1. History Alive! Modifying Processing Assignments

2. The purposes of the Processing Assignments are to: Review information in a new way to deepen learning Prepare for the assessment

3. Modifying History Alive! Processing Assignment Prompts for: More specific content demands More specific writing demands More effective scaffolding

4. EXAMPLE Lesson 21 Processing Assignment Part 1 Who is responsible for the Civil War? Write a letter from the perspective that you took in the activity (either northern or southern) in which you accuse the other side of causing the Civil War. Your letter should include a description of your position on slavery. include an explanation of why you feel the other side caused compromises to fail. be five to six sentences long. Part 2 After you have finished your letter, exchange notebooks with a student who has written from the opposing perspective. For example, if you wrote a northerner’s letter, exchange your letter with a southerner. On the page following your opponent’s letter, write a rebuttal to what he or she has written. Then re-exchange notebooks.

5. Lesson 21 Processing Assignment Prompt Revised To better prepare students for assessment To be appropriate for the Persuasive/Argumentative Common Assignment (or practice for the assignment) To get students beyond a brief emotional response To improve effectiveness of scaffolding

6. See Lesson 21 Support Documents: 8.21_Overview (for Learning Targets) 8.21_Processing Prompt_Revised 8.21_Review of Issues 8.21_Review Chart for Missouri and 1850 Compromises 8.21_Graphic Organizer for: Who is responsible for the Civil War? 8.21_Graphic Organizer with Sentence Frames for: Who is responsible for the Civil War?