Sunday, December 7, 2014

Observation #3: 10-Minute Quiz

1) What do you think the objective is?

Students will study the growing phenomenon of sectionalism in the United States prior to the Civil War, and analysis how regional differences in the North, South, and West escalated political tensions.


2) What level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is that?

#4: Analysis

3) How will you assess it in 10 minutes or less?

Since analysis involves higher-level thinking, I have to ask the students higher-level questions. For this sort of objective, I don’t want to use multiple choice, because I want to them to explain and justify their answers. As such, short essay questions must be poised:

1.      1. Who were the key figures in sectionalism in the North, South, and West? What did they want for each region, and why?

2.      2.  Discuss the role of slavery in the South vs. industrialism in the North. How did these two systems oppose each other? Did any parallels exist?

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