CONTENT STATEMENT
- Civic participation in a democratic society requires individuals to make informed and reasoned decisions by accessing, evaluating, and using information effectively to engage in compromise.
CONTENT ELABORATION
Effective civic participation requires that individuals make informed and reasoned decisions using various digital and non-digital sources to evaluate information critically. These skills are also key components of historical thinking.
Students at this level learn to:
identify possible cause and effect relationships;
distinguish between fact and opinion;
read and interpret various types of data;
recognize perspective and purpose; and
compare points of agreement and disagreement.
EXPECTATIONS FOR LEARNING
Use information effectively to make an informed decision.