Source Stanford Beyond the Bubble
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
World War I Advertising
This task requires students to consider the relative strengths and weaknesses of a document as historical evidence. Students with a sophisticated understanding of how to source a document will be able to explain that the Kodak advertisement is useful in that it provides indirect information about the lives of soldiers and how they were able to communicate with family at the time. They will also point out that this image was created for the purposes of an advertisement, making it less useful as specific evidence of what life was like for U.S. soldiers.
Resources include PDF downloads of the assessment with source materials, and a rubric with benchmark descriptors.
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Source Mathematics Assessment Project (MAP) by MARS: Shell Center, University of Nottingham & UC Berkeley
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Yogurt
In this task, students must calculate the amount of yogurt produced.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Scoring Rubric
3. Scored Student Work
4. Unscored Student Work
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Source The Historical Thinking Project (Canada)
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
You Be the Author
In this task, students will explore what three events they would write into a textbook on the First World War and create an outline to be sent to the publisher.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Detailed lesson plan, handouts, rubric
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Source Washington State Classroom- Based Assessments
Subject Economics
Grade Level 12 |
You and the Economy
In this task students will evaluate the career choices available to them, and their possible effects on their local, national, and international economy, as well as themself. They will then write a paper or make a presentation.
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Source The Historical Thinking Project (Canada)
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Your Birthday in History
In this task, students will research BC history and discover events that coincide with their birthdays. This will culminate in a Fair presentation.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Detailed lesson plan, activity, fair exhibit guide, rubric
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Source Stanford Beyond the Bubble
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Zulu Chief
This task assesses students’ ability to source, contextualize, and corroborate a photograph of a Zulu Chief by American photographer Frank Carpenter. Students must reason about the content and the circumstances of its creation to evaluate its reliability as evidence. Students also must determine what additional information might help corroborate the evidence in the photograph.
Resources available for this task include downloadable PDF versions of both the assessment as well as the Rubric with benchmark descriptors.
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