writing about relationships

Historical Thinking Skills are all about relationships. What 3 writing skills, that center relationships, will we practice in this classroom

• cause/effect, compare/contrast, and turning point (continuity and change)

• cause/effect, historical context, memorization

• compare/contrast, cause effect, and historical context

• continuity and change, memorization, and turning point

1. Do you have to be naturally talented at writing to be a good writer?

• yes

• no

• what are you talking about?

• of course not, practice makes perfect.

On a scale of 1-10, How do you feel about yourself as a writer? 1 is terrible, 10 is perfect

• 1.

• Between 1-3

• Between 4-6

• Between 7-10

• 10

For the next 5 questions you will

read the prompt identify which type of relationship you are being asked to evaluate

• got it!

• not sure I can do this, but I will try

• This is really hard, but I will ask for help if I get stuck

Evaluate the extent of change in ideas about American independence from 1763-1783.

• cause/effect

• compare/contrast

• turning point (continuity and change)

Explain the causes of the rise of women’s rights movements in the period 1940-1975

• cause/effect

• compare/contrast

• turning point (continuity and change)

Evaluate the extent to which differing ideas of national identity shaped views of United States overseas expansion in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

• cause/effect

• compare/contrast

• turning point (continuity and change)

Explain the reasons why a new conservatism rose to prominence in the United States between 1960 and 1989.

• cause/effect

• compare/contrast

• turning point (continuity and change)

Evaluate the relative importance of the causes of cultural change in the United States in the period from 1914-1945.

• cause/effect

• compare/contrast

• turning point (continuity and change)

How do you feel after taking this quiz?

• over it

• excited to apply these skills to my writing

• nervous about what's ahead

• confident and ready to crush 11th grade history.