ASSESSMENT PHOTO ALBUMMs. Henningsen

Missouri History – 4th Grade

Purpose of the Photo Album

This photo album is an overview of our unit on Missouri History and some famous Missourians who made significant contributions to history.

Learning Goals & Assessments

• Pre-test • Brain-drain• Note-taking• Graphic Organizer• Poster• Bottle Buddy• Research Paper• Oral Presentation• Journal Writing

Missouri History – 4th GradePre-Assessment

• A. What do you know about the following people? • Have you heard of them? • List anything you know about them.•

• 1. Meriwether Lewis –•

• 2. William Clark –• • 3. Mary Easton Sibley –• • 4. John Berry Meacham –• • 5. George Washington Carver –• • 6. Laura Ingalls Wilder –• • 7. Mark Twain –• • 8. Harry S. Truman –• • 9. Thomas Hart Benton –• • B.• Provide any information or knowledge you have on any of these questions:• 10. What does Author’s Purpose mean?

11. What does Compare and Contrast mean?• • 12. Have you ever done a research paper? If so, what was the topic?• • 13. Do you know what a “rubric” is?

Survey –• 1. Have you and your family ever taken a vacation? If so where have you gone?• • • 2. Have you and your family ever traveled or visited any places in Missouri? If so, where?• • • 3. Have you and your family ever been to Hannibal, MO?• • • 4. Have you ever been to the St. Louis Arch? • •

• 5. Out of all the places you have been to, what is your favorite?•

• • 6. What do you and your family like to do for fun?• • • 7. What do you like to do for fun?• • • 8. How do you learn best? Seeing it written out, hearing the teacher say it, doing it yourself.• • • 9. What is your favorite subject at school?• • • 10. When I grow up I want to

Formative Assessment

• Peer Assessment• Journal – Learning Log – Self Assessment

ORAL PRESENTATION

• In this performance task you will share what you learned about the famous person who made a significant contribution to Missouri.

• You will compare and contrast that person of your choice to yourself.

• You will also present your other projects; poster, bottle buddy, etc.

Rubric for Oral Presentation

• Performance Statement: Students will create an oral presentation that demonstrates their learning and knowledge of a famous Missourian and his/her significant contribution(s) to state history.

Quality of Submitted Work

Needs Improvement Unacceptable

(1 pt.)

Meets Basic Expectations

(2 pts.)

Meets Expectations Proficient(3 pts.)

1. Presentation Organization Presentation is not organized and is difficult to follow.

Presentation is generally clear, somewhat organized and easy to follow.

Presentation is exceptionally clear, organized and easy to follow and understand.

1. Presentation Content; Identify the significant contributions of the person, compare and contrast the person and their life and times to themselves

Content ineffectively matches the learning goals.

Content somewhat matches the learning goals and not all learning goals are matched.

Content effectively matches the learning goals and every learning goal is matched.

1. Overall Presentation; Speaking Voice, Appropriate Pacing, Eye Contact

Voice level is unclear or inaudible. Pacing is too slow or too fast. No eye contact.

Voice level is somewhat clear and audible. Pacing is somewhat accurate. Eye Contact is made some of the time.

Voice level is effective to convey clear and audible information. Pacing is appropriate through-out the presentation. Eye Contact is effective and made most of the time or all the time.

1. Presentation Appropriate ClothingClothing does not accurately represent famous Missourian.

Clothing somewhat represents famous Missourian.

Clothing accurately represents famous Missourian and time period.

Paper and Pencil Assessment• Converting Propositions to Test Questions• Essential Learning Goal: Students will identify and describe the significance of the individuals from Missouri who have made

contributions to our state and national heritage; example John Berry Meacham.• Area of Curriculum: People who made a difference in history.• Proposition:• John Berry Meacham battled the injustices of slavery by opening a floating freedom school for free and enslaved blacks so

that they could learn to read and write in response to the 1847 law that prohibited the instruction of blacks to be educated. • True True/False:• John Berry Meacham opened a floating freedom school to educate free and enslaved blacks.• False True/False:• John Berry Meacham battled slavery by opening a school for all Missourians.• Short Answer/Fill in the blank:• John Berry Meacham made a difference by • Multiple Choice:• John Berry Meacham was • a minister from St. Louis who worked to end slavery.• a business man who opened a school for all Americans.• a slave owner.• a lawmaker who prohibited blacks from learning. • Essay:• Discuss John Berry Meacham and his significant accomplishments to Missouri’s History. How did he make a difference?•

Missouri History Project

St. Louis Arch The Gateway to the West

Meriweather Lewis and William Clark

Harry S. Truman

Bottle Buddy Project

GLEs for the UNIT

• Social Studies – Knowledge of continuity and change in the history of MO and the US. 3a

• Reading – Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction from a variety of cultures and times. 3ac

• Technology/Information Literacy – Develop and apply effective research process skills to gather, analyze and evaluate information. Use resources to identify relevant information, record main ideas and important details in their own words and record information using organizational strategies. Informally give credit for others’ ideas. 1acd

GLEs continued

• Writing – Compose well-developed expository text with a beginning, middle and end, a logical sequence of events and sentence variety with appropriate use of capitalization and punctuation. Use correct spelling. 2ce

• Listening and Speaking – Develop and apply effective speaking skills and strategies for various audiences and purposes. 2a