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DBA #3: Please complete the multiple choice section by Friday 4/3! Remember the research paper is also due!!! I will post some last pointers and tips tomorrow!!

Please email me if this isn't working for you--make sure "all assessments" is checked and you are logging in from 8am-4pm. If you are having difficulty getting the DBA--don't stress about it.

If you have not done the DBA online before it's is easy!

Step 1: Go to the blog page: eng12macks.blogspot.com
Step 2: Click on the link on the left side that says "Edoctrina"

IF you have a district laptop you should have a link there already:

Step 3: Choose Buffalo Public Schools and McKinley High School (if needed) and log-in WITH YOUR REGULAR LOG-IN INFORMATION (900 # AND PASSWORD):

Step 4: Choose DBA #3 and complete the multiple choice questions by selecting the correct answer underneath each given passage.

Step 5*****: The essay is the research paper!!! You can either copy and paste it into this section or email it to me separately.

Please email me if you have any questions or concerns!!!

Research Paper Help!

CLICK HERE TO  SEE THE OUTLINE GIVEN ON DAY 1 FOR HELP!!!!!!---PAGES 7-9 WALK YOU THROUGH IT STEP-BY-STEP!!!

Part 1: How to write the intro

Click here for a helpful video on how to write your intro

Part 2: How to write body paragraphs

Click her for a helpful video on how to write body paragraphs

Here is a sample of an introduction and body 1 from a student's paper:


HERE ARE SOME HINTS ON INSERTING YOUR QUOTES:
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Some last minute notes on writing the body paragraphs (some examples on putting in the sources):

Option #1 (author's name and title in the sentence): According to Jared Diamond the author of Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies, "We all know that history has proceeded very differently..." (13).

Option #2 (author's name in the sentence): Jared Diamond explains to us that, "history has proceeded very differently..." (13).

Option #3 (paraphrase no name in the sentence): According to this source, history has proceeded at different rates on different continents (Diamond 13).

Option #4 (no name in sentence/or title): Because, "...history has proceeded very differently..." there are many differences throughout the globe (Diamond 13).

Option 5# (no author/title in the sentence): According to The Global Monitoring Report," Education for all cannot be achieved without improving quality" (17).

Option #6 (no author/no title in the sentence): The information presented in this source tells us that, " Education for all cannot be achieved without improving quality" ("Education for All" 17).

Option #7 (two authors/author in the sentence): Best and Marcus argue that one should read a text for what it says on its surface, rather than looking for some hidden meaning (9).

Option #8 (two authors/names not in the sentence): The authors claim that surface reading looks at what is “evident, perceptible, apprehensible in texts” (Best and Marcus 9).

Option #9 (more than two authors): According to the article, "The Economic Impacts of Broadband" we learn that, "Broadband’s economic significance can be put into context by referring to similar changes in other areas of infrastructure, such as road, rail, and electricity" ( Qiang et al. 1).

Part 3: Writing the counter-claim

Watch here where most of this is all explained.

Here is what  a counter-claim paragraph might sound like:
On the other hand, it has been argued that ________________________________ (counterclaim).

This point of view seems to make sense because _____________________(evidence/reasoning that supports the counter-claim)

However, ________________________________________(rebuttal--why is this weak? Give support through evidence!!!)

Therefore, ________________________________________(sum up why your claim is better/makes more sense)

Part 4: How to write the conclusion

Click her for a helpful video on how to write a conclusion

From the librarian for your research:

Here is a slideshow on databases and citations for your research paper:  click here

Please note!!

Research Paper Instructions: Please email the final copy by Friday April 3rd at the latest----Please email me with any questions or send me sample drafts for edits through Google Drive---IF you cannot type, send pictures of your handwritten work!!

This document will walk you through the essay step-by-step---It is similiar to the Part 2 on the Common Core Exam:
**************Essay directions and template: CLICK HERE*************************
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Here is the research paper assignment:

Directions:
Closely read at least 5 or 6 of the provided texts (links provided on the left under "Quarter 3 Research Paper Texts". Write a source-based argument on the topic below.

Topic: What have successful countries done to get ahead or what can developing/struggling countries do to improve? (For example, education/literacy, technology, health care/immunity, etc.)

Your task: After reading the research paper texts provided. Then, using evidence from at least 4 of the tests, write a well-developed argument regarding what successful countries have done to get ahead or what developing/struggling countries can can do to get ahead. Clearly establish your claim, distinguish your claim from alternate or opposing claims, and use specific relevant and sufficent evidence from at least 4 of the sources to develop your argument. Do not simply summarize each text.

Guidelines:

• Establish your claim regarding what successful countries have done to get ahead or can do to improve.
• Distinguish your claim from alternate or oppposing clams
• Use specific, relevant, and sufficient evidence froma t least 4 of the texts to develop your argument
• Identify each source that you reference by title/author
• Organize your ideas in a cohesive and coherent manner (USE THE OUTLINE SHEET PROVIDED FOR HELP)
• Maintain a formal style of writing
• Follow the conventions of standard written English

Basic idea for your paper----

Source #3: "The Case for Universal Basic Education for the World's Poorest Boys and Girls"

Somewhere on your article, write: Source #3
Click here to view: Source #3
Procedure:
First: We will watch this brief video on gender gaps before you begin your work today: gender gap video
1. We read the article through once, and you can mark anything you see as important.
2. I will go over it with you a second time, and we will make some important annotations together.
3. Lastly, you will go back over your article and answer the following 5 questions using the RACE strategy and highlighting your answers in the text.

Anything you do not finish in class will be considered homework!!!!

Questions: Please copy the following questions and answer with RACE for full-credit
1. Give some examples of children that face "greater obstacles to education" than others.
2. What benefits are seen when the gender gap is closed?
3. Why do some "impoverished" parents choose not to send their girls to school and how can this be helped?
4. Why does the article say that reforms must be made on both a local and national level to be successful?
5. What is the FTI and what is it important?

Research Paper Source #2, "Empowering Women is Smart Economics"--

 Please answer the following 10 questions on Source #2 "Empowering Women is Smart Economics" using the RACE strategy whenever possible. Meaning, ALWAYS, restate and answer using textual evidence, but for "right there" questions, there will not be much of an "explain". You MUST HIGHLIGHT YOUR ANSWERS IN THE PASSAGE--IT IS YOURS TO KEEP!!!
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Please write this on your handout:

Source #2

Research Question: What can (developing) nations do to increase economic prosperity? (increase their economy/do better economically)

Also, please annotate your article, circle unknown vocab, make notes in the side columns summarizing each section's main points or any questions that you have.
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1. What are some of the "gender gaps" that remain in today's society? Why is it important that these gaps are addressed?
2. Currently, what gender gaps remain regarding education? Explain.
3. Currently, what gender gaps remain regarding life expectancy? Explain.
4. Currently, what gender gaps remain regarding  the world's labor force? Explain.
5. The article states that, Gender equality is important in its own right" because it expands "freedoms equally for all people." Explain what the author means giving at least 3 examples from the section "Gender and Equality development" on pages 41-42 as support. 
6. What does the author recommend needs to be done to, "reduce the excess mortality of girls and women"?
7. What does the author recommend needs to be done to, "shrink education gaps"?
8. What does the author recommend needs to be done to, "broaden women's access to economic opportunity"?
9. What does the author recommend needs to be done to, "diminish gender differences in household and societal voice"? 
10. What does the author recommend needs to be done to "limit gender inequality over time"?

Class Notes

1. Some of the gender gaps that remain in today’s society are regarding life span, and ability to earn money. The article states, “women and girls are more likely to die…earn less...less opportunity” (40). This shows that men still have more opportunities than women in most low-middle income nations. These changes can make the country better by “enhancing economic productivity, improve development outcomes…more representative” (40).

2. Although progress has been made closing the gender gap in education, many discrepancies still remain. Progress has been “slower for those who are poor and face other disadvantages such as ethnicity” (40). In developing countries 35 million girls do not attend school compared to 31 million boys (40).Women still have less educational opportunities in poor and developing countries.

Quiz and section 2 of "Necessity's Mother"

*First, we will start with a brief video of the information in this segment
*Next we will read from "MY EXAMPLES SO FAR..." ON PAGE 28 to the end of the text on page 30
*Read and annotate your text--continuing to focus on anything to with technology/invention
*Answer the questions provided on your worksheet.
*Take the quiz--- PLEASE BE QUIET UNTIL ALL STUDENTS ARE FINISHED!---CHOOSE 8 OF 10 OR ALL 10 FOR EXTRA-CREDIT!!!
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1.       What are the “two main conclusions” that the author has drawn about technology? (28)

2.       In which ways has Jared Diamond witnessed the process of “invention” through “trial and error” in his observations of New Guineans? (29)

3.       How are “the development of gunpowder and gasoline from raw materials” good examples of invention by “trial and error”? (29)

4.       According to page 30, What is it that promotes an invention’s acceptance by a society?” Explain 3 of the 4 “considerations” that influence the acceptance of an invention by a society.

Section 3: "Necessity's Mother"

Write these on the front with an arrow to what "Necessity's Mother" means:
"an invention that would benefit a culture had to meet certain requirements for that culture to embrace change. To further emphasize this point, Diamond states: 'Some societies seem hopelessly conservative, inward looking, and hostile to change." (from study.com)

"So in a way, invention is the mother of necessity; technology “finds” a use after it’s invented, instead of being invented for a specific purpose." (from litcharts.com)

*Today we will read and annotate pages 23-the big "M" on page 28---highlight or underline anything to do with TECHNOLOGY

DEFINITIONS FOR THE TEXT:
unprepossessing--not particularly attractive or appealing to the eye.
syllabary--a set of written characters representing syllables 
undeciphered--not currently understood.
baffling--impossible to understand
idiosyncratic--peculiar or individual.
disproportionately--too large or too small in comparison with something else.

You will continue reading on your own. When you are done you will need to answer the following "ticket out the door" questions on the slip of paper provided. The answers must use RACE strategy to receive full-credit:

1. If there is "no such difference in human neruobiology" to account for "continental differences in technological development" (25). What are some possible reasons that some societies move ahead of others in regards to technology?
2. On page 27 it states, "Inventors often have to persist at their tinkering for a long time in the absence of public demand because early models perform to poorly to be useful". Give at least 3 examples of from the text that prove this is true (the inventor came up with the technology before the need---OR--the invention was just an improvement of something else)

Today's goals: Review for next week's quiz and turn in any work due today!

1. First we will start with a Kahoot! and earn extra-credit points towards our quiz on Tuesday.
2. You will have the rest of the time to finish/turn in any assignments due in the first 5-weeks (ends today!!) SEE THE SIDE BOARD FOR DETAILS.
This should include the work for Guns, Germs, and Steel: worksheets 1 and 2, quick writes 1 and 2, annotations for both packets!! PLEASE HAVE A FOLDER NEXT WEEK!!!

For Thursday 3/5

Write this at the top of a blank sheet of paper (you may not get to it today at all, but you will have it in your notes):

Quick Write #2 Guns, Germs,and Steel.....                                    

• Identify 2 advantages one society had over another and how that advantage led to an increase in power.

Your response should:

·         Identify 2 advantages one society had over another (in this case Spaniards over the Incas)

·         Give textual evidence (You should use 2 pieces of evidence/per advantage and explain how each led to an increase in power) = 4 total pieces of textual evidence

·         Explain how the 1 society used each advantage to gain power 
****You must use 2 vocabulary words in your response for full-credit**

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Sample Outline:
Intro:
        In the book Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies, the author Jared Diamond gives the reader evidence to prove that the Spaniards had 2 advantages over the Incas:________________. These led to an increase in power because _________________________.

Body #1:
(List advantage #1/Explain how it gave the Spanish an advantage/power)
Evidence/Explain
Evidence/Explain

Body #2:
(List advantage #2/Explain how it gave the Spanish an advantage/power)
Evidence/Explain
Evidence/Explain

Summarizing Statement:
Sum up your main points

Guns, Germs, and Steel Episode 2 video-

Transcript link to episode 2:click here
Video link to episode 2: click here
Quetions are below:
 Guns, Germs, and Steel: Episode 2 

Directions: Before viewing the film, read each question below so you know what information and ideas you should be looking for as you watch Episode 2. Record your answers to each question by providing as many facts, details, and examples as possible to answer each question. Be prepared to discuss your answers with the class. (Answer 3 of 4, all 4 for extra-credit)
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1. At the time that the Spanish conquistadors invaded the Inca Empire, they were armed with state of the art weaponry. Describe this weaponry.
2. What is Jared Diamond’s explanation for why the Spanish had advanced to steel swords while Inca’s were still making tools and weapons from bronze?
3. How did the battle tactics used by the Spanish conquistadors help the small army defeat the Inca army that outnumbered it by the thousands?
4. According to Jared Diamond, what made the Europeans “accidental conquerors”?

Day 2 of Guns, Germs, and Steel worksheet #2

*Begin reading on page 6 under the number "72"The governor then gave the signal to Candia..." and stop on page 8 under the "74 "...to offend a Christian."
5. pages 6-7
6. SKIP
*Keep reading on page 8, "Let us now trace" and stop on page 5 under the ", ".75" ..of thousands of Indians"
7. page 8
8. page 8
9. page 9

10. What was the role of military equipment in Europeans’ colonization of the New World? (p. 8-10) 



11. What events left the Incas “divided” rather than a “united empire”? (Page  11)
12. What two factors intersected to result in the “military disparity” that allowed for Pizarro’s victory?  (page 11-12)
13. How did literacy contribute to Pizarro’s capture of Atahuallpa? ( pages 13-14) A proximate factor is an event which is closest to, or immediately responsible for causing, some observed result. This exists in contrast to a higher-level ultimate cause which is usually thought of as the "real" reason something occurred.
15. What questions are left unanswered even after exploring the “proximate factors that resulted in Europeans’ colonizing the New World? ( page 15)

Section 2: Guns, Germs, and Steel

Today we will begin with vocabulary definitions for the second set of words:
1. formidable (adj)-inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.
2. infidel (n)- a person who does not believe in religion or who adheres to a religion other than one's own.
3. revere (v)-to regard with respect tinged with awe
4. subsequent (adj)-coming after something in time; following.
5. endemic (adj)-growing or existing in a certain place or region
6. provocation (n)-action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry, especially deliberately.
7. antecedent (n)-a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.
8. envoy (n)-a messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission
9. serendipitous (adj)-occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
10. debase (v)-reduce (something) in quality or value; degrade.

To download worksheet #2 Guns, Germs, and Steel: click here

Here is a look ahead at this week: 
Monday--Chapter 3: Collision at Cajamarca (new vocab/begin worksheet #2)
Tuesday-- continue working on Chapter 3 and worksheet
Wednesday--video for Episode 2 GGS and questions
Thursday--Quick Write #2
Friday--catch-up day and Kahoot! extra-credit

Quiz next Tuesday: Guns, Germs, and Steel sections 1 and 2