Middle School Writing Placement
Middle School Writing PlacementBIG HISTORY COURSEUnit 1 What is Big History? Unit 2History of the Universe and EarthUnit 3Life Unit 4Early Humans Unit 5Agriculture & Complex SocietiesUnit 6The Modern Age Unit 7The Future UNIT DRIVING QUESTIONUnit 1 DQ: How does learning about the history of the Universe help us understand our past, present, and future?Unit 2 DQ: How did complexity increase from the origins of our Universe to the formation of the Earth?Unit 3 DQ: Why did life begin on Earth, and how did it change over time? Unit 4 DQ: How did the evolution of humans lead to new complexity on Earth?Unit 5 DQ: How did the transition to agriculture increase complexity in human societies? Unit 6 DQ: What are the positive and negative impacts of interconnection and acceleration?Unit 7 DQ: What’s the next threshold?Lesson LocationClaim WritingLesson 1.1Activity: Big History 3-2-1Lesson 1.2Closer: Scale: Big History TimelineLesson 1.3Closer: Origin Story ReflectionLesson 1.4 Activity: Claim Warm-UpLesson 1.4Activity: Claim Testing PracticeLesson 1.4 Closer: Unit 1 NotebookLesson 2.3Activity: Claim Testing: AuthorityLesson 2.4Activity: Causation: From Stars to New ElementsLesson 2.6Activity: Claim Testing: EvidenceLesson 2.6Closer: Unit 2 NotebookLesson 3.3Activity: Geography: Earth in MotionLesson 3.3Closer: Claim Testing: LifeLesson 3.4Causation: Extinction EventsLesson 3.4Activity: De-Extinction DebateLesson 3.4Closer: Unit 3 NotebookLesson 4.4Activity: Early Human MigrationLesson 4.4Closer: Causation: MigrationLesson 4.5Activity: Claim Testing: Early HumansLesson 4.5Closer: Unit 4 NotebookLesson 5.2Activity: Geography: The Agricultural RevolutionLesson 5.2Closer: Making Claims: FarmingLesson 5.3Activity: Frankenstein’s CivilizationLesson 5.5Closer: Unit 5 NotebookLesson 6.3Activity: Causation: IndustrializationLesson 6.5Closer: Claim Testing: GlobalizationLesson 6.6Closer: Unit 6 NotebookLesson 7.5Closer: Unit 7 NotebookParagraph WritingLesson 2.2Activity: How the Universe BeganLesson 2.4Closer: Cosmic ConnectionsLesson 3.1Activity: Characteristics of LifeLesson 4.2Activity: Our Human HistoryLesson 4.3Closer: Improving KnowledgeLesson 4.4Activity: Geography: Migration and ClimateLesson 5.6Closer: Ancient WisdomLesson 6.2Closer: Connecting the WorldLesson 6.4Activity: Assessing AccelerationLesson 7.6Opener: Visions of the Future RevisitedOptional AssessmentsLesson 2.6Unit 2 DBQ: How has our understanding of Earth’s structure and processes changed over time?Lesson 5.6Activity: Museum ProjectLesson 6.2Unit 6 DBQ: How did the Columbian Exchange transform the Americas from c. 1500 to 1750 CE?Lesson 7.6Activity: From the Past to the Future