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Handbook-informed classroom practice

Read geographical evidence with care

A 45-minute reading lesson connecting four original routines with an individual transfer task.

45 minutesSuggested ages 11–18 · adjust language supportOriginal classroom resource

The lesson’s worked models

Trace a Heat-Map Claim

Illustrative map: courtyard 34 °C; shaded garden 29 °C, both measured at noon. The garden was cooler at that time; two sites do not prove trees caused the difference.

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Key

Temperature / °C

Comparison

34 − 29 = 5 °C

Limit

Two sites at one time

Resolve a Place Reference

“The river enters a wide plain. Here, it deposits some sediment as its speed decreases.” Here refers to the plain; it refers to the river.

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Reference

Here

Referent

The wide plain

Meaning

Deposition on the plain

Build a Margin Evidence Trail

A fictional site note says: “The park bench was warmer than the shaded grass.” The readings were 33 °C and 28 °C. An annotation records the difference but asks whether the materials also differed.

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Claim

Bench warmer than grass

Evidence

33 °C versus 28 °C

Question

Same material and exposure?

Recover the Missing Comparison

“Both sites were measured at noon. ___, the garden was cooler than the courtyard.” However signals a contrast between shared timing and different temperatures; therefore would suggest an unsupported causal conclusion.

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Shared detail

Same sampling time

Difference

Different temperatures

Relationship

Contrast