Indiana Social Studies S.1.7

Social StudiesGrades 9–12Foundations of Sociology as a Social Science

The Standard

Prepare original written and oral reports and presentations on sociological topics.

2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students choose a question about how people live or interact. They gather information, write a report with a clear finding, and present it aloud in their own words.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student supports a finding with specific evidence and names where it came from. They explain the finding aloud in a clear order and answer a question about what the evidence cannot show.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat one person's experience as proof of a pattern across a group. They may copy a source's wording or read their written report aloud without explaining the finding to listeners.
How to Assess It: Give students this tally of five classmates' study spots: three study at home and two at the library. Have them write a three-sentence report with a finding, evidence, and one limit, then present it to a partner in 30 seconds.

Lesson moves

Have students place anonymous sticky notes under home, library, or other for where they study, then tally the notes and write a finding.
Have students discuss whether the class study-location tally shows where all teens study, then write one sentence defending their answer.
Put three claims about the class tally on cards; pairs sort them into supported, unsupported, and too broad, then rewrite one.
Give students a local bus map and schedule; they trace trips from two neighborhoods to the library and report which has easier access.

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