Social Studies

Lesson Purpose

This lesson encourages students to use close reading skills to understand the central meaning of the text and to infer details to answer questions about the text.  The topic of this lesson builds background knowledge on the enduring social studies issue of individual rights vs. the good of the community.  The skills they will use for this and this content knowledge is necessary for the GED, and will give them experience reading and analyzing primary sources.

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Lesson Objectives

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to: use close reading skills to analyze a text and cite evidence supporting a central idea.

Student Target

“I can use close reading skills to analyze a text and cite evidence to support answers for text-dependent questions.”

CCR Standards

Reading

• Reading Anchor 1

  Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. (Apply this standard to texts of appropriate complexity as outlined by Standard 10.)

Lead CCR Level Specific Standards

Reading Anchor 1: Level D

• RI/RL.7.1

  Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 

Supporting CCR Level Specific Standards

KYAE Employability Standards

• E.6

  E.6 Identify and effectively use skills and materials needed for a particular task.

• E.7

  E.7 Accurately analyze information and respond appropriately.

• E.9

  E.9 Analyze self-performance to better understand strengths and areas for improvement.