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USHAP Semester 1 evaluations HW: Reading Calendar for January is up! Agenda 1/7/15 Icebreaker Short Answer Question (SAQ) Practice Hand Back Short Answer Questions Hand Back Stimulus Based Multiple Choice Objectives- students will be able to… identify what prompts ask them to do Students will reflect on their performance on the final exam and 3rd essay test

Periodization icebreaker activity Identifying turning points to organize history into thematic blocks of time Organize your winter break into 3 periods

Example: spending time with family over Winter Break Age of Excitement !: I was thrilled to see my parents and older brother! 2. Age of Exploration: After a few days, I became bored and headed to San Diego to spend New Year’s with my two best friends from high school 3. Age of Joyful happiness: :/ I then only had one more day to spend with my family, and while it was a great day I became sad thinking of how I will miss them Identify the turning points (=when a decisive change in a situation happens) of Mr Fleischman’s break with your partner

Short Answer Question (SAQ) Practice Goal: identify what prompts ask you to do Reason and connection to real world Key: Read the question carefully. You need to know exactly what you are being asked to do. We are going to review some short answer questions: In your own words write down what you need to do for Parts a, b, and c. A few words each part You cannot repeat any words that were used in the prompt

Model 2. Answer parts a, b, and c. Consider the following aspects of America’s economy from 1790-1840 The role of women Major goods produced Transportation How goods were produced a. Choose ONE aspect of the economy and explain how it represents continuity within the period of 1790-1840. b.  Choose ONE aspect of the economy and explain how it represents change within the period of 1790-1840. c. Briefly explain ONE cause of the aspect of the economy you chose in answers a or b.

Short Answer Question #1 Briefly explain ONE major difference between Hatch’s and Wood’s historical interpretations of how political values were formed in the United States between 1780 and 1840. Briefly explain how ONE specific event, development, or circumstance in the period 1780 to 1840 that is not explicitly mentioned in the excerpts could be used to support Hatch’s argument. Briefly explain how ONE specific event, development, or circumstance in the period 1780 to 1840 that is not explicitly mentioned in the excerpts could be used to support Wood’s argument.

#1 Hatch excerpt Wood excerpt a. Difference b. Specific example that supports Hatch’s argument c. Specific example that supports Wood’s argument

Short Answer Question #2

Short Answer Question #2 Briefly explain ONE specific historical development that contributed to the emergence during the eighteenth century of the patterns depicted in the map Briefly explain ONE specific historical effect that resulted from the patterns depicted in the map. Briefly explain ANOTHER specific historical effect that resulted from the patterns depicted in the map. Done? Try to draw what parts a, b, and c ask you to do

SAQ 2 b (effect) a (contribution/cause) Trans- Atlantic Trade 18th C (1700s) c (effect)

Short Answer Question (SAQ) Highlight where you do what the prompt asked you to do Did you do what you needed to do? How well did you do what you needed to do? What could you improve? Semester long norm Build instincts

Stimulus Based Multiple Choice Disclaimer: questions straight from the Collegeboard. Also, time constraints. Please review the questions you missed. Please write down any content that you need to review. What tripped you up? (content/unit, question style, time management, reading carefully) How will this inform your future test taking?

Essays 1. Overall, definite improvement 2. Prompt 1: Causation 3. Prompt 2: Continuity and Change Over Time Strengths: better content knowledge/use of specific examples. Good thesis statements and use of argumentation structure. More people getting the synthesis point. Areas of growth: More analysis, complexity, time management.