ARM 10.54.3253. BENCHMARK FOR LITERATURE CONTENT STANDARD 5 UPON GRADUATION

(1) The benchmark for literature content standard 5 for a student upon graduation is the ability to: (a) examine, explain, and evaluate various perspectives concerning community, national, and world issues reflected in literary works; (b) identify and respond to philosophical assumptions and basic beliefs underlying selected texts; (c) recognize patterns, symbols, and universal themes present across literary works and relate those to personal experience; and (d) investigate and report ways in which authors, their works, and their styles have impacted or been influenced by social and cultural issues or events.