Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
Isherwood
Eachtypeofwritingassignmentrequiresyoutocompleteadifferenttask.Allthreetypesof
writingassignmentsgiveyouanopportunitytodemonstrateyourabilityandyourknowledgeand
understandingofsocialstudies.
Thistutorialwillgiveyousomegeneralguidelinesforcompletingwritingassignmentsthroughout
thiscourseandinthediplomaexamination.
GetReady
ThepeoplewhoputtogethertheDiplomaExaminationmeetregularlywithteachersfromacross
theprovince.Participantsinthesemeetingshaveagreedthatstudentsmustreadtheinstructions
carefullyandcompletealltasksinordertoobtainthehighestmarkpossible.
Regardlessofthetypeofwritingassignmentyouarecompleting,youmustdothefollowingin
ordertobesuccessful:
Readtheassignmentscarefully.
Thinkaboutwhatyouarebeingaskedtodo.
Planyourwritingsothatitwillfocusonthetopic.
Rereadyourwritingandaskyourselfifyouhavecommunicatedclearly.
Correctyourmistakes.
Ifyouhurrythroughthewritingassignment,thereisagreaterchancethatyouwillmisread
instructionsorthatyouwillleaveworkincomplete.
TakeAdvantageoftheDesignoftheWritingAssignment
Youareencouragedtouseinformationprovidedinthewritingassignmenttohelpcompleteyour
writingassignmentbutbecareful:itisbesttochooseinformationthatyoucanconfidently
incorporateintoyourwrittenresponse.
Ifyoudochoosetouseinformationprovided,rememberthatitisprovidedtohelpstimulateyour
response,nottobeyourresponse.Awrittenresponsecontainingonlytheinformationprovidedto
you,strungtogetherintoafewsentences,isnotasthesameasawrittenresponsethatcontainsthe
informationprovidedtoyouthathasbeencarefullychosentoaddsupporttowellthoughtout
ideasandexplanations.
Social 30-2
Isherwood
RereadYourWork
Youareawardedmarksfortheclarityandcorrectnessofyourwriting,aswellasforwhatyousay.
Therefore,besuretotakesometimetorereadyourwritingcarefully.Donotreadwhatyou
thoughtyoumeanttosay.Readwhatyouactuallysaid.
Asyoureread,askyourselfquestionssuchasthese:
Aremyideasconsistent,ordotheycontradictoneanother?
DidIsupportmyideaswiththoroughexplanations?
DidIuseexamplesthatarehistoricallycorrectandrelevanttothetopic?
Ismywritingorganizedandeasytofollow?
DidIusecorrectspelling,punctuation,andgrammar?
DidIusevocabularycorrectly?
WillmyreaderunderstandwhyIhavesaidwhatIsaid?
UnderstandtheScoringCriteria
Makesurethatyouarefamiliarwiththescoringcriteriathatwillbeusedtomarkyourwriting
assignmentsinthediplomaexamination.Thecriteriaareincludedininformationbulletins,
availableontheAlbertaEducationwebsite.
Beingknowledgeableaboutthescoringcriteriawillalsohelpyoutofulfilltherequirements
neededforcompletingthewritingassignment.
Social 30-2
Isherwood
ALXR/iStockphoto
Whichcharacteristic(s)ofpoliticalsystemsdoyouthinkis/arethemostimportanttoa
liberaldemocracy?
Writearesponseinwhichyoumust
identifythecharacteristic(s)ofpoliticalsystemsthatis/arethemostimportanttoa
liberaldemocracy
Toolkit Courtesy of: http://resource.rockyview.ab.ca/t4t/ss301/tk/ss30_1_tk_02.html
Social 30-2
Isherwood
explainwhythecharacteristics(s)is/arethemostimportant
supportyourresponseusingyourunderstandingofsocialstudies
RemindersforWriting
Organizeyourresponse.
Proofreadyourresponse.
AlbertaEducationrecommendsthatyouspendatleast20to25minutesonthistypeofwriting
assignment.
Asshownintheimage,inWrittenResponseAssignment1,youwillbeaskedtorespondtoa
specificquestionaboutthecharacteristicsofanideology,andyouwillbegivenanumberof
terms.Herearesomehintsyoucanusewhenplanningyourresponse.
Whatisthenatureofthequestion?Isthequestionaboutpolitics,economics,oranother
topic?
Examinetheterminologyprovided.Assumeyouareaskedtoexploreliberalpolitical
systems,asisthecaseintheexampleprovidedhere.Someofthetermsprovidedwill
reflectpracticesthatembraceliberalismandsomeofthetermswillreflectpracticesthat
rejectliberalism.Youmaywanttomaketwocolumns.Inonecolumn,writethetermsthat
applytopoliticalsystemsthatembraceliberalism.Inthesecondcolumn,writetheterms
thatapplytosystemsthatrejectliberalism.
TermsThatEmbrace
Liberalism
TermsThatReject
Liberalism
Whenpreparingtorespondtothequestion,choosetheterminologyyouaremostfamiliar
with.Ifyouarenotcertainaboutaterm,donotusetheterm.
Youmaychoosetoonlyelaborateononeofthetermsfromthelistforyourresponse.That
isfine.Remember,yourresponsemustbecompleteandfitthecriteriaprovided.Youmust
providedetailandsupport.UsetheScoringCriteriaandthesuggestedtimetoguideyour
work.
Youmustalsoremembertoprovidesupportinyourresponse.Explainingtheanswerdoes
notsufficeasaresponse.Themarkerwantstoknowthatyouactuallytookthecourseand
learnedsomething.Sharewhatyouhavelearnedbyprovidingexplanationsanddetailin
yourresponse.
Thequestionintheexampleprovidedisasfollows:
Social 30-2
Isherwood
Whichcharacteristic(s)ofpoliticalsystemsdoyouthinkis/arethemostimportanttoa
liberaldemocracy?
Thiswritingassignmentasksyoutoreflectonliberaldemocracies.Determinewhichoftheterms
providedapplytoliberaldemocraciesandwhichtermsdonot.
Makeyourtwocolumnchartandplaceeachtermintheappropriatecolumn.Ifyouareunsureof
whereonethewordsbelongs,lookatthewordandtrytoimaginehowitappliestothequestion.
Thinkofthecontextinwhichyouleanedtheterm.Trytodetermineifthecontextsupportedor
rejectedliberalism.
TermsThatEmbraceLiberalism
TermsThatRejectLiberalism
representationbypopulation
ruleoflaw
freedomofspeech
separationofchurchandstate
universalsuffrage
eliterule
controlledparticipation
repressionofdissidents
indoctrination
directionofpopulardiscontent
Determineifthequestionisaboutpoliticsoreconomics,orwhetherthatisimportanttothe
question.Inthiscase,thequestionclearlystatesitisaboutpolitics.
Chooseatleastonetermfromtheappropriatecolumn.Makesurethatthetermyouchoseapplies
tothequestion.Explainwhytheterm(s)youchoseismostappropriate.Youmaychoosetodefine
theterm.Then,supportyourchoiceoftermwithexplanations.
Inthisexample,youwouldexplainhowthetermsyouchosearethemostimportanttoaliberal
democracy.Inthistypeofwritingassignment,youwillprovideexplanationsandsupportthatare
relevanttothequestionandthatdemonstrateyourunderstandingofsocialstudies.
Remembertousethescoringcriteriatoguideandcheckyourwork.
Social 30-2
Isherwood
ZoranKarapancev/shutterstock
Social 30-2
Isherwood
2008JeffParker,FloridaToday,andPoliticalCartoons.com
AlbertaEducationrecommendsthatyouspendatleast40to45minutesonthiswriting
assignment.
Inthiswritingassignment,youmustaccomplishtwotasks.Inthefirsttask,youareaskedto
examinethethreesourcesprovidedtoyou.Sourcesmaybecharts,photos,politicalcartoons,
maps,text,quotes,ormanyotherformsofinformation.
Onceyouhaveexaminedallthreesources,youmustrespondtotwoquestions.Herearesome
hintsyoucanusewhenplanningyourresponse.
Rememberthatyoumustrespondtothetwoquestions.
Inrespondingtothefirstquestion,youmustinterpretthesources.Provideadescription
aboutthenatureofeachsource.Whatdothesesourcescommunicatetoyouabouttherole
ofindividualsorgovernmentinsociety?(Thequestionwillalwaysrelatetotheroleof
eitherindividualsorgovernmentinsociety.)
Identifywhateachsourcetellsyouabouttheroleofeitherindividualsorgovernmentin
society.
Youcanpresentyourresponseinoneormoreparagraph(s).
Inrespondingtothesecondquestion,youmustexplainanddefendyourpositionby
referringtothesourcesandtoyourunderstandingofsocialstudies.Besuretoincludewhat
Toolkit Courtesy of: http://resource.rockyview.ab.ca/t4t/ss301/tk/ss30_1_tk_02.html
Social 30-2
Isherwood
theroleofeitherindividualsofthegovernmentshouldbeinsociety.Providespecific
examplestosupportyourposition.
Selectappropriatesupportwhenpresentingyourposition.
Itisessentialthatyouremembertoprovidesupportinyourresponse.Explainingthe
answerisnotacompleteresponse.Themarkerwantstoknowthatyouactuallytookthe
courseandlearnedsomething.Sharewhatyouhavelearnedbyprovidingexplanationsin
yourresponse.
Considerthefollowingtwosamplequestions.
Whatdoeachofthethreesourcespresentedcommunicateabouttheroleofindividualsin
society?
Thissamplequestionaddressestheroleofindividuals.Examinethedetailsinthechart,graphic,
photo,politicalcartoon,orothersourcesprovided.Whatdetailscanyougetfromtheinformation
providedineachsource?Whatdetailsreflecttheroleindividualsplayinsociety?Finddetailsin
thephotograph.Provideabriefdescriptionofthesedetailsandhowtheyaffecttheroleof
individuals.
Consideringthesourcespresented,whatdoyouthinkshouldbetheroleofindividualsin
society?
Again,thissamplequestionaddressestheroleofindividuals.Whenansweringthispartofthe
question,makesureyourefertothesourcesprovided.Thisisalsoyouropportunitytoexpress
yourpositiononwhattheroleoftheindividualshouldbeinsociety.
Supportyourinterpretationsandpositionbyreferringtothedetailsinthesourcesandyour
understandingofsocialstudies.Donotbeafraidtoexploreandelaborateonyourresponse.The
moreimportantandrelatedinformationyouprovide,thebetteryourresponsewillbe.
Remembertousethescoringcriteriatoguideandcheckyourwork.
Social 30-2
Isherwood
Shouldgovernmentspasslawsmandatingthehiringofpeoplebasedontheir
race,ethnicity,orgender?
CitizenI
Governmentsmusttakestrongactiontocorrecthistorical
wrongs.Inthepast,women,visibleminorities,andeven
menwhowerenotofBritishoriginwerediscriminated
againstanddeniedjobs.Wemustmandatethatthe
percentageofjobsinallbusinessesgiventoanygroup
equalsthepercentagethateachgroupmakesupofthetotal
population.
iStockphoto/Thinkstock
CitizenII
Affirmativeactionprograms,orothersimilarprograms
thatgivepreferentialtreatmentforpeoplebasedon
physicalorculturalcharacteristics,aretotally
unacceptable.Peopleshouldgetajobbecausetheyarethe
bestqualified.Allofsocietybenefitswhenfaircompetition
breedsexcellence.
Hemera/Thinkstock
CitizenIII
Everyoneshouldhaveanequalchancetogetajob.Some
groupsofpeopledidnotalwaysandmaystillnothavean
equalchance.Ifsomeoneclearlyisthemostablecandidate
Social 30-2
Isherwood
forajob,thentheyshouldgetit.However,iftwoormore
equallyqualifiedpeoplearecompeting,thegovernment
shouldmandatethatthejobgotothepersonfromagroup
thathasbeendiscriminatedagainstinthepast.
Hemera/Thinkstock
AlbertaEducationrecommendsthatyouspendatleast40to45minutesonthiswriting
assignment.
Inthiswritingassignment,youmustwritealettertotheeditor.Therewillbepositionspresented
bythreeindividualswhowillexpresstheirpointsofviewonanissue.Onceyouhaveexaminedall
threepointsofview,youmustrespondtothequestionprovided.
Herearesomehintsyoumayusewhenyouareplanningyourresponse.
Rememberthatyoumustreadthethreepointsofviewpresented.Eachpointofviewwill
bedifferentfromtheothers.
Youmustanalyze,explore,andexplainthepointofviewofeachofthethreecitizens.
Youmustexploretheissueprovided.Provideageneraldiscussionabouttheissue.
Youmusttakeapositionontheissue.Thispositionmustbesupportedwithargumentsthat
defendyourposition.
Supportyourpointofviewwithexamplesusingyourunderstandingofsocialstudies.
Remembertousethescoringcriteriatoguideandcheckyourwork.
SocialStudies301LearnEveryWare2010AlbertaEducation