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Oakland Unified School District History/Social Studies Department

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
6

6th Grade Ancient History End-of-Year History Writing Task

In the 6th Grade Ancient History End-of-Year History Writing Task students will address the questions "Athens or Sparta: Which was the fairer city-state?". They will write an essay using primary and secondary sources, graphs, images, and photographic evidence to support their argument. This task includes resources to help students write their introduction, evaluate sources and evidence, plan their essay, develop their claim, and an argumentative writing checklist.

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The Oakland Unified School Districted has designed this history assessment to support the literacy goals of the Common Core State Standards.

Source
Oakland Unified School District History/Social Studies Department

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
7

7th Grade Medieval History End-of-Year History Writing Task

In the 7th Grade Medieval History Enf-of-Year History Writing Task students will respond to the question "which two reasons best explain the fall of Tenochtitlan, the capital city of the Aztec Empire, to the Spanish?". They will write an essay using primary and secondary sources as evidence to support their argument. This task includes resources to help students write their introduction, learn vocabulary, evaluate sources and evidence, plan their essay, develop their claim, and an argumentative writing checklist.

This task also includes: 

The Oakland Unified School Districted has designed this history assessment to support the literacy goals of the Common Core State Standards.

Source
Oakland Unified School District History/Social Studies Department

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
7

7th Grade Medieval History Mid-Year History Writing Task

In the 7th Grade Medieval History Mid-Year History Writing Task students will respond to the question "was the Examination System during the Song Dynasty in China an effective way for the emperor to select high quality government official?". They will write an essay using primary and secondary sources and photographic evidence to support their argument. This task includes resources to help students write their introduction, evaluate sources and evidence, plan their essay, develop their claim, and an argumentative writing checklist.

This task also includes: 

The Oakland Unified School Districted has designed this history assessment to support the literacy goals of the Common Core State Standards.

Source
Oakland Unified School District History/Social Studies Department

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
8

8th Grade U.S. History End-of-Year History Writing Task

In the 8th Grade U.S. History End-of-Year History Writing Task students will respond to the question "Is John Brown an American Hero?". They will write an essay using primary and secondary sources as evidence to support their argument. This task includes resources to help students write their introduction, understand the timeline of events, evaluate sources and evidence, plan their essay, develop their claim, and an argumentative writing checklist.

This task also includes: 

The Oakland Unified School Districted has designed this history assessment to support the literacy goals of the Common Core State Standards.

Source
Oakland Unified School District History/Social Studies Department

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
8

8th Grade U.S. History Mid-Year History Writing Task

In the 8th Grade U.S. History Mid-Year History Writing Task students will respond to the question "which would have been better for the Cherokee in 1836: To accept new tribal lands and more west, or to resist moving to new tribal lands?". They will write an essay using primary and secondary sources as evidence to support their argument. This task includes resources to help students write their introduction, understand the timeline of events, evaluate sources and evidence, plan their essay, develop their claim, and an argumentative writing checklist.

This task also includes: 

The Oakland Unified School Districted has designed this history assessment to support the literacy goals of the Common Core State Standards.

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