Franklin Conservation District
Promoting conservation and wise use of our natural resources
How to use Claims Connections Conversations
Designed by teachers to engage your students in analyzing and critiquing claims, and supporting them in authentic group discussion Claims Connections Conversations are FREE ready-to-print or ready-to-post activities. Each topic poses an essential question related to Washington wheat farms and environmental realities that impact them and their neighbors.
Because they are self-contained and flexible, Claims Connections Conversations can be used as stand-alone lessons to supplement curriculum in science and social studies, and to strengthen student's discussion and informational text reading skills in any subject.
There are several ways to get started!
Browse our topics by tag
to find an essential question that relates to your course content.
Click here to access CCC activities sorted by subject tag.
Check out the standards matrix
to cross reference NGSS performance expectations, Social Studies enduring understanding components, and Common Core standards and topics that may support your students' work toward the standards.
Look through all the essential questions our topics tackle
and choose an activity for your students to dive into.
Ready-to-Print vs Ready-to-Post
We know that you engage your students both online and face-to-face, so we created options for both virtual and synchronous in-classroom experiences for you and your students.
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Available on our website anytime, no sign up required
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Simple, low-prep PDF packets for all student materials
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Modified student versions available
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Students can easily annotate physical copies of articles
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Packets may be collected for feedback or grading
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Teachers share digital materials and discussion questions to their LMS via a Padlet
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No student accounts or log-in required*
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Learning Targets and discussion questions are completely customizable
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Students may participate in discussion questions asynchronously