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Vikings in America
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Classroom Activity
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Objective
To practice supporting a theory with evidence.
- copy of "Making the Case" student handout
(HTML)
To provide an opportunity for students to practice supporting a theory with evidence, photocopy and distribute the "Making the Case" student handout. Have students consider what kind of evidence they would need to further prove either the evidence for or against the theory.
There is only one piece of evidence and one argument given to students.
Students could investigate other studies of electromagnetic fields and cancer
in medical journals and newspaper articles about causes of cancer. They could
also suggest interviewing cancer victims to ask about other factors in their
lives that might have been related to their cancers. In addition, students
could propose studying current users of cellular phones in several years to
find out how many of them have brain cancer. Students should recognize that
they need to research the evidence for and against each piece of their research
so they can defend their arguments.
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