Types of Assessments

Background quizzes are multiple choice on Google Forms shared via individual Google Classroom stream post. They are connected to the unit topic on Classroom, so they should be easy to find. You can retake a quiz on a day other than the most recent attempt. If you try three times and fail, I will not accept a grade without a DSB meeting to discuss your progress.

Video-based questions are Google forms attached to the weekly agenda post on the Google Classroom stream. Read the questions. Watch the video. Answer the questions. The videos are posted in the lessons for our instructional benefit and to share the content we use with the public.

Response guides are designed to develop thinking routines for responding to problems. If done properly, you should be able to respond to any problem without the direct gifts from teachers (or experts). It's the most important assessment you will do in this because it is the most authentic.

Google Classroom questions are posted to the Classroom stream. I will link them to the unit topic to facilitate finding them after the fact. They are 5 points and assigned about once every two weeks to check in on your writing and argumentation skills. The value of this type of assessment is the specific feedback you receive about your skill development and content knowledge.

Journal activities are about making connections between what you've learned and other possibilities beyond the lesson context. It's a form or reflection and will be graded based on effort. Make one Google doc for your journal activities. Place it in your "History Work - last name, first name" folder in Drive. I will check the activities while you do your unit exams. Each activity is 5 points. You can expect three to four activities per unit.

Projects are about products and worth 15 to 15 points. Rubrics are available for each type of project. The rubrics are modeled after the HHS Social Studies Department rubric we use for essays.

Producing something in response to a problem. For example, if we need to know the distribution of Civil War battles organized by outcomes and locations, we can make a map to show where the battles were fought and which side won. Better yet, we can make the map interactive and include a summary of each battle, casualty counts, photos, and links to further resources.

Most of the projects are digital and therefore publishable. The reason I choose digital is simply to prepare students for the media-rich job market that is growing today and will dominate the workforce tomorrow.