CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.11-12.7
The Standard
Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6—12
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students gather useful evidence from written passages, graphs, tables, diagrams, and videos. They compare the sources, judge their strengths and limits, and combine the evidence into a clear answer or solution.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students select relevant details from several formats and explain how those details connect. They notice agreement, contradiction, missing evidence, and source limits before giving a supported answer or solution.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat every source as equally trustworthy or rely only on the easiest format to read. They may list facts from each source without connecting them, or overlook conflicts between a graph, article, and video.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short article, a graph, and a one-minute video about the same issue. Ask them to write one supported conclusion and explain how two sources shaped it.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set up stations with a graph, article excerpt, diagram, and video transcript, then have groups build one evidence-based answer on chart paper.
Ask students to write: Which source most changed your answer, and what specific evidence made it more useful than the others?
Play Source Match by having teams pair claims with supporting evidence cards from tables, diagrams, articles, and video transcripts.
Investigate a local water concern using a test-results table, city report, news clip, and map, then recommend one practical response.
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