Social Studies teachers and English Language Arts teachers often use the same documents, but in different ways. Below is a list of tasks or activities that ask students to address a document. In which classroom would each be appropriate?
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| Activities | Which Classroom? | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Studies | English Language Arts | ||
| Students are asked to read like a discipline-specific expert such as a geographer, historian, or economist. | |||
| Students are asked to read the text and make connections to how the sourcing (who the writer of the document is) affects the intent of the document. | |||
| Students are asked to read like a writer. | |||
| Students are asked to focus on who the writer/author of the document is and how who they are reflects in the intent in writing the document. | |||
| Students are asked to focus on reading to learn the facts presented in the documents only. | |||
| Students are asked to focus on causation separate from the intention of the document or the writer themselves. | |||
| Students are asked to focus on causation that is due to human intention and human action. | |||
| Students are asked to read the text to understand how specific rhetoric devices are used by a writer. | |||