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ESSE – Connect the Readings (pages 14-15)

Step 1: Organize
Empathy
Scientific Research (R1) A Personal Experience (R2)
1. Mirror neurons are a biological basis for
empathy. 1. McIntyre wants to prove that Americans
Mirror neurons are responsible for the don’t think only about money.
transmission of culture. McIntyre wants to prove that Americans
Mirror neurons help us transmit motor have a capacity for kindness.
skills by imitation.
2. Mirror neurons are important in human
emotions; people open their homes to a
2. Mirror neurons were first discovered…
stranger and feed and shelter him
because they have a capacity to be kind.
3. Mirror neurons are a basis for empathy. 3. McIntyre encounters a family…

Step 2: Synthesize

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