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History Alive!. Modifying Processing Assignments. The purposes of the Processing Assignments are to:. Review information in a new way to deepen learning Prepare for the assessment. Modifying History Alive! Processing Assignment Prompts for:. More specific content demands
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History Alive! Modifying Processing Assignments
The purposes of the Processing Assignments are to: • Review information in a new way to deepen learning • Prepare for the assessment
Modifying History Alive! Processing Assignment Prompts for: • More specific content demands • More specific writing demands • More effective scaffolding
EXAMPLELesson 21 Processing Assignment Part 1 • Who is responsible for the Civil War? Write a letter from the perspective that you took in the activity (either northern or southern) in which you accuse the other side of causing the Civil War. • Your letter should • include a description of your position on slavery. • include an explanation of why you feel the other side caused compromises to fail. • be five to six sentences long. Part 2 • After you have finished your letter, exchange notebooks with a student who has written from the opposing perspective. For example, if you wrote a northerner’s letter, exchange your letter with a southerner. On the page following your opponent’s letter, write a rebuttal to what he or she has written. Then re-exchange notebooks.
Lesson 21 Processing Assignment Prompt Revised • To better prepare students for assessment • To be appropriate for the Persuasive/Argumentative Common Assignment (or practice for the assignment) • To get students beyond a brief emotional response • To improve effectiveness of scaffolding
See Lesson 21 Support Documents: • 8.21_Overview (for Learning Targets) • 8.21_Processing Prompt_Revised • 8.21_Review of Issues • 8.21_Review Chart for Missouri and 1850 Compromises • 8.21_Graphic Organizer for: Who is responsible for the Civil War? • 8.21_Graphic Organizer with Sentence Frames for: Who is responsible for the Civil War?