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Lesson 16: End of Year Assessment

SUPPORTING QUESTION

What does the history of the United States reveal about the struggles and hopes of building a democracy?

FOCUS SKILL(S)

Historical Significance

Change and Continuity Over Time

MATERIALS

TEACHER

Do Firsts + Exemplars

Assessment Presentation

Digital Museum Exhibit Exemplar

Assessment Student Worksheet & Exemplar

Note: Exemplars are from a World History unit but provide a visual of the final product

STUDENT

Do First Options

Digital Museum Exhibit Instructions and Resources

Digital Museum Template

Printable Student Handouts

Access to Inquiry Journal (already handed out in Lesson 1)

DO FIRST

Option 1- Frayer, Museum Curator

Option 2- Video Reflection

TEACHER ACTIONS

1. Select “Do First” option
2. Play “Song of the Unit” or alternative
3. Provide students with visual, online, or print access to “Do First”

STUDENT ACTIONS

1. Complete “Do First” either online or by hand

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Lesson 16: End of Year Assessment - Continued

ACTIVITY 1 - LAUNCH

Introduce the expectations and instructions for the Digital Museum Exhibit Assessment. The Digital Museum will be based on a theme and will include four “rooms”- one for each of the topics of the unit. Use the Assessment Presentation to explain the required components of the project. Then, place students into groups of 4 and provide digital access to the Digital Museum Exhibit Instructions and Resources as well as provide the Digital Museum Template to the students. (See information at the end of the lesson plan and in the Best Practices Repository)

TEACHER ACTIONS

1. Go over expectations for the assessment project

STUDENT ACTIONS

1. Listen and ask questions as the teacher goes over the expectations for the assessment

ACTIVITY 2 - PRACTICE

Then, place students into groups of 4 and provide digital access to the Digital Museum Exhibit Instructions and Resources as well as provide the Digital Museum Template to the students. (See information at the end of the lesson plan and in the Best Practices Repository)

TEACHER ACTIONS

• Organize students into groups of 4 to complete project
• Digitally distribute the Digital Museum Instructions & Resources as well as the Digital Museum Template
• Monitor work progress and provide support as needed

STUDENT ACTIONS

• Work with a group of 4 students and determine the theme of the museum
• Utilize resources and complete the Digital Museum Exhibit

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Lesson 16: End of Year Assessment - Continued

ACTIVITY 3 - EXHIBIT

Students will “visit” the digital museum of two other groups who had different themes than the ones each student initially researched. Provide a paper version of the Assessment Student Worksheet. Organize the classroom so students can “visit” the other classmates’ exhibits. This can be through setting up laptops around the room or creating a digital way for students to access all the museums.

TEACHER ACTIONS

1. Distribute the Assessment Student Worksheet
2. Organize the digital museums around the classroom on student laptops OR create a digital way to share all the museums so students can use their own laptops
3. Monitor work progress and provide support as needed

STUDENT ACTIONS

1. Visit two digital museums that focused on a theme different from the one researched
2. Fill out the Digital Assessment Student Worksheet for both museums

CONCLUSION

Finally, students will reflect on their learning from the course using the Unit 10 Inquiry Journal. Students will use page 10 to answer the Course Driving Question. Consider allowing students to use their notes and/or work with a partner. Encourage students to use a piece of evidence from each of the rooms in their museums (Colonial Years (1607-1754), American Revolution and First Governments (1754-1789), Early Republic and Antebellum (1789-1861), Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877).

TEACHER ACTIONS

• Provide access to Unit 10 Inquiry Journal
• Support students with expectations for CER paragraph (template in journal)

STUDENT ACTIONS

• Write a CER paragraph for the Course Driving Question

STANDARD(S)

All Course Standards