High School Social Studies Common Assignment 2009-1010

Essential information for the 2009-2010 Common Assignment

The New Rubric (pdf)
Thanks to all of you who helped develop this great new tool.

Students are required to write their essay using the MLA format. The following templates make it very easy for students to perfectly format their paper. Citation Maker is a very convenient tool for properly formatting bibliography entries.
MLA Template
MLA Annotated Template

TCI Toolkits (pdf)
Includes writing toolkit with great writing process scaffolding.

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