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Share an example of a successful activity or lesson that helped your students master claim testing!

Ebony McKiver

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    I created an activity where students identified a claim tester being used for different claims before and after the Enlightenment. For example, before the Enlightenment was, "The King is in charge because…

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    To help my students master claim testing, I implemented an interactive activity centered around the prompt: “The French Revolution was inevitable. Yes or no? Use specific examples from your notes…
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    I used the claim testing strategy as mentioned in the Global Conflict lesson to help scaffold our PBA!  I wrote down claims on notecards and then had students write statements that support those claims on…

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    I provided my students with a thesis statement and asked my students to find evidence for that claim. Then I gave my students an essay that I wrote and had them underline evidence and star analysis. I also had my students grade the essay using our rubric based on the thesis, evidence and analysis. I made the essay a B- so that they would have to discuss the good and the bad of the essay/argument. The students then had to create their own "quick paragraph" based on a question where with a partner they wrote a claim, evidence, and analysis.

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    I provided my students with a thesis statement and asked my students to find evidence for that claim. Then I gave my students an essay that I wrote and had them underline evidence and star analysis. I also had my students grade the essay using our rubric based on the thesis, evidence and analysis. I made the essay a B- so that they would have to discuss the good and the bad of the essay/argument. The students then had to create their own "quick paragraph" based on a question where with a partner they wrote a claim, evidence, and analysis.

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  • 0 in reply to Alexandrea Riddell

    I love the idea of providing a thesis and requiring students to identify the evidence that would support the claim! I will definitely be using this with my students!

    In AP World History, I regularly use the sample student responses included in the past exam materials on the College Board website to help students understand what is "enough" to meet the requirements of the various rubric score points. I pick a variety of responses and have students read and score them without knowing the "actual" score and then we discuss student scores and rationales for the scores they gave.

    Bonus: students are identifying evidence (or lack thereof) as they make a claim for why an essay did (or did not) earn the point! Extra claim practice and they don't even know it! Slight smile