Farm vs. Factory: Constructing a Paragraph Worksheet
This worksheet helps students to understand the component parts of a paragraph (claim/counterclaim, supporting details, conclusion/summary) using a paragraph about a cover image from The Lowell Offering. The Lowell Offering was a monthly magazine written by the young women who worked in the Lowell textile mills and published from 1840 to 1845.
This worksheet aligns to Common Core Literacy Standards in History/Social Studies:
- WHSS.6-8.1 Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
Creator | American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning
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Cite This document | American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning, “Farm vs. Factory: Constructing a Paragraph Worksheet,” SHEC: Resources for Teachers, accessed September 28, 2023, https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1991.
Rights | Copyright American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.Item Type | Worksheet
Cite This document | American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning, “Farm vs. Factory: Constructing a Paragraph Worksheet,” SHEC: Resources for Teachers, accessed September 28, 2023, https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1991.
