MTLE Social Studies (5-12) study plan

Build a one-page sourcing checklist (author, date, audience, purpose, bias, corroboration) and apply it to 25 short document descriptions, scoring at least 22/25.

Classify 30 items as primary or secondary sources and justify each classification in a single sentence.

Construct three cause-and-effect chains, each with at least two causes, one turning point, and two consequences, drawn from U.S. or world history.

Draft a five-step inquiry sequence (compelling question, source set, evidence selection, claim, counterclaim) for one grade 5-12 topic and name the skill each step assesses.

Distinguish fact, opinion, and interpretation in 15 short excerpts and note the wording cue that revealed each one.

Sequence 30 events from first contact through 1877 on a dated timeline without consulting notes.

Compare the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies across economy, labor system, religion, and governance in a three-column chart.

Explain the major constitutional compromises and their later consequences in a 200-word written summary.

Trace three long-run causes of the Civil War and pair each with at least one specific law, court decision, or document.

Interpret six founding-era primary sources for point of view, argument, and intended audience.

Sequence 25 events from 1877 to the present and label each with the era it defines.

Explain how industrialization, immigration, and urbanization reshaped U.S. society, citing two pieces of evidence per trend.

Connect three reform movements (labor, suffrage, civil rights) to their constitutional and legal bases.

Trace U.S. foreign policy from the Spanish-American War through the Cold War to the post-9/11 period as a five-stage arc with one example per stage.

Write two document-based short answers in 15 minutes each, each containing a claim, two pieces of evidence, and one sourcing caveat.

Order the major river-valley and classical civilizations by date and locate each on a blank world map from memory.

Compare four belief systems on origin, core text or teaching, and diffusion route in a comparison table.

Explain three trade networks by listing the goods, ideas, technologies, and diseases each moved.

Identify four turning points before 1450 and state two consequences of each in two sentences.

Distinguish among political, economic, and cultural causes of the decline of two classical states.

Sequence 20 events from 1450 to the present and match each to its century and region.

Explain the Columbian Exchange using three biological, three economic, and two demographic effects.

Compare the American, French, Haitian, and Latin American revolutions on cause, social base, and outcome.

Trace the shift from imperialism to decolonization through three case studies, naming one continuity and one change in each.

Summarize the Cold War in five phases with one proxy conflict or crisis per phase.

Interpret eight map types or projections and state one distortion and one appropriate use for each.

Answer 15 map-skill items using latitude and longitude, scale, and contour or elevation cues.

Explain five physical processes (plate tectonics, erosion and deposition, climate controls, and two others) and one human consequence of each.

Analyze three population pyramids and three migration scenarios, naming the push and pull factors in each.

Compare three world regions on resource base, urbanization pattern, and human-environment interaction.

Match each core constitutional principle to two supporting clauses and one landmark case.

Diagram federalism by listing five delegated, five reserved, and five concurrent powers, each with a source of authority.

Trace the path of a bill to law and the path of a case to judicial review, marking every decision point.

Summarize eight landmark Supreme Court decisions in one sentence each, stating the holding and the principle it established.

Explain three forms of political participation and two obligations of citizenship, with one current example of each.

Compute opportunity cost, equilibrium price, and growth rates from 10 short data prompts.

Distinguish fiscal from monetary policy by naming two tools and two effects of each.

Classify the four market structures with one real-world example and one defining characteristic apiece.

Explain inflation, unemployment, and trade flows using three graph types (production possibilities, supply and demand, business cycle).

Retake every missed item from weeks 1-7 and confirm each error is now answered correctly with a stated reason.