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Causes and consequences in history — Take-Home — 5th Grade Explains an event with multiple causes and distinguishes short-term triggers from long-term causes. This one-page 5th Grade take-home carries the two-minute check that tells you whether the skill is wobbly, then "Cause Ladder" — 20 minutes with sticky notes, paper — plus what to say when it gets…
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Causes and consequences in history LITERACY · 5TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Social Studies · 5th Grade 20 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Explains an event with multiple causes and distinguishes short-term triggers from long-term causes. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK Take any event they've studied. "Give me three causes. Which mattered most, and why?" A SOLID ANSWER Three genuine causes and a ranked judgement. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 CAUSE LADDER You need: Sticky notes, Paper Write the event in the middle of the page. Brainstorm causes on sticky notes — one per note, aim for at least five. Sort them into long-term background and short-term triggers. Rank them and argue for the top one. Disagreeing with them is useful here. Do the same on the other side for consequences, immediate and long-term. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "That's one cause. What else was already true, long before it happened?" Three causes, no ranking. Argue the counterfactual: if the top cause hadn't happened, would the event still have? IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-5 www.littleactivity.com 5th Grade · Literacy
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Causes and consequences in history LITERACY · 5TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Social Studies · 5th Grade 20 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Explains an event with multiple causes and distinguishes short-term triggers from long-term causes. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK Take any event they've studied. "Give me three causes. Which mattered most, and why?" A SOLID ANSWER Three genuine causes and a ranked judgement. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 CAUSE LADDER You need: Sticky notes, Paper Write the event in the middle of the page. Brainstorm causes on sticky notes — one per note, aim for at least five. Sort them into long-term background and short-term triggers. Rank them and argue for the top one. Disagreeing with them is useful here. Do the same on the other side for consequences, immediate and long-term. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "That's one cause. What else was already true, long before it happened?" Three causes, no ranking. Argue the counterfactual: if the top cause hadn't happened, would the event still have? IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-5 www.littleactivity.com 5th Grade · Literacy
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