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Writing in the Content Areas: Sequence of Grades K-5 Social Studies Transfer Task Writing
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Kindergarten
Expository/Informational:
What does it mean to be a good
citizen?
Expository/Informational:
All-About Books: Jobs in Our
Community
Grade 1
Expository/Informational
and Multimedia Presentation:
American Symbols
Description:
Postcard: How do your location
and climate affect how you live?
Grade 2
Expository/Informational:
Expert report on citizenship
and community
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Persuasion text about buying
and selling products in a class
market
Unit 1
Grade 3
Grade 4
Narrative Fiction:
Creative story about an American
Indian community
Unit 2-Unit 3
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Persuasive message about a
community issue
Unit 2
Narrative
Fiction:
Story about daily
life of American
Indian in Virginia
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Persuasive essay
about Jamestown
Unit 3
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Integrated task
with ELA:
Newspaper
article
Description:
Describing life in the past and
present using historic
photographs
Expository/
Informative: Supporting A
Thesis:
Explain goods and services
provided by businesses
Expository/Informational:
A thank-you letter to ancient
civilizations
Unit 4
Narrative Fiction:
Realistic fiction story about an
economic issue
Unit 1
Unit 4
Expository/Informational:
Procedural:
Explaining how to create and use a
map
Expository/
Informative: Supporting A Thesis:
All-About Book about a Famous
American
Unit 5
Expository/Informational and
Multimedia Presentation:
Museum exhibit about an ancient
civilization (Greece, Rome, or Mali)
Expository/Informative:
Supporting a Thesis and
Multimedia Presentation:
Presentation about the
significance of a European
explorer
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting A
Thesis:
Integrated task
with ELA: Report
about famous
Virginian
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Letter about Civil
War primary
sources
Narrative
Fiction:
Historical fiction
about
Reconstruction
or Civil Rights era
Unit 7
Argument/
Persuasion:
Persuasive
advertisement
about Virginia
Unit 1
Grade 5
Expository and
Multimedia:
Presentation about one of
the themes of geography
Unit 2
Expository/
Informational:
Essay about change over
time in the Southeast
region of the U.S.
Unit 3
Unit 4-Unit 5
Unit 6
Expository/
Informational:
Annotated map about the
Northeast region of the
U.S.
Expository/
Informative: Supporting
a Thesis:
Comparative literary
essay
Argument/
Persuasion and
Multimedia
Presentation:
Persuasive advertisement
about a region of the U.S.
Writing in the Content Areas: Sequence of Grades 6-8 Social Studies Transfer Task Writing
Grade 6
Grade 6
Honors
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analysis of American
Indian artifacts
Argumentation /
Persuasion and
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Analysis of the causes
and effects of
European exploration
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analysis of Colonial
Americans
Expository /
Informative
Supporting a Thesis:
Analyzing the
enduring significance
of the Declaration of
Independence
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Explaining how and
why the Constitution
was designed to guard
against tyranny
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Interpreting artwork
and analyzing the
impact of Manifest
Destiny
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analyzing primary
sources to explain the
causes and effects of
the Civil War
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analysis of American
Indian artifacts from a
tribe students have
not studied
Argumentation /
Persuasion and
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Projective
investigation about
alternate outcomes to
era of exploration
Narrative Fiction:
Travel journal
describing Colonial
American geography,
economics, and culture
Expository /
Informative
Supporting a Thesis:
Analyzing the
enduring significance
of the Declaration of
Independence by
comparing it to
another historical
document
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Comparative analysis
(through a documentbased essay) that
traces the roots of
contemporary political
and social issues to the
historical issues of the
Constitutional period
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Interpreting artwork
and other primary
sources to analyze the
impact of Manifest
Destiny
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis
and Multimedia
Presentation:
Analysis of the
Gettysburg Address
and changing ideas of
freedom and equality
over time
Grade 7
Grade 7
Honors
Grade 8
Grade 8
Honors
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Evaluating key
successes and failures
during Reconstruction
or Westward
Expansion
Argumentation /
Persuasion and
Description:
Describing and
evaluating the
experience of
immigrating to
America
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Using primary sources
to analyze the position
of the United States
during WWI
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Persuasive essay
about the New Deal
Argumentation /
Persuasion and
Description:
Describing the
experience of WWII
and answering the
question: “What Is
Worth Fighting For?”
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analyzing primary
sources related to the
Cold War
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Developing and
proposing an exhibit
entitled “The Story of
American Freedom”
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Evaluating key
successes and failures
during Reconstruction
and Westward
Expansion
Argumentation/
Persuasion and
Expository:
Supporting a Thesis:
Researching the
Progressive Era and
proposing and
defending a
Progressive Party
platform
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analyzing the meaning
of citizenship through
first-person interviews
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Using primary sources
to analyze the position
of the United States
during WWI
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
The New Deal: Write a
“Fireside Chat” with
proposals for how to
address current
economic issues
Argumentation /
Persuasion and
Multimedia:
Create a documentary
describing the
experience of WWII
and answering the
question, “What Is
Worth Fighting For?”
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Select an issue or
event studied this year
and analyze it from a
different global
perspective.
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analyzing political
cartoons
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analyzing current
events and their
relationship to
Constitutional
principles
Argumentation /
Persuasion:
Lobbying to influence
public policy
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis
and Argumentation:
Responding to a
projective
investigation about a
“what if” question
related to foreign
policy decisions
Description:
Explaining the judicial
process through vivid
descriptions of a court
case
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Research a community
service organization
and develop a plan to
participate in a
community service
project during the
year.
Multi-Media
Presentation with a
Focus on Expository
Writing:
Develop a portfolio of
campaign materials
and analyze and
evaluate the major
issues and strategies
of the election.
Argumentation /
Persuasion:
Write a letter to the
editor about a
contemporary issue
from the perspective
of a Federalist or AntiFederalist.
Argumentation /
Persuasion:
Write a position paper
on a public policy
issue.
Expository:
Supporting a Thesis:
Describe the key
issues and analyze the
significance of a
Supreme Court case.
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Investigate and report
on an issue related to
globalization of the
economy.
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analyze the
foundations of
American government
and how they are
important to U.S.
citizens.
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analyze the
foundations of
American government
and its historical roots.
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Using comparisons of
economic systems to
develop
recommendations for
a specific country
Writing in the Content Areas: Sequence of Grades 9-12 Social Studies Transfer Task Writing
Unit 1
World History I
World History I
Honors
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Narrative Nonfiction:
Documentary script
about how geography
influenced the rise of
civilizations
Argumentation /
Persuasion and
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Compare and contrast
change over time in three
Eastern classical
civilizations.
Narrative and
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Graphic novel about the
rise and fall of
civilization in Greece and
Rome
Expository /
Informative Supporting
a Thesis:
Analyzing change and
continuity over time
after the fall of the
Roman Empire, using a
series of primary sources
Narrative Fiction:
Travel journal about
experiences on Eastern
trade routes during the
medieval period
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analyze the social,
political, and economic
impact of the Black
Plague.
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Interpret an archaeology
report to determine if
you would classify the
findings about a region
as a civilization.
Argumentation /
Persuasion and
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Compare and contrast
change over time in three
Eastern classical
civilizations.
Argumentation/
Persuasion and
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Persuade a summit of
empire leaders that your
empire is the most
significant civilization.
Expository /
Informative Supporting
a Thesis:
Analyzing change and
continuity over time
after the fall of the
Roman Empire, using a
series of primary
sources.
Narrative Fiction:
Travel journal about
experiences on Eastern
trade routes during the
medieval period.
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Using primary sources to
support a thesis about
the significance of the
Black Plague
Unit 1
World History II
Expository / Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analysis of world history maps
to support a thesis about the
relationship among geography,
human interactions, and culture
Unit 2
Multimedia Presentation
and Expository /
Informative: Supporting a
Thesis:
Analysis of social, political,
and economic causes and
effects of global cultural
interactions
Unit 3
Argument/Persuasion:
Defend a position about the
enduring significance of a
political, economic, or social
revolution.
Unit 5
Unit 4
Expository /Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Document-Based Question
(DBQ) about the Industrial
Revolution and imperialism in
the 18th and 19th centuries
Unit 6
Unit 5
Expository /Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Evaluate the success of the
peace processes after World
War I and World War II.
World History II
Honors
US/VA
History
US/VA
Government
Expository / Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analysis of world history maps
to support a thesis about the
relationship among geography,
human interactions, and culture
Multimedia Presentation
and Expository /
Informative: Supporting a
Thesis:
Analysis of social, political,
and economic causes and
effects of global cultural
interactions
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Write a newspaper
article for the
Colonial Times
comparing and
contrasting three
different colonial
regions.
Argumentation /
Persuasion and
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Analyze key beliefs
of the Federalists
and antiFederalists and
apply them to a
contemporary
issue.
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Analyze
documents and
evaluate the
quality of
historical sources
in writing.
Argument/Persuasion:
Defend a position about the
enduring significance of a
political, economic, or social
revolution.
Expository / Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Create a museum exhibit and
essay using primary sources
to analyze the impact of
imperialism from multiple
perspectives.
Expository / Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Rewrite history by creating a
new peace agreement to end
World War I that would have
helped avoid World War II.
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Expository /
Informative
Supporting a
Thesis:
Document-Based
Question about the
successes and
failures of the
Reconstruction era
Argument/
Persuasion:
Write a newspaper
editorial
supporting or
opposing the
expansion of
government power
in the early 1900s.
Narrative Fiction
and Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Using primary
source
photographs,
create a firstperson account of
a person’s life
during the Great
Depression
Multimedia
Presentation and
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Create a
PhotoStory
presentation that
demonstrates the
significance of
contributions
made during
World War II.
Multimedia
Presentation and
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Multimedia
presentation about
change over time
in the U.S. in
response to an
essential question
for the year.
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Expository / Informative
Supporting a Thesis:
Develop an editorial and a
political cartoon
demonstrating the
perspectives of Federalists
and anti-Federalists.
Argumentation /
Persuasion:
Participate in a debate
and write a letter to the
editor about an issue
related to state power vs.
national power.
Argumentation /
Persuasion:
Create a proposal for
action on a community
issue, including a
persuasive argument
about why people should
get involved.
Expository /
Informative Supporting
a Thesis:
Analyze a current
complaint about the
government and how the
structure of the
government contributes
to the problem, and
suggest a solution.
Unit 5
Expository /
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analyze the impact of a
Supreme Court case on
the rights of American
citizens.
Unit 6
Expository /
Informative: Supporting
a Thesis:
Research paper and
proposed plan of action
for a current public policy
issue