CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1
The Standard
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 6—12
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students make an evidence-based analysis of primary and secondary historical sources. They select exact details and consider when, where, and by whom each source was created.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students choose precise quotations or details that directly support a claim. They explain the connection and use the source's date, creator, and context when judging its meaning or limits.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may drop in a quotation without explaining how it supports their analysis. They may assume primary sources are always accurate or ignore how date and origin shape a source.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short historical source with author and date. Ask them to make one claim, cite one detail, and explain how the source information affects their reading.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs two source cards about one event, then have them highlight evidence and label each source's date, creator, and likely purpose.
Ask students to write: How does the author's position and time period affect what this source says and leaves out?
Run an evidence match game where students pair claim cards with source details, then defend each match in one sentence.
Compare a current news report with an older account of a similar event, focusing on how origin and date shape each account.
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.1
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
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