Assessment Plan
Assessment Timeline
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Before project work begins |
Students work on projects and
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After project work is completed |
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- Written Summaries
- Observation Checklist
- K-W-L Chart
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- Group and Self-Assessment
- Newspaper Rubric
- Conferences
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To determine readiness for the unit, review discussions, quickwrites, and journal entries and adjust instruction as necessary. Use an observation checklist to observe thinking skills as students discuss social injustice and discrimination issues.
Ask students to self-assess and peer-assess their personal stories assignment using the group and self-assessment form. Assess the newspaper project with the newspaper rubric. Have students self-assess their preparation for and participation in the mock trial using the mock trial reflection sheet. Use this same sheet to assess these skills as well.
As a final assessment of learning to see what students now know that they did not know before, read excerpts from the Civil Rights Act of 1964*, and ask students to respond to the following:
- Are the rights guaranteed in the Civil Rights Act upheld today? If so, in what ways?
- What problems remain?
- What additional statements can you add to the Civil Rights Act to address problems that persist today?
Compare these responses to the initial writings in students’ journals to document growth.
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