Teacher Created Essays

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The Teacher Created Essays are designed for practicing the Enduring Issue Essay. All of the essay documents are designed to practice specific skills and for assessment of those specific skills.

Essay

SuggestedTime Frame

Skills Assessed

Educational Justification
Enduring Issues Essay #1  Nov/Dec
  • Contextualization
  • Periodization
  • Sourcing
  • Comparative Analysis
These documents encompass ideas and concepts during the 17th, 18th centuries and their application in societies. Students will have only one graphic organizer as a document and all of the other documents are text-based. Students will have learned these ideas and concepts by the suggested Time Frame indicated.
Enduring Issue Essay #2  Dec/Jan
  • Contextualization
  • Periodization
  • Sourcing
  • Comparative Analysis
  • Map Analysis
These documents encompass ideas, inventions, concepts during the late 18th and 19th centuries. Students will have two illustrations (images) as a document, a map, and all of the other documents are text-based.Students will have learned these specific ideas, inventions, and concepts by the suggested Time Frame indicated.
Enduring Issue Essay #3 Feb/Mar/Apr
  • Contextualization
  • Periodization
  • Sourcing
  • Comparative Analysis
  • Map Analysis

These documents encompass maps of the concepts associated with the late 19th century and the 20th century. Students will have only maps for this activity. Students might struggle with the interpretation of maps, so, prior knowledge,and/or a map interpretation lesson(s), might be helpful before this essay is given. Students will have learned these specific ideas, and concepts by the suggested Time Frame indicated.

Enduring Issue Essay #4
Apr/May
  • Contextualization
  • Periodization
  • Sourcing
  • Comparative Analysis
  • Political Cartoon Analysis
These documents encompass political cartoons of the concepts associated with the late 20th century.  Students will have only political cartoons for this activity. Students might struggle with the interpretation of political cartoons, so, prior knowledge,and/or a political cartoon interpretation lesson(s), might be helpful before this essay is given. Students will have learned these specific ideas, and concepts by the suggested Time Frame indicated.