WEIGH EVIDENCE THE Were The Mayans an advanced civilization Instructions to start Rate each of the following sources based on how well it supports the statement The Mayans were an advanced civilization ID: 682620
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Weighing the Evidence
Robin Hood
WEIGH
EVIDENCE
THE
Were The Mayans an advanced civilization?Slide2
Instructions to start
- Rate each of the following sources based on how well it supports the statement:“The Mayans were an advanced civilization.”
-Each exhibit is rated from -2 (very against the statement) to
+ 2 (very supportive of the statement)-A rating of 0 means the source is not useful or reliable.-For each exhibit
, write two sentences defending your rating.Slide3
Not all evidence is equally important. Part of drawing a conclusion is determining how much weight you give to each bit of information.
-2
Heavily against
-1Slightly against
0No value as a source
+1Slightly for+2Heavily forEVIDENCE
EVIDENCESlide4
EXAMPLE Statement: Bigfoot lives in the forest.Slide5
Exhibit ZSlide6
Analyze the source using the graphic organizer:
Exhibit
Rating
Why?
Z – Photographof
bigfoot in forest .+21. Stories of bigfoot often say he lives in the forest. 2. This is a forest, and that appears to be Bigfoot, so the statement is believable.Slide7
Final Instructions
Add up all of your rating numbers from the exhibits. If your rating is positive that supports the statement.
If negative it goes against it.***MAKE SURE YOU CONSIDER THE STATEMENT WHEN RATING***Slide8
Final instructions continued
Write an A.R.E. answering: “Were the Mayans an advanced civilization?”Assertion- The Mayans were/were not an advanced civilization.
Reason- The evidence shows…Evidence x 3- For example in Exhibit…Slide9
Begin now with Exhibit A:Personal TestimonySlide10
Why did the Mayans have so much technology?
IUh…. They didn’t. At their peak - AD 250-900 they were essentially still a largely stone-age society - no wheels, no bronze let alone iron, no metal tools or weapons, no understanding of pulleys or block & tackle, no wind or water mills,
no kilns or fired ceramics, no ships or ocean-born trade, and only the crudest most basic form of leather-working. They did have a kind of paper, but then so did the Chinese (several centuries earlier
).Slide11
Exhibit B:Slide12Slide13
Exhibit C:Slide14Slide15
Exhibit D:Slide16Slide17
Exhibit E:Slide18Slide19
Exhibit F:Slide20Slide21
Instructions
Add up all of your rating numbers from the exhibits. If your rating is positive he is real. If it is negative he is fictional.
Write an ARE answering: “Were the Mayans an advanced civilization?”A
ssertion- The Mayans were/were not an advanced civilization.Reason- The evidence shows…E
vidence x 3- For example in Exhibit…