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Acid and Base Testing 2 - Micro In this task, students will plan and conduct an experiment to determine which of the given solutions is a base, acid, and neutral. This task includes: |
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Acid and Base Testing 2 - Micro In this task, students will plan and conduct an experiment to determine which of the given solutions is a base, acid, and neutral. This task includes: |
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Acid and Its Effects In this task, students will work in group for a ocuple weeks to determine the effects that acid rain would have on their surroundings. This task includes: |
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African American Workers This task asks students to source and corroborate an account by an English traveller describing African American workers in New York City. Question 1 asks students to evaluate whether the excerpt provides enough evidence to draw conclusions about the working conditions facing African Americans in New York City at the time. To answer this question, students must source the document to determine whether the author’s account can be thought of as conclusive evidence. Question 2 asks students to evaluate whether additional documents could be used to corroborate the account. Resources include PDF downloads of the assessment with source materials, and a rubric with benchmark descriptors. |
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African American Workers This task asks students to source and corroborate an account by an English traveller describing African American workers in New York City. Question 1 asks students to evaluate whether the excerpt provides enough evidence to draw conclusions about the working conditions facing African Americans in New York City at the time. To answer this question, students must source the document to determine whether the author’s account can be thought of as conclusive evidence. Question 2 asks students to evaluate whether additional documents could be used to corroborate the account. Resources include PDF downloads of the assessment with source materials, and a rubric with benchmark descriptors. |
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Air in Soil This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the Structure of the Earth System. Students must follow an experiment to calculate the percent of air in a soil sample, and then design another experiment to determine the amount of water in a sample. This task includes: |
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Alternate Reality In this task, students will photoshop each others images into their partner schools in order to put themselves in one another's shoes and identify the difficulties they each face. This task includes: |
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Alternate Reality In the Alternate Reality task, students create "false memories" by Photoshopping student images into each others' schools. |
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American Imperialism This task asks students to source and corroborate an editorial from a Nebraska newspaper about overseas expansion. Question 1 asks students to evaluate whether the passage provides enough evidence to draw conclusions about American attitudes about overseas expansion at the time. To answer this question, students must source the document to determine whether the editorial can be thought of as conclusive evidence. Question 2 asks students to evaluate whether additional documents or missing perspectives could be used to corroborate the document. Resources include PDF downloads of the assessment with source materials, and a rubric with benchmark descriptors. |
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Anarchism and the Haymarket Affair This task assesses students’ ability to source and corroborate a document. Drawing on knowledge gained by sourcing an excerpt from a 1908 Utah newspaper--which makes claims about the influence that the Haymarket Affair had on the growth of anarchist groups in the United States--students then evaluate it in several ways; Question 1 asks students to evaluate whether the excerpt provides enough evidence to draw conclusions the growth of anarchism in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century. To answer this question, students must source the document to determine whether the account can be regarded as conclusive evidence. Question 2 asks students to identify and evaluate whether additional documents or perspectives could be used to corroborate the account. Resources include PDF downloads of the assessment with source materials, and a rubric with benchmark descriptors. |
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