Source Stanford Beyond the Bubble
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
The First Thanksgiving
This task measures students’ ability to source a document. When historians interpret a document, they look at who wrote it and when. Source information presents clues about whether the document provides reliable evidence about the past. This task gauges whether students understand an important aspect of sourcing: the time elapsed between when a document (in this case, a painting) was produced, and the event it depicts. To accomplish this, students must agree or disagree with a claim about the usefulness of the source, and explain their thinking.
The task includes a range of supplementary materials, many available for download with the creation of a free account:
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science
Grade Level 4 |
The Food We Eat
In this task, students will plan a days worth of meals after consulting and examining the food pyramid.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Scored Student Work
5. Technical Quality Info
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Source West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning
Subject Music
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
The Function of Form
In this task, students will explore compositional form by improvising and writing compositions.
This task includes;
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, web resources, rubrics, guidelines, guide to managing the process
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Source Stanford Beyond the Bubble
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
The KKK in the 1870's
This task assesses students’ ability to reason how evidence supports a historical argument. Students must explain how an 1872 editorial describing the organization of the Ku Klux Klan, and a testimony given before Congress describing Klan intimidation, both support the conclusion that Americans were concerned about the KKK during the 1870's.
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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Source High Tech High School
Subject History/Social Studies, Humanities, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 8 |
The New Americans Project
In this task, students will be partnered with a new American, or someone who has immigrated, and learn about their lives through interviews and research.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 12 examples
3. Additional Resources: Teacher reflections, content topics, learning goals, literature circle suggestions, timeline, real world connections, sample parent letter, lesson plan, rubric
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Source West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning
Subject Science
Grade Level 8 |
The Next Avatar
In this task, students will act as a design team for a movie studio and design a new organism and habitat for an upcoming science fiction movie.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, lab, activity,checklist, group contract, evaluations and rubrics, web resources, guide to managing the process
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Source Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
Subject Science
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
The Nutritional Content of Food
In this task, students will test whether or not the food samples contain protein or starch.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Instructions
3. Scoring Rubric
4. Scored Student Work
5. Technical Quality Info
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Source Washington State Classroom- Based Assessments
Subject Art
Grade Level 10 |
The Play's the Thing?
In The Play's the Thing? students will create a window display utilizing theme(s) from a famous play.
This task includes:
- Introduction
- Teacher Guidelines
- Student Prompt
- Student Response
- Rubrics
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Source West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 8 |
The Power of Food
In this task, students will keep a food diary to see the impact of their food and drink choices.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Standards, quiz, log, handouts, checklist, evaluations and rubrics
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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 |
The Real Number System
In this task, students must solve four short problems.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Scoring Rubric
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