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Name ___________________________

Mr. Larsen Social Studies.

Directions: Evaluate the evidence provided for each of the three reasons presented for annexation. If you divided this pie below, which reason would get the biggest slice? Which would get the second biggest? Which reason was the least important?

Divide the pie into three slices. Label each section (sugar, race, or navy). In the boxes, explain when you think it deserved this degree of responsibility.

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_____Complete - Work provided above demonstrates student’s thoughtful assessment of the information.

_____Incomplete - Student provided some evidence of thinking, but the information provided was not complete, or answers were incorrect.

Sugar

Race

Navy

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Name ___________________________

Mr. Larsen Social Studies.

Write your response here in claim, evidence, and reasoning (CER) format. Make sure to use your evidence from the articles to help support your claim.

Claim: A statement regarding the information you investigated about a certain topic (A claim should be a restatement of the question)
Evidence: The data you are using to support your claim= (information from the articles)
Reasoning: Explains why the evidence supports your claim by providing logical conclusions.

Question: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Claim	Evidence	Reasoning	Conventions
• The student provides a clear claim that states an opinion and relates to the topic discussed in class. It answers the question.	• The student provides references three unique points of evidence that support their claim.	• The student explains in the own words how their evidence supports their claim.	• Up to 2 points for writing conventions: – Writing in complete sentences – Correct capitalization – Proper punctuation
0-2 point	0-3 points	0-3 points	0–2 points