Unit 2 Writing Wrap Up
Teacher Resources
Lesson 2.6 Teaching Guide
Assessment Guide
Unit Problem: What caused some humans to shift from foraging to farming and what were the effects of this change?
In this lesson, you’ll examine the claim and focus category of the WHP Writing Rubric. You will review the rubric, identify claim and focus in a sample essay, complete a writing assessment, and use writing samples to better evaluate your own writing. Completing a series of rubric-based writing activities will give you a solid grasp on how your teacher will assess your writing.
- Assess how farming changed the lives and wellbeing of early humans.
- Learn how to identify and revise claim and focus in historical writing.
- Create and support arguments using historical evidence to evaluate if farming was an improvement over foraging.
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Writing – Claim and Focus Part 1
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Writing – Claim and Focus Part 1
Before you can write a good claim, you need to know how to find one! Use the WHP Writing Rubric to evaluate the claim and focus of an essay.
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Unit 2 DBQ
Activity
Unit 2 DBQ
Did farming improve human life? Use the documents in this DBQ to come to an informed decision about the pros and cons of the first agricultural revolution.
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Unit 2 LEQ
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Unit 2 LEQ
In your first LEQ of the course, you’ll examine the question: To what extent was foraging or farming more desirable for early humans?
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DBQ Writing Samples
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DBQ Writing Samples
In order to improve your writing skills, it is important to read examples—both good and bad—written by other people. These DBQ writing samples provide example essays to help support writing instruction in different ways.
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Claim and Focus Revision
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Claim and Focus Revision
Now that you’ve had some practice writing claims and maintaining focus in an essay, it’s time to revise and improve these aspects of your writing.