Grammar
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
The Declaration of Independence
What is a primary source?
Before you start writing, what should you read at least twice?
What is the prompt/question?
What was the middle passage?
The dangerous journey enslaved Africans took on ships to the Americas.
This part of speech shows an action or state of being.
What is a verb?
A textbook written by a historian describing the World War I is this kind of source.
What is a secondary source?
Every Open Response needs to start with this.
What is a Claim?
What 4 continents were involved in the transatlantic slave trade?
Europe, Africa (West), and Americas (North America, South America, and Caribbean Islands)
When adding evidence directly from the source or words that are not your own, you need to include these punctuation marks.
What is quotation marks?
A video of Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dream Speech" recorded on the day of.
What is a primary source?
This part of your open response proves your claim. It must be directly from one of the sources.
What is evidence?
Queen Njinga Mbandi of Ndongo's Views on European Enslavement of Africans:
a. She believes that African people and nations are in need of help from Europeans
b. She thinks that African people and nations should work together more with Europeans
c. She views African people and nations as having the same status and rights as Europeans and should not be treated poorly.
d. She considers African people and nations as seperate and unrelated to Europeans.
Answer: C
Choose the correct sentence:
A) I like strawberry vanilla, and chocolate ice cream.
B) I like strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate ice cream.
What is B - I like strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate ice cream.
A modern YouTube video explaining the Spanish American War. What type of source is it?
What is a secondary source?
This part of your open response explains HOW your evidence proves your claim?
What is elaboration?
What is the African diaspora? Give an example of it in history, or its impact on the world.
Millions of Africans were forcibly taken to the Americas between the 1600 and 1800s. This led to the spread of African cultures, such as music, food, and language.
For example, yams, collard greens, and okra are a big part of African American cuisine. It was brought over by enslaved Africans.
Which word in this sentence should be capitalized?
ms. jean took her dog, oscar, to dr.newton's office after he got sick.
Ms. Jean, Oscar, and Dr. Newton should be capitalized.
An archaeologist discovers a fossil of an early human. When the archaeologist writes a research article explaining what he sees, what type of source is the article — and what type is the fossil?
Fossil: primary source
Article: secondary source
This is the order of the 6 pieces of a fantastic Open Response. Extra points if you mention grammar
What is Claim, Evidence #1, Elaboration #1, Evidence #2, Elaboration #2, Conclusion*?
Bonus:
Paragraphs for each new idea, Punctuation, Capital Letters, Transition Words, Quotation Marks
What is one way Africans resisted enslavement? Give one example.
Africans resisted enslavement through revolts and uprisings.
For example, the 1739 Stono Uprising organized by Commander Cato was the largest uprising of enslaved people in the American colonies.