CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.6
The Standard
Compare the point of view of two or more authors for how they treat the same or similar topics, including which details they include and emphasize in their respective accounts.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 6—12
What This Standard Means
Students need to read two or more accounts about the same event, issue, or person and figure out how each author’s point of view shapes the telling. They should notice word choice, selected facts, left out facts, tone, and which details get the most space.
Mastery looks like a student saying, “Author A makes this seem justified by stressing safety, while Author B questions it by stressing harm,” then backing that claim with text evidence. Students often get stuck summarizing both texts instead of comparing them, or naming bias without proving it from details.
Ways to Teach It
- Give pairs two textbook excerpts on the Boston Massacre and have them highlight details each author includes, repeats, or leaves out.
- Ask students to write: Which author seems more sympathetic to the protesters, and what three details prove it?
- Use an exit ticket with two short paragraphs and ask students to identify one difference in point of view and one supporting detail.
- Compare two news articles about the same local issue, then have students list how headline, quotes, and chosen facts shape reader opinion.
Plan a Lesson for CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.6
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What This Unlocks
Mastery here sets students up for these next.
Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.6
Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.9
Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing differe...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.6
Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.9
Compare and contrast one author's presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).