TEKS: Chapter 113. Social Studies See All Teacher Resources

113.42.c.29

(29) Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including electronic technology. The student is expected to:

• (A) identify methods used by archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, and geographers to analyze evidence;
• (B) explain how historians, when examining sources, analyze frame of reference, historical context, and point of view to interpret historical events;
• (C) explain the differences between primary and secondary sources and examine those sources to analyze frame of reference, historical context, and point of view;
• (D) evaluate the validity of a source based on language, corroboration with other sources, and information about the author;
• (E) identify bias in written, oral, and visual material;
• (F) analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, drawing inferences and conclusions, and developing connections between historical events over time;
• (G) construct a thesis on a social studies issue or event supported by evidence; and
• (H) use appropriate reading and mathematical skills to interpret social studies information such as maps and graphs.