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CALP Social Studies Academic Language Flashcards

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  1. Why is the term 'manifest destiny' a CALP-level vocabulary item in US history education?

    Answer: It is a culturally and historically specific concept requiring academic knowledge of US expansion ideology

    Terms like 'manifest destiny' carry complex historical, ideological, and cultural meanings that require CALP-level academic language knowledge to understand and discuss.

  2. A student must write an essay arguing whether the US Civil War was primarily caused by slavery or economic factors. What CALP skill is most demanded?

    Answer: Constructing an evidence-based academic argument using historical reasoning and academic language

    Constructing a historical argument requires CALP-level academic language for evidence selection, reasoning, and argumentative discourse structure.

  3. How does geography vocabulary represent a CALP challenge in US social studies classes?

    Answer: Geographic terms like 'continental divide,' 'tectonic boundaries,' and 'demographic patterns' require academic language knowledge

    Geographic academic language involves discipline-specific terminology that must be explicitly learned and applied in CALP-level analytical tasks.

  4. In a CALP social studies context, what does 'historiography' require students to understand?

    Answer: That history is constructed through interpretation, and different historians may analyze the same events differently

    Historiography is a CALP-level concept requiring students to think critically about how historical accounts are constructed and interpreted.

  5. What CALP skill does 'document-based questioning' (DBQ) on US AP History exams assess?

    Answer: Academic reading, synthesis, and argumentative writing using multiple primary sources

    DBQ tasks assess CALP competencies including reading comprehension, source analysis, synthesis, and academic argumentative writing from multiple historical sources.

  6. How does the concept of 'civic literacy' relate to CALP development for students in US schools?

    Answer: It requires academic language proficiency to understand and participate in discussions of democracy, rights, and governance

    Civic literacy requires CALP proficiency in the academic language of government, law, and democratic participation to engage meaningfully with civic life.