Given after classwork.
Below you will see three source documents.
Each source has something to do with the idea of cultural diffusion: the spreading of any one element of one culture to another. Use the word cultural diffusion in your essay.
Using these three documents write an essay to prove or disprove a claim.
A claim is a statement of belief. It can be true or false.
Pick one of the following claims to prove or disprove OR create your own!
Claim 1 - Islam helped to connect the world together through language and trade.
Claim 2 - As Islam spread, new ideas, knowledge, and technology spread with it.
Claim 3 - The Golden Age of Islam (700AD to 1200AD) was rich and vibrant.
Source 6: The Hindu Art of Reckoning
Read, highlight, and take notes in the show your work section.
Source 9: Bowl Emulating Chinese Stoneware
Read, highlight, and take notes in the show your work section.
Source 11: Tiraz Fragment from an Ikat Shawl
Read, highlight, and take notes in the show your work section.
Write an essay to prove or disprove a claim using source documents.
Make sure your essay states a claim, uses evidence, explains evidence, and links the evidence/explanation to the claim.
Rubric (How you will be graded for this essay.)
4 - I wrote an essay with a claim, used the word cultural diffusion, used evidence, explained evidence, and linked evidence to the claim.
3 - I wrote an essay with a claim, used the word cultural diffusion, used evidence, and explained evidence.
2 - I wrote an essay with a claim, used the word cultural diffusion, and used evidence.
1 - I wrote an essay with a claim and used the word cultural diffusion.
0 - I did not write an essay.
