant supporting details
* Record notes from a variety of sources including lectures
Construct and interpret timelines of events studied
Construct and interpret maps
* Oral presentation skills
- debate
- research project presentations
- group work
Use correctly the words or abbreviations for identifying time periods or dates in historical narratives
Research process
Critical Thinking Skills
- deductive/inductive reasoning
- decision making
- problem solving
- investigation
- system analysis
- comparing
- classifying
- constructing support
- analyzing perspectives
- synthesizing
Test-taking Skills
- preparation
- strategies
*Specific baseline expectations to be determined at each grade level
Concord Middle School
Social Studies Department
Last Updated 2009