1. Identifying and Evaluating Evidence
Chelsey Tulgren & John Trerotola
Metro North and Robbinsdale ABE

2. OBJECTIVE
Participants will be able to identify strategies to help students gather and evaluate evidence

3. AGENDA Background Vocabulary Identify evidence Evaluate evidence
Putting it together
Resources
Questions

4. Extended Response SS=25 minutes RLA=45 minutes Similar rubrics
Writing for SS (archived), Paraphrasing (Jan. 27), Writing an Argument (Feb. 10)

5. Vocabulary Claim Evidence Warrant Persuade Position Conclusion
Argument
Counterclaim

6. Fill in the blank

7. This or That Debates

9. NY Times Learning Network
What's going on in this picture?

10. Crime and Puzzlement

11. Growth Mindset and Grit
The Key to Success? Grit.

12. Creating Charts and Graphs

13. Evaluating Evidence Quiz

14. Evaluating Evidence for the Social Studies Test
Stanford History Education Group

15. Questioning the Author

16. Strong or Weak Evidence?
Persuasion is all around you!

18. Evaluating Reasoning Relevant Sound Specific Logical Faulty Reasoning
Fallacies of Logic
Valid and Invalid
Reliable

19. Valid Evidence Samples
Claim #1
Topic: Simple changes can cut your carbon emissions greatly!
a.) I think that we need to do something quickly to help save the environment.
b.) If you hang your clothes outside on the clothesline instead of using the electric dryer, you can cut your carbon emissions by 351 lbs/year.
c.) Kids can help parents by doing some household chores.

20. Using GED 2014 Text Resources

21. Questions?

22. Resources
This or That Books -
NY Times Learning Network What’s Going on in this Picture? -
Crime and Puzzlement -
Grit TEDx Talk by Angela Duckworth -
Stanford History Education Group -
Persuasion is All Around You – Read Write Think -
Valid Evidence Example – Pennsylvania Dept. of Ed. -
Steck-Vaughn 2014 GED Books -