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Sep 07, 2024
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TS-OD 65 - Language Arts in Social Studies Level 5 Open Doors Credits: 5-10 Introduces Level 5 students to the basic principles of civics and government, US history, economics, geography, or current world problems. Students practice critical reading skills in the context of social studies-related texts. Students demonstrate analysis and understanding of social studies readings and concepts through the writing process. Students who successfully complete this course earn High School 21+ credits in social studies.
Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor consent. Students must be admitted through Open Doors.
Course Outcomes: Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
- Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
- Explain how author perspective affects the telling of historical events.
- Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
- Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events to explain how individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of a text.
- Integrate quantitative or technical analysis with qualitative analysis.
- Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance.
- Complete a research and application project on a social studies topic.
Program Outcomes
- Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
- Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
- Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.
College-wide Outcomes
- Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
- Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
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