Docs+Teach

=**DOCS TEACH (from National Archives)**=

DocsTeach.org has a marvelous tool, “Weighing the Evidence,” to help prepare students to write the argumentative essays to meet the Common Core Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects 6–12.

“What Kind of Leader was Douglas McArthur” [] is an excellent model of an already created lesson and assessment. After the student reviews all of the documents (print, visual, media), assigns weight to each, and places the on the seesaw, the student sends the teacher a postcard via e-mail in which the following questions are answered: The student now has a graphic organizer to support the writing of the argumentative essay.
 * What historical interpretation did the evidence best support?
 * Why did you place the documents where you did?
 * Which evidence do you think carried the most weight?

The template is also provided, along with thousands of primary source documents so that the teacher can create an original lesson.


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