Teachers will be knowledgeable in various methods of assessment to understand student progress, decide what to review based upon results, and entice students to have growth in their subject. This standard is important as teachers must comprehend what content is actually being learned and retained by students. When reviewing assessment results teachers can identify areas that need further instruction and what students have mastered well. Formative assessments allow for quick checks at the end of each class whereas a summative assessment is a final project or test. Students will be thoroughly assessed by a government unit pre-test, Civil Rights PowerPoint project, and a five sentence summary exit ticket. Each of these modalities will also provide detailed data about student learning, including specific content areas in which students excel or struggle.
At the beginning of the unit, students will take a thirty question multiple choice and true or false government pre-test on paper. Students will have fifty minutes to take the test and more time will be given if needed. Answers will be handwritten on the printed text and handed in. There will not be any notes allowed during the test. Based on the results, the teacher will be able to see what content should be reviewed and what areas display student growth.
Students will create a Civil Rights PowerPoint project on a Leader during this era (ex: Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X) and explain how they used First Amendment freedoms (speech, assembly, petition, and press) to create social change. I will be able to quickly understand what students have mastered thus far and encourage additional research and critical thinking skills. It is a summative assessment during the middle of the unit and will count as a major project grade.
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or a fun formative assessment at the end of class, students will complete a 5 Sentence Summary Exit Ticket. It will explain, in their opinion based on the lesson, what life would be like without the first amendment freedoms. This is a great way to increase student engagement while seeing what content they have retained.