Unit: Southeast Asia

Lesson: Students make their own test.


Read the entire sheet before proceeding.


Pick out the five to ten most important pieces of information.

Summarize it in the clearest way possible.

Find a creative way to ask that information.


In pairs students will create a worksheet and quiz:


1. Read the section that you have been assigned.

2. Choose 5 to 10 of the most important pieces of information from the section you have been assigned.

In the text look for important concepts, vocabulary, insight and skills as well as facts.

3. Create a worksheet that will help students learn these important skills, information or concepts.

Examples of worksheets.

4. Create a quiz of five questions. (Use your creativity. No “true and false.”)

Examples of creative quizzes.

5. Hand completed sheet to nearest neighbor pair for evaluation.


Criteria for evaluations:

  1. Are names of creators and Chapter and section included?

  2. Can you read it? Is it legible?

  3. Do you understand it? Is the worksheet doable?

  4. Are the questions clear? Is more information needed?

  5. Do the worksheet and test connect? Will doing the worksheet help with the test?

  6. Are the answers included with the quiz? (They should be included.)


Assigned Chapter Sections: (Assigned by the teacher)

Chapter 11, Geography and Heritage of Southeast Asia

  1. Section 1: The Shape of the Land

  2. Section 2: Early Traditions

  3. Section 3: Patterns of Life

Chapter 12, Southeast Asia in Transition

  1. Section 1: European Influence

  2. Section 2: A New Political Map

  3. Section 3: A War in South East Asia

Chapter 13, Southeast Asia in the World Today

  1. Section 1: Economic Development

  2. Section 2: Two Nations of Southeast Asia

  3. Section 3: Literature and the Arts

Chapter 14, Australia and Oceania

  1. Section 1: Geography of Australia and New Zealand

  2. Section 2: Growth of Australia and New Zealand

  3. Section 3: Oceania- The Islands of the Pacitfic


14: Map Study: page 247, page 251, page 255, page 256, page 267, page 277, page 300, page 309, page 313.


15: Understanding Charts: pages 246 and 247; page 285,