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Source A The Project for More Learning is an organization that advocates for extended learning time. The following Tweets appeared on their Twitter page.

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Source B

The Community Sports Alliance is a local organization that coordinates all the community sports that share fields and venues. Its members include local football, basketball, volleyball, soccer, track & field, swimming, and water polo clubs. The following message was posted by the current president of the Alliance on the Alliance’s Facebook group page.

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Source C

Dr. Turner is a Professor of Education at a local university. She posted the following on her personal blog.

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Guiding QuestionsWho is behind this information?

Directions: Read the source and answer the questions below.

Source A

1. What argument does this source make about Saturday school?By reducing the weekend by one day, students will be able to retain a lot more

information and therefore have a better education.

2. What qualifications or expertise does this source have on the topic of Saturday school? Explain.

The organization is focused on additional learning time. However, their qualifications are not otherwise apparent based on the tweet.

3. Why might the source want to make this argument about Saturday school? (Remember that there can be multiple motivations!)

It is an organization that advocates for additional learning time. An extra day of school would be something they would want. Also, it is funded by a school lunch organization, which may be an additional motivation.

4. Overall, how much do you trust this as a source about whether there should be mandatory Saturday school?

While there is no evidence that they are untrustworthy, there is also no evidence that they are. Overall, I don’t think that they can be trusted without further information.

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Source B

1. What argument does this source make about Saturday school? If Saturday school becomes mandatory, most sports games will not be able to be played due to a lack of available time. For children that play sports, it would mean that they would have a lot less time to play.

2. What qualifications or expertise does this source have on the topic of Saturday school? Explain.

He has no qualifications on the topic of Saturday school itself, however he is qualified to comment on how it would affect local team sports.

3. Why might the source want to make this argument about Saturday school? (Remember that there can be multiple motivations!)

Saturday school would be very bad for the organization as it would severely limit the amount of games that could be played. The president of the organization would definitely want to avoid this.

4. Overall, how much do you trust this as a source about whether we should have mandatory Saturday school?

I would trust this source (assuming this is a real organization) on how Saturday school would affect local team sports, however I would not trust this source on whether Saturday school itself is a good idea.

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Source C

1. What argument does this source make about Saturday school? Saturday school is one of the changes that may help improve student test scores. It is not

necessarily a good idea, it is just a suggestion.

2. What qualifications or expertise does this source have on the topic of Saturday school? Explain.

Assuming the blog is actually written by a university professor, she is qualified to comment on whether Saturday school is a good idea. However, she does not in this blog.

3. Why might the source want to make this argument about Saturday school? (Remember that there can be multiple motivations!)

Saturday school is something that may improve test scores. As a professor of Education, she would want to improve education.

4. Overall, how much do you trust this as a source about whether we should have mandatory Saturday school?

Assuming this blog is written by a university professor, it seems trustworthy. However, because she didn’t say much about Saturday school, it may not be her area of expertise.