Florida SS.2.A.1

SS.2.A.1 is a Florida social studies standard. These are the benchmarks under it.

• SS.2.A.1.1

  Examine primary and secondary sources.

• SS.2.A.1.2

  Utilize the media center, technology, or other informational sources to locate information that provides answers to questions about a historical topic.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students ask a question about the past, then find answers in photographs, letters, maps, artifacts, books, or trusted digital sources. They describe what each source shows and use details from it to support an answer.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can sort a firsthand source from a later account and explain the choice. The student can find relevant details in two sources and answer a historical question with evidence.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think every old-looking object is a firsthand source or that every website is reliable. They may confuse what a source directly shows with a guess based on the source.

04

How to Assess It

Show an old school photograph and a short encyclopedia paragraph. Ask, "Which source was created closer to the event, and what fact does each source give about school life?"

1. 01

   Examine copies of an old photograph, letter, map, and textbook page, then sort them by source type and record one observation.

2. 02

   Ask, "Which source would best answer a question about children's games long ago, and why?"

3. 03

   Play Source Detective by matching historical questions with the photograph, diary entry, map, book, or website most likely to answer them.

4. 04

   Interview a longtime school employee, then compare that account with an old yearbook page to learn how the school has changed.

• SS.5.A.1

  The 5th Grade version of this standard.

• SS.4.A.1

  The 4th Grade version of this standard.

• SS.1.A.1

  The 1st Grade version of this standard.

• SS.3.A.1

  The 3rd Grade version of this standard.