Analyze how cooperation and conflict influence political, economic, and social conditions.
Evaluate the consequences of political and economic decisions that may generate conflict or promote cooperation.
Evaluate international organizations and their efforts to mediate conflict, promote peace, and provide humanitarian aid.
Standards assessed
Analyze
Break something into parts and explain how they work together.
Evaluate
Judge the value, quality, or importance of something.
Consider
Think carefully before making a decision or answer.
Why
Give reasons, not just facts.
Compare
Show how two things are similar or different.
Contrast
Focus on differences between two things.
Interpret
Explain the meaning in your own words.
Justify
Give reasons to support your answer or decision.
Discuss
Write about different sides or perspectives.
Assess
Decide how important, useful, or true something is.
Connect
Show how ideas, events, or themes relate to each other.
Infer
Use clues to figure out something that is not directly stated.
Explore
Examine an idea from different angles.
Predict
Use evidence to guess what might happen next.
Reflect
Think about your own thoughts, learning, or actions.
Determine
Decide based on evidence, not just opinion.
These words are like ‘thinking instructions’
They tell you how the teacher wants you to use the information – not just remember it.
Go beyond memory
Prove you understand.
Don’t just recite the material / events
When I analyze this situation, I notice that…
To evaluate this idea, I think about how valuable or effective it is because…
When I compare these two characters/events, I see that…