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ACTIVITY: Humanities Essay
Project: Humanities Essay: Am I My Brother or Sister's Keeper?
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Assessments: Student writing
Description
In this essay assignment, students explored the question "How can the examination of the past inform us about our present lives and what our responsibility is toward one another?" Building upon their two month study of the Holocaust and Genocide, students were expected to write an essay that responds to the central question using historical and literary documents as evidence.
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Essay Assignment Overview
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Essay Assignment PPT
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Essay Diagram
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Final Assessment Rubric
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Final Product Exemplar
This is an essay submitted by a student in fullfiling the assignment...
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REFLECTIONS & COMMENTS
Author Reflections
The Essay Diagram turned out to be an effective visual tool to use with students to help them understand the movement and flow of the presentation of ideas for the essay.