TEKS: Chapter 113. Social Studies See All Teacher Resources

113.41.c.29

(29) Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including electronic technology. The student is expected to:

• (A) use a variety of both primary and secondary valid sources to acquire information and to analyze and answer historical questions;
• (B) analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing and contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations, making predictions, drawing inferences, and drawing conclusions;
• (C) understand how historians interpret the past (historiography) and how their interpretations of history may change over time;
• (D) use the process of historical inquiry to research, interpret, and use multiple types of sources of evidence;
• (E) evaluate the validity of a source based on language, corroboration with other sources, and information about the author, including points of view, frames of reference, and historical context;
• (F) identify bias in written, oral, and visual material;
• (G) identify and support with historical evidence a point of view on a social studies issue or event; and
• (H) use appropriate skills to analyze and interpret social studies information such as maps, graphs, presentations, speeches, lectures, and political cartoons.