Essential Skills
Skill |
Argumentation |
Expectations |
Make a historically defensible claim in the form of an evaluative thesis. Support an argument using specific and relevant evidence. Use historical reasoning to explain relationships among pieces of historical evidence. Consider ways that diverse or alternative evidence could be used to qualify or modify an argument. |
Where you prove that you can do this on the exam | DBQ and Long Essay |
How we do this...
Claim - Data - Warrant
In class we learn this during Simulations, Socratic Seminar, Thesis Practice and Practice Essays