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In this task, the student is asked to recognize or identify choices, consequences, rights responsibilities, identities, beliefs, ideas, actions, continuity, change, or dynamic relationships and then evaluates, compares contrasts, ranks, or prioritizes what has been recognized or identified. They are then asked to make a claim, thesis, or assertion open to challenge and contradiction using facts, information, persuasive logic, and language to support their claim.
In this task the student is asked to methodically examine the circumstances surrounding choices, consequences, rights, responsibilities, identities, beliefs, ideas, actions, continuity, change, or dynamic relationships and then draw conclusions or make judgements about what has been analyzed. They are then asked to make a claim, thesis, or assertion open to challenge and contradiction using facts, information, persuasive logic, and language to support their claim.
In this task the student is asked to discover, collect, categorize, and use information on choices, consequences, rights, responsibilities, identities, beliefs, ideas, actions, continuity, change, or dynamic relationships and then makes connections to contemporary or real-world issues. They are then asked to make a claim, thesis, or assertion open to challenge and contradiction using facts, information, persuasive logic, and language to support their claim.
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