Thursday, September 22, 2016

Answering Essential Questions

Why do people move?

What does it mean to be American?

Why does it matter who writes history?

Was Columbus an important historical figure?

Restate the question in order to form a thesis or "claim" with 3 possible answers.

For example: What does it mean to be Irish. 

Restate as: Being Irish has different meaning for different people which could include their social, political and economic beliefs. 

Social: religion music dance

Political: Independence Democracy

Economic: Manual Labor Famers and fisherman

Tips for writing in SS: write in 3rd person (no I), you need a claim, you need detailed evidence, some type of conclusion, plan ahead 

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