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2. What to Expect when Finding Evidence in Sources: Today, we are going to work on how to find, sort, and select evidence to use when we write in response to sources like photographs, documents, and texts or articles.

3. What does Evidence mean? When reading, you are acting like a detective. Detectives gather evidence, physical examples, that might support a case they are working on. YOU can be a Reading Detective! When you read, you need to gather physical evidence to explain or support a point of view or main points about a topic or text. Other times, you may need to gather evidence to evaluate a piece of literature, support their opinion, or to inform others.

4. Examples Statistics (dates, numbers, percentages…) Expert Opinions Quotations Reasons Concrete Details Types of Evidence in Texts or Documents:

5. Setting Objects Animals People Facial Expressions Body Language Colors Types of Evidence in Photographs:

6. Evidence Can Not Stand Alone!  It is not enough to simply gather evidence and repeat it back in your writing.  You must also analyze the evidence, reflect on it, and use only the appropriate evidence to show your thinking about topics or texts.

7. Steps for Finding Evidence:  Find and list all evidence.  Sort the evidence by importance or relationship to the topic or prompt. Write one of these symbols next to each piece of evidence: Good Better Best  Select the final evidence from your lists to include in your writing and underline it.  Remember, you want to choose the final evidence that best supports your topic or prompt. Most of your evidence will probably be included, but you also want to consider your 1 and 2 check choices as well.

8. Let’s Imagine… We have been asked to write an essay in response to this prompt: Describe the struggle women went through to get the right to vote.

9. Finding Evidence in Photographs: “Women Out in Force” What evidence can you find?

10. Did You Notice…?  It is in black and white.  The room is small and crowded  There is a group of women huddled toward the front  Men are standing off to the side and back  They look serious  The women are smiling

11. Watch how I list everything I notice in Column #1:

12. Room is small and crowded Little room to move Black and white photo Women huddled close together One woman holding a baby Men standing to the sides Old fashioned clothes Women wearing hats Men in suits Women look like they are filling in voting ballots Men look serious Women are smiling Source #1: Women Out in Force

13. Did you also notice that I wrote the evidence in single words or phrases, not in complete sentences? What other evidence could I add?

14. Now, I will Sort the Evidence!  First, I will reread the prompt: Describe the struggle women went through to get the right to vote.  Next, I will look at each piece of evidence and ask myself Does this piece of evidence fit?

15. Now, I will Sort the Evidence! (continued)

16. Here is how my final list of evidence looks for the photograph!  Room is small and crowded  Little room to move  Black and white photo  Women huddled close together  One woman holding a baby  Men standing to the sides Source #1: Women Out in Force  Old fashioned clothes  Women wearing hats  Men in suits  Women look like they are filling in voting ballots  Men look serious  Women are smiling

17. Finding Evidence in Documents: “Right to Vote Amendment” What evidence can you find?

18. Did You Notice…?  It was signed on May 19, 1919.  It was created by the 66 th Congress.  It is an amendment to the Constitution.  It “extends the right of Suffrage to women.”  It is signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the vice president of the United States, who is also the president of the senate.

19. Watch how I list everything I notice in Column #2:

20.  The 19 th Amendment  Signed on May 19, 1919  First session of the 66 th Congress  “extends the right of suffrage to women” Source #2: Document “Right to Vote Amendment”  Signed by Speaker of the House  Signed by vice president, who is also president of the senate  3/4ths of states ratified it  It is an amendment to the Constitution

21. Did you also notice that I wrote the evidence in single words or phrases, not in complete sentences? What other evidence could I add?

22. Now, I will Sort the Evidence!  First, I will reread the prompt: Describe the struggle women went through to get the right to vote.  Next, I will look at each piece of evidence and ask myself Does this piece of evidence fit?

23. Now, I will Sort the Evidence! (continued)

24. Here is how my final list of evidence looks for the document!  The 19 th Amendment  Signed on May 19, 1919  First session of the 66 th Congress  “extends the right of suffrage to women” Source #2: Document “Right to Vote Amendment”  It is an amendment to the constitution  Signed by Speaker of the House  Signed by vice president, who is also president of the senate  3/4ths of states ratified it

25. Finding Evidence in Articles or Texts:  First, let’s read the text all the way through. 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote (1920) The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle; victory took decades of hard work and protest. Beginning in the mid-19th century, several generations of women suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered a radical change of the Constitution. Few early supporters lived to see final victory in 1920.

26. Finding Evidence in Articles or Texts: (continued) Between 1878, when the amendment was first introduced in Congress, and August 18, 1920, when it was ratified, champions of voting rights for women worked tirelessly, but strategies for achieving their goal varied. Some people tried to get states to pass suffrage acts. Others challenged male-only voting laws in the courts. Other suffragists marched in parades and went on hunger strikes. Finally, President Wilson changed his position to support an amendment in 1918.

27. Finding Evidence in Articles or Texts: (continued) Now, let’s read it again. What evidence can you find? On May 21, 1919, the House of Representatives passed the amendment, and 2 weeks later, the Senate followed. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certified the ratification on August 26, 1920, changing the face of the American electorate forever.

28. Did You Notice…?  That the 19 th Amendment gave women the right to vote.  That the “victory took decades of hard work and protest.”  The struggle began in the mid-1800s.  That it lasted until 1918.  That people did different things to try to get voting rights for women like challenging laws and marching in parades.

29. 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote Lengthy, difficult struggle “victory took decades of hard work and protest” the struggle began in the mid- 1800s and lasted until 1918 Watch how I list everything I notice in column #3: Source #3: Article “Women’s Right to Vote” People did different things to try to get voting rights for women Challenged male-only voting laws and marched in parades Others held hunger strikes “Finally, President Wilson changed his position to support an amendment in 1918.”

30. Did you also notice that I wrote the evidence in single words or phrases, not in complete sentences? If I had found any lines or quotes, I could “lift” them from the text and put quotation marks around them. What other evidence could I add?

31. Now, I will Sort the Evidence!  First, I will reread the prompt: Describe the struggle women went through to get the right to vote.  Next, I will look at each piece of evidence and ask myself Does this piece of evidence fit?

32. Now, I will Sort the Evidence! (continued)

33. Here is how my final list of evidence looks for the article! 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote Lengthy, difficult struggle “victory took decades of hard work and protest” The struggle began in the mid- 1800s and lasted until 1918 Source #3: Article Women’s right to Vote People did different things to try to get voting rights for women Challenged male-only voting laws and marched in parades Others held hunger strikes “Finally, President Wilson changed his position to support an amendment in 1918.”