Idaho Social Studies 6-9.WH.6.5
The Standard
Analyze the context of historical events to determine the motivations of people in those events.
Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students look at the laws, resources, and power struggles surrounding an event. They use those details to explain why people acted as they did, rather than guessing from the outcome.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain why Gandhi made salt during the 1930 Salt March and why British officials tried to stop him. They support each explanation with a fact about British salt laws.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think Gandhi marched because he personally wanted free salt, missing the tax and restrictions on making salt. They may also confuse what happened afterward with what people intended at the time.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: In 1930, Britain taxed salt and restricted Indians from making their own. Why might Gandhi make salt in public, and why might British officials stop him? Use the law to support both answers.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cards labeled 'salt tax,' 'restrictions on making salt,' and 'British revenue'; have them place each beside Gandhi or British officials and defend their choices.
Ask: 'Why did Gandhi choose salt rather than a luxury good for his protest?' Require one fact about who used salt.
Play motive match: students pair Salt March fact cards with claims about Gandhi and British officials, then reject one unsupported claim.
Use a made-up school lunch price increase notice to compare how students and administrators might see a rule, then name one difference from colonial India.
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Related Standards
- 6-9.WH.6.2
Determine and explain the cause and effect of historical events or developments.
- 6-12.HT2.1
Evaluate how historical events and developments were shaped by unique circumstances of time and place and broader historical contexts.
- 5.SS.1.9
Analyze or distinguish the geographic, economic, and religious motivations that influenced the movement of people.
- 6-12.HT1.6
Analyze connections among events and developments in broader historical contexts.
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