CLAIM: The claim is the answer to your research question or response to the prompt you are addressing. It should be based on the evidence you have collected. EVIDENCE: Evidence is information that supports your claim. We collect evidence from sources like texts, videos, and knowledgeable people to support our reasons. REASONING/EXPLANATION: Reasoning is the explanation for why the evidence supports the claim. In history we contextualize, compare, corroborate, connect cause and effect, and use geography and economic ideas to explain our reasoning. Constructing Arguments Practice Directions: Reread the argument below from the introduction and annotate it using the symbols Construct below to label the different components of the argument. Arguments Directions: Based on the town and school contexts that you recorded in the table above, contextualize Construct the lunchroom fight by describing what happened in the town and school before the fight that led to Arguments it. Examine the statements below from the lunchroom fight between Justin and Max, then categorize each statement as a claim, evidence that supports that claim, or reasoning that supports the evidence. Place the letter corresponding with each statement in the appropriate place below. There will be only one claim. The argument below does not reflect the only possible scenario.
CLAIM: The claim is the answer to your research question or response to the prompt you are addressing. It should be based on the evidence you have collected. EVIDENCE: Evidence is information that supports your claim. We collect evidence from sources like texts, videos, and knowledgeable people to support our reasons. REASONING/EXPLANATION: Reasoning is the explanation for why the evidence supports the claim. In history we contextualize, compare, corroborate, connect cause and effect, and use geography and economic ideas to explain our reasoning. Constructing Arguments Practice Construct Arguments Directions: Reread the argument below from the introduction and annotate it using the symbols below to label the different components of the argument. Construct Arguments Directions: Based on the town and school contexts that you recorded in the table above, contextualize the lunchroom fight by describing what happened in the town and school before the fight that led to it. Examine the statements below from the lunchroom fight between Justin and Max, then categorize each statement as a claim, evidence that supports that claim, or reasoning that supports the evidence. Place the letter corresponding with each statement in the appropriate place below. There will be only one claim. The argument below does not reflect the only possible scenario.