GRADE 9 SOCIAL STUDIES · CHAPTER 1
Communities, civics & government
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Civic reasoning
Match civic claims with needed evidence
Distinguish measurable claims, value judgments and evidence relevant to an invented community proposal.
Civics
Compare federal, unitary and confederal models
Classify a simplified political system by how its stated rules distribute governing authority.
AN EXAMPLE FROM THIS CHAPTER
A proposal claims a new crossing reduced the mean wait time. Which evidence most directly tests that claim?
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Comparable wait-time measurements before and after.
The claim concerns a measured change in waiting time.
Curriculum & source notes
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