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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And according to the common core org website, it looks like History/Social studies is being lumped in with Language Arts:

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RH/6-8/[/quote]

No. Those are not history standards. That is reading non-fiction in Language Arts. And why? Because Language Arts includes non-fiction.[/quote]

Some of us would LOVE to have Common Core include common standards for History, Geography and Economics, but I doubt that will ever happen.

It is hard enough to get the nation to agree on having standards in common, even in a relatively non controversial subject such as math.  Imagine trying to get consensus in our nation about  what every 5th grade should know about, say, the causes of the Civil War.  Never, ever going to happen.

These are the Language Arts standards related to reading and writing in History for grade 6- they are NOT History standards.  They are standards for using language in the subject of studying History:

Key Ideas and Details:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.3
Identify key steps in a text's description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.5
Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.6
Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.7
Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.8
Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.9
Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.10
By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
  
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