Summer+Institute+2011+Assessments

=Shared Assessments=


 * 7th Grade**
 * Text-less PowerPoint
 * Mnemonic Device
 * Rhyming couplets for inventors/inventions
 * Lewis and Clark Stations
 * 8th Grade**
 * West “Press Conference” on Land Use
 * A “fishbowl” discussion with students playing roles of historic individuals
 * Socratic Seminar about the Cold War – Is containment effective/successful
 * Historical Simulation on Eve of World War I – students take on roles of leaders of 6 fictitious nations and attempt to avoid war
 * Assessed with student journal nad essay on who was responsible for WWI
 * Factbook (Facebook with historical "twist")
 * Discussion Boards
 * Persuasive Essay on the Use of the Atomic Bomb
 * Socratic Seminar on the Bomb
 * Research Paper (student creates personal narrative)
 * Castle Learning
 * Letter of Recommendation to the University if the United States
 * Assign an historical figure from a particular time period and have students create a letter of recommendation to the University of the United States Admissions Committee for their consideration
 * Pre-Test using Senteo
 * a remote control questions and answer program
 * tracks the whole class and individual student assessment results
 * Muckraker magazine
 * students assume the role of a Progressive muckraker and create a //McClure’s// magazine spread exposing issues and making suggestions for reform
 * compare with 21st Century issues
 * //Civil War Times//
 * Newspaper Project
 * 1920’s Posterboard Project
 * Jedi Mind Trick Quiz
 * Webquest through Presidential Libraries
 * Trial of Andrew Jackson
 * Debate on U.S. foreign policy in post 911 world
 * Socratic circles
 * Abolitionist Meeting
 * Presidential Glogster
 * Simulation on Civil War Causes