TEKS: Chapter 113. Social Studies See All Teacher Resources

113.44.c.20

(20) 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) analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;
• (B) create a product on a contemporary government issue or topic using critical methods of inquiry;
• (C) analyze and defend a point of view on a current political issue;
• (D) analyze and evaluate the validity of information, arguments, and counterarguments from primary and secondary sources for bias, propaganda, point of view, and frame of reference;
• (E) evaluate government data using charts, tables, graphs, and maps; and
• (F) use appropriate mathematical skills to interpret social studies information such as maps and graphs.