Note: The Iowa Core Essential Elements are intended only for students with significant cognitive disabilities and who participate in alternate assessments.
Alternate Inquiry Anchor Standard
Constructing Questions
EE.SS.9-12.1. Create compelling questions representing key ideas within the disciplines.
Constructing Supporting Questions
EE.SS.9-12.2. Create supporting questions that contribute to the compelling question representing key ideas within the disciplines.
Gathering and Evaluating Sources
EE.SS.9-12.3. Gather relevant information to constructs response(s) to a compelling question using credible source(s).
EE.SS.9-12.4. N/A
Developing Claims and Using Evidence
EE.SS.9-12.5. Identify and compare evidence from multiple sources to revise or strengthen claims.
EE.SS.9-12.6. N/A
Communicating and Critiquing Conclusions
EE.SS.9-12.7. Construct an argument using evidence from 2 or more sources.
EE.SS.9-12.8. N/A
EE.SS.9-12.9. N/A
EE.SS.9-12.10. Determine if a claim and/or evidence in an argument is true.
Taking Informed Action
EE.SS.9-12.11. Identify challenges and opportunities faced by others when taking action to address the problem.
EE.SS.9-12.12. Choose a democratic strategy and procedure to make a decision and take action in their classroom.
Alternate Content Anchor Standard
Behavioral Sciences
Civics and Government
Economics
Financial Literacy
Geography
United States History
World History