Getting Started

1. Take out your assignment book and copy the following homework:
Due Wednesday, October 21
Complete, revise, and publish your Document Based Question
using REEL.
Get test signed.
2. Take out Document 1: A physical map of New York State and
Document 2: A map created by Shannon Glazer to illustrate
regional food favorites in New York State
3. Take out a piece of looseleaf and put your heading on the top.

Look Back to Yesterday

The year 1908
Only 14 percent (14 out of 100) of the homes had a bathtub.
There were only 8,000 cars.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
A loaf of bread was five cents.
The American flag had 45 stars.
The population of Las Vegas , Nevada, was only 30!

Students will use claim and

evidence to write a REEL
response.

Claim and Evidence

Claim - Statement that gives an answer or

conclusion to a statement or problem
Evidence - The facts that support your claims

Document

Claim and Evidence

A claim that could be made about whether
physical or cultural geography plays a bigger role
in how humans develop is that physical
geography plays a bigger role. Water and
mountains separate New York from other states.
Two pieces of evidence from the document are
Lake Erie and Lake Ontario form the border on
the West. The Adirondack Mountains are the
border in the Northeast.

Document

Claim and Evidence

A claim that could be made about whether
physical or cultural geography plays a bigger role
in how humans develop is that cultural geography
plays a bigger role. New York produces food that
reflects the many people that live in the state.
Two pieces of evidence from the document are
New York City produces pizza and bagels. Cheese
is produced in all different parts of New York.
The cheese is used in different dishes created all
over the state.

REEL Response

Restate
Evidence
Evidence
Link

Social Studies Scoring

Rubric
10 points
You wrote a clear, specific thesis statement (claim about the topic)
that matches the task question.
20 points
You used clear, detailed evidence (including content vocabulary)
from the text to support your claim, and you included citations.
You have clear links between your evidence and your claim.
10 points
You showed a good command of spelling and writing conventions
that we are currently working on in class.