Grades 9 – 12

Critical Thinking

1. Quantitative Skills- clarity, accuracy, precision, logic, coherence, and correspondence
2. Qualitative Skills- relevance, significance, ethos, and meaning

Critical Analysis

1. Elements of Analysis
   1. primary and secondary sources, such as historical documents and court cases
   2. perspective (statements, assumptions), objectivity and bias, structures of arguments
   3. evaluation (credibility, accuracy, and relevance of sources)

Civic Terminology

1. Latin root words
   1. Civis
   2. Socius
   3. Uni
   4. Veritas
   5. Pluralis

Civic Knowledge

1. Three branches of the United States government
2. Democratic principles
3. The Declaration of Independence
4. The Constitution of the United States
5. Amendments to the Constitution of the United States

Research Skills

APA and MLA writing formats, scholarly resources, factual evidence, reasoned conclusions

Research Writing

1. Types of research writing
   1. Academic- descriptive, analytical, persuasive, and critical
   2. Essay- expository, narrative, and argumentative
   3. Reports- technical, presentations, and journals
   4. Scientific- objective