California State Content Standards

You Selected: A Correspondence Between History and My-Story
(a holocaust museum installation)

ELA R.1.1: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words and understand word derivations.

ELA R.2.3: Generate relevant questions about readings on issues that can be researched.

ELA R.2.4: Synthesize the content from several sources or works by a single author dealing with a single issue; paraphrase the ideas and connect them to other sources and related topics to demonstrate comprehension.

ELA R.2.6: Demonstrate use of sophisticated learning tools by following technical directions (e.g., those found with graphic calculators and specialized software programs and in access guides to World Wide Web sites on the Internet).

ELA R.3.12: Analyze the way in which a work of literature is related to the themes and issues of its historical period. (Historical approach)

ELA W.1.1: Establish a controlling impression or coherent thesis that conveys a clear and distinctive perspective on the subject and maintain a consistent tone and focus throughout the piece of writing.

ELA W.1.2: Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, appropriate modifiers, and the active rather than the passive voice.

ELA W.1.4: Develop the main ideas within the body of the composition through supporting evidence (e.g., scenarios, commonly held beliefs, hypotheses, definitions).

ELA W.1.5: Synthesize information from multiple sources and identify complexities and discrepancies in the information and the different perspectives found in each medium (e.g., almanacs, microfiche, news sources, in-depth field studies, speeches, journals, technical documents).

ELA W.1.8: Design and publish documents by using advanced publishing software and graphic programs.

ELA W.1.9: Revise writing to improve the logic and coherence of the organization and controlling perspective, the precision of word choice, and the tone by taking into consideration the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.

ELA W.2.2.a: Demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of the significant ideas of literary works.

ELA C.1.4: Produce legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct use of the conventions of punctuation and capitalization.

ELA C.1.5: Reflect appropriate manuscript requirements, including title page presentation, pagination, spacing and margins, and integration of source and support material (e.g., in-text citation, use of direct quotations, paraphrasing) with appropriate citations.

ELA L.1.1: Formulate judgments about the ideas under discussion and support those judgments with convincing evidence.

ELA L.1.2: Compare and contrast the ways in which media genres (e.g., televised news, news magazines, documentaries, online information) cover the same event.

ELA L.1.3: Choose logical patterns of organization (e.g., chronological, topical, cause and effect) to inform and to persuade, by soliciting agreement or action, or to unite audiences behind a common belief or cause.

ELA L.1.4: Choose appropriate techniques for developing the introduction and conclusion (e.g., by using literary quotations, anecdotes, references to authoritative sources).

ELA L.1.7: Use props, visual aids, graphs, and electronic media to enhance the appeal and accuracy of presentations.

ELA L.1.8: Produce concise notes for extemporaneous delivery.

ELA L.1.9: Analyze the occasion and the interests of the audience and choose effective verbal and nonverbal techniques (e.g., voice, gestures, eye contact) for presentations.

ELA L.1.11: Assess how language and delivery affect the mood and tone of the oral communication and make an impact on the audience.

ELA L.1.12: Evaluate the clarity, quality, effectiveness, and general coherence of a speaker's important points, arguments, evidence, organization of ideas, delivery, diction, and syntax.

ELA L.2.2.b: Convey information and ideas from primary and secondary sources accurately and coherently.

ELA L.2.2.d: Include visual aids by employing appropriate technology to organize and display information on charts, maps, and graphs.

ELA L.2.2.e: Anticipate and address the listener's potential misunderstandings, biases, and expectations.

ELA L.2.2.f: Use technical terms and notations accurately.

ELA L.2.3.b: Make notes of responses.

ELA L.2.3.c: Use language that conveys maturity, sensitivity, and respect.

ELA L.2.3.d: Respond correctly and effectively to questions.

ELA L.2.3.e: Demonstrate knowledge of the subject or organization.

ELA L.2.4.b: Support important ideas and viewpoints through accurate and detailed references to the text or to other works.

ELA L.2.4.d: Identify and assess the impact of perceived ambiguities, nuances, and complexities within the text.

Visual Arts 1.4: Analyze and describe how the composition of a work of art is affected by the use of a particular principle of design.

Visual Arts 2.3: Develop and refine skill in the manipulation of digital imagery (either still or video).

Visual Arts 5.2: Create a work of art that communicates a cross-cultural or universal theme taken from literature or history.

Visual Arts 5.4: Demonstrate an understanding of the various skills of an artist, art critic, art historian, art collector, art gallery owner, and philosopher of art (aesthetician).