9 Students choose In this lesson, students pause in their reading of Guns, Germs, and Steel, texts for research and begin to focus on specific aspects of an issue to craft areas of based on their 2–3 investigation. Students then engage in a pre-search activity to begin areas of gathering sources for further research. This work develops students’ investigation. proficiency for posing general and specific questions, finding relevant sources, navigating a wide pool of potential sources, and validating the depth of and their interest in their proposed issues. Students use the Tool to record relevant information about the sources they find, including the author’s name, issue, source, location, publication date, and general content/key ideas. 10 Guns, Germs, and In this lesson, students continue to read and analyze 439–446 of Steel, by Jared Guns, Germs, and Steel. In this excerpt, Diamond extends several of the Diamond, pages principles he has observed over the course of the book to present-day 439–446 questions of business productivity and innovation. Students consider how Diamond further develops ideas previously explored in the text and apply their analysis independently in a written response at the beginning of the lesson. This response informs students’ participation in a whole-class discussion that follows. 11 Guns, Germs, and In this lesson, students prepare for the Mid-Unit Assessment in 12.3.1 by Jared Lesson 12 by engaging in a discussion of Diamond’s claims in key excerpts Steel Diamond, pages from Guns, Germs, and Steel, analyzing whether his evidence is relevant 65–78, 229–249, and sufficient, and whether his reasoning is valid. and 439–446 12 Guns, and In this lesson, the Mid-Unit Assessment, students use textual evidence Steel by Jared from Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and the Evaluating Diamond, pages Evidence and Reasoning Tool from 12.3.1 Lesson 11 to craft a formal, 65–78, 229–249, multi-paragraph response to the following prompt: Choose an excerpt and 439–446 from Guns, Germs, and Steel. Identify one of Diamond’s supporting claims; evaluate whether the evidence is relevant and sufficient and the reasoning is valid to support that claim.
9 Students choose texts for research based on their 2–3 areas of investigation. In this lesson, students pause in their reading of Guns, Germs, and Steel, and begin to focus on specific aspects of an issue to craft areas of investigation. Students then engage in a pre-search activity to begin gathering sources for further research. This work develops students’ proficiency for posing general and specific questions, finding relevant sources, navigating a wide pool of potential sources, and validating the depth of and their interest in their proposed issues. Students use the Tool to record relevant information about the sources they find, including the author’s name, issue, source, location, publication date, and general content/key ideas. 10 Guns, Germs, and Steel, by Jared Diamond, pages 439–446 In this lesson, students continue to read and analyze 439–446 of Guns, Germs, and Steel. In this excerpt, Diamond extends several of the principles he has observed over the course of the book to present-day questions of business productivity and innovation. Students consider how Diamond further develops ideas previously explored in the text and apply their analysis independently in a written response at the beginning of the lesson. This response informs students’ participation in a whole-class discussion that follows. 11 Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, pages 65–78, 229–249, and 439–446 In this lesson, students prepare for the Mid-Unit Assessment in 12.3.1 Lesson 12 by engaging in a discussion of Diamond’s claims in key excerpts from Guns, Germs, and Steel, analyzing whether his evidence is relevant and sufficient, and whether his reasoning is valid. 12 Guns, and Steel by Jared Diamond, pages 65–78, 229–249, and 439–446 In this lesson, the Mid-Unit Assessment, students use textual evidence from Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and the Evaluating Evidence and Reasoning Tool from 12.3.1 Lesson 11 to craft a formal, multi-paragraph response to the following prompt: Choose an excerpt from Guns, Germs, and Steel. Identify one of Diamond’s supporting claims; evaluate whether the evidence is relevant and sufficient and the reasoning is valid to support that claim.
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