Claim Testing: Social Class and Gender
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT1200 / LESSON 5.8ACTIVITYCLAIM TESTING: SOCIAL CLASS AND GENDERUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Claim Testing: Social Class and Gender,” OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/1PurposeApply what you know about authority, logic, intuition, and evidence to write supporting statementsfor claims,and then craft counterclaims. By doing so, you’ll be gaining experience in supporting your own claims with evidence—which will promote your development as a reader, writer, and critical thinker.Process1.For each claim below, write a supporting statementusing evidence from this unit.Then, choose twoof the claims,andwrite a counterclaimfor each claim you selected.Reminder: Acounterclaim is a statement or argument that goes against a claim and offers an opposing viewpoint.Claim 1:Women’s suffrage came as a result of political revolutions.Supporting statement Counterclaim Claim 2:Workers called for more rights in the nineteenth century.Supporting statement Counterclaim
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT 1200 / LESSON 5.8ACTIVITYCLAIM TESTING: SOCIAL CLASS AND GENDER2Claim 3:Capitalism and industrialization transformed labor on a global scale in the nineteenth century.Supporting statement Counterclaim Claim 4:Family relationships and roles in the household dramatically changed during the nineteenth century. Supporting statement Counterclaim 2.Review the four supporting statements you wrote. Circle the one you think is strongest. Explain why you made that selection.3.Review the two counterclaims you wrote. Circle the one you think is strongest. Explain why you made that selection.