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 * Grade 6 IN Academic Standards for Students: **

English:

 * =====6.3.2 Analysis of grade-level-appropriate literary text: Analyze the effect of the qualities of the character on the plot and the resolution of the conflict. =====
 * =====6.3.3 Analyze the influence of the setting on the problem and its resolution. =====
 * =====6.3.6 Identify and analyze features of themes conveyed through characters, actions, and images. =====
 * =====6.3.7 Explain the effects of common literary devices, such as symbolism, imagery, or metaphor in a variety of fictional and nonfictional texts. =====
 * =====6.3.8 Identify the main problem or conflict of the plot and explain how it is resolved. =====

Social Studies:
 * =====6.1.2 Chronological thinking, historical comprehension, analysis and interpretation, research: Form research questions and use a variety of information resources to obtain, evaluate and present data on people, cultures and developments in Europe and the Americas. =====

**Standards for the 21st Century Learner: **
 * 1.1.3 **Develop and refine a range of questions to frame the search for new understanding.
 * 1.1.4 **Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions.
 * 1.1.6 **Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g., textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1.2.5 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Demonstrate adaptability by changing the inquiry focus, questions, resources, or strategies when necessary to achieve success.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1.4.1 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Monitor own information-seeking processes for effectiveness and progress, and adapt as necessary.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">1.4.2 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Use interaction with and feedback from teachers and peers to guide own inquiry process.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Grade 9 IN Academic Standards for Students: ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">English:


 * ===== 9.3.4 Compare works that express a universal theme and provide evidence to support the views =====
 * ===== expressed in each work. =====
 * ===== 9.3.5 Analyze and trace an author’s development of time and sequence, including the use of complex =====
 * ===== literary devices, such as foreshadowing or flashbacks. =====
 * ===== 9.3.7 Recognize and understand the significance of various devices, including figurative language, imagery, allegory, and symbolism, and explain their appeal. =====
 * ===== 9.3. 12 Analyze the way in which a work of literature is related to the themes and issues of its historical period. =====
 * ===== 9.3.13 Explain how voice, persona, and the choice of narrator affect the mood, tone, and meaning of text. =====

World History and Civilization:
 * ===== WH.8.3 Compare the totalitarian ideologies, institutions and leaders of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Germany, and Italy in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s =====
 * ===== WH.8.4 Identify and analyze the causes, events and consequences of World War II. =====
 * ===== WH.8.5 Explain the origins and purposes of international alliances in the context of World War I and World War II. =====

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">StandaStandards for the 21st Century Learner: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1.1.3 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Develop and refine a range of questions to frame the search for new understanding.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1.1.4 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1.1.6 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g., textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1.2.5 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Demonstrate adaptability by changing the inquiry focus, questions, resources, or strategies when necessary to achieve success.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1.4.1 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Monitor own information-seeking processes for effectiveness and progress, and adapt as necessary.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">1.4.2 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Use interaction with and feedback from teachers and peers to guide own inquiry process.t