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Step 1: Introducing the Assessments
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One 50-min class periodSubject
- History
- Social Studies
Grade
9–12Language
English — USPublished
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About this Assessment
These assessment options ask students to respond to the course essential question in either a final argumentative essay or a “Choosing to Participate (CTP) Toolbox” project. Choose what works best for your classroom—assigning one project option, both, or allowing student choice between the two. Both project options require the collection of evidence from sources throughout the course to both support written arguments and defend project design choices.
Seven steps are interspersed throughout the course (after Lessons 4, 7, 9, 14, 19, 22, and 25) to introduce students to the assessments and guide them as they gather evidence, develop their theses or project focal points, and begin to write their essays and/or design their toolboxes. Follow the link at the end of each assessment step to proceed to the next lesson in the course.
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