1. Government HSA Workshop Reviewing for the HSA
Missy Parsons
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Username:  bcps
Password:  government

2. Introductions Name School How long have you been teaching?
What do you hope to get out of the session today?

3. Outcomes
TWBAT determine best practices for helping students review for the American Government High School Assessment.

4. Agenda Welcome and Introductions Overview of the H.S.A.
Identifying Students Needs
Customizing Review
Engaging Students in Review
Resources
Session Debrief
Questions/Reflections and Evaluation

5. What does the H.S.A. Look Like?

6. Structure of the H.S.A.
The Government tests are either taken on paper or on the computer.
Tests contain selected response questions and constructed response items (scored on the 4 point H.S.A. Rubric)
Tests also utilize graphs, political cartoons and pictures for students to analyze and answer questions about.
The test is broken into three sections:
H.S.A.
Session 1
Break
Session 2
Session 3
Government
45 minutes
5 minutes

7. What Does the H.S.A. Look Like?
The items on the Public Release Forms of the Government High School Assessment represent a fair measure of the Social Studies Core Learning Goals for Government — Political Systems, Peoples of the Nation and World, Geography, and Economics. Users of these items should take into consideration the following information:
There are items of all difficulty levels (easy, medium, and hard) on the public release forms.
Each item represents only one way to measure an indicator.
The items measure students' skills and knowledge of content as directed by the Core Learning Goal indicators as designated for the Government High School Assessment.
All item formats — selected response, and brief constructed response items.

8. What Does the H.S.A. Look Like?
Estimated Percentage of items on the test:
Goal 1: Political Science- 60%
Principles, forms, historical development, structures, applications of roles, etc…
Goal 2: People of the Nation and the World-13%
Foreign policy goals, International organizations…
Goal 3: Geography- 13%
Map skills, regional issues, smart growth…
Goal 4: Economics-15%
Business cycle, fiscal and monetary policy, opportunity costs, trade-offs, scarcity, types of economies…
Ask:
Where are you going to spend your time when reviewing? Political….
What information can you use to inform and differentiate your review? Benchmarks, assessments…

9. 2013 Question / Goals Breakdown

10. Types of Questions Seen on the H.S.A. Selected Response Items

11. Types of Questions Seen on the H.S.A. Quotes

12. Types of Questions Seen on the H.S.A. Graphics / Charts

13. Types of Questions Seen on the H.S.A. Political Cartoons

14. Types of Questions Seen on the H.S.A. Multi-Step

15. Government H.S.A. Tips Focus on the Assessment Limits!
Test can be very heavy in Goal 1! This is an area where you might want to focus for your review. (60% of the test!)
Have your students practice taking the test on the computer if they will be taking the actual test on the computer. Also might be helpful to have students practice typing their BCR’s if they are going to take the test on the computer.

16. HSA/ CLG Checklist

17. HSA Review Strategies What do you do?
Go to the link above and answer the question.
Be specific
Include resources and links if you have them

18. Identifying Student Needs
Practice Tests

19. How do you determine what to review with your students?

20. E-Pat Launcher Computer HSA Review
E-Pat Launcher is a program that is on most school computers that allows students to take a practice H.S.A. test on the computers and use the tools that they will have on test day.
Go low tech and use public released tests.

21. E-Pat Launcher Computer H.S.A. Review
Making Meaning of Scores with practice tests.

22. HSA Test Taking Strategies

23. BCR Practice

24. BCR Practice – Range Finding
d.gov/index.html
Use the mdk12 website to access Constructed Responses for students to practice scoring.

25. Range Finding Use the rubric to score each BCR.
Compare scores with the person next to you.
How could this be useful for students?

26. Summary
Diagnostic tests help us to determine students strengths and weaknesses
Teachers can create customized reviews to meet students needs
Students know what they need to review

27. Resources to help students review content
Customizing Review
Resources to help students review content

28. The Review Packet
Use readings to help students work on the areas you or they have designated as necessary for review.

29. The Online Course
Print resources or have students access the online course to complete review activities.

30. American Government Big Ideas

31. Engaging Students in Review

32. Dos and Don’ts of Review Games

33. Government MAY MADNESS Memory Tournament
Purpose:
To study the vocabulary that will be on the Government H.S.A.

34. Government MAY MADNESS Memory Tournament
Sit facing your partner
Make sure that you have different color flash cards than your partner.
One partner should lay their cards out with the term side up (underlined side). The other partner should lay their cards out with the definition side up.
The partners will flip a coin to decide who goes first.
Your job is to pick up terms and definitions that match. If you do pick a correct match you read the term and the definition out loud, put the cards in your “WIN” pile and take another turn. If you do not pick a correct match you place the cards back down in their places you found them.
Continue these steps until no cards are left.
When the game is finished total up the number of matches you have.
The player that has the most matches wins and moves onto the next level.

35. Government MAY MADNESS Memory Tournament Bracket

36. ABC Review for Terms and Vocabulary
Assign each student/group a Unit.
For each letter students must come up with as many terms as they can for the unit.
Unit
A N
B O
C P
D Q
E R
F S
G T
H U
I V
J W
K X
L Y
M Z

37. ABC Review for Terms and Vocabulary
Purposes and Types of Government
Authoritarian National security
B O
C Providing public services, Presidential
Democracy Q
E R
F S
G Traditional
H U
I V
J W
K X
L Y
Monarchy Z

38. Trashketball Review Game

39. That’s Not Fair!
Students will be given their own number for the entire game.
The teacher pulls numbers randomly and if your number is chosen you must give the correct answer. If you can, then you get to come up and place your name on the prize that you want.
You may cross out someone else’s name if you want the prize, even if it already has a name written on it.
When the game ends, whoever has their name on the top of the prize, wins the prize! 

40. Review Ideas: Interactive Games: Reorganize information:
Jeopardy
Review relay
I Have / Who Has Games
That’s Not Fair / Trashketball Review Games
$25,000 Pyramid, Taboo, Cranium…Have students make up their own games…
Puzzles (
Bingo ( )
Reorganize information:
Cut and paste activities
Foldables (
Vocabulary development and organization
Use and make visuals:
Political cartoons
Fine art
Thematic timelines
Classroom simulations
Persuasive speeches on Public Issues
World Café or informal debates
Socratic Seminars or philosophical chairs
Interactive Games: Review Relay
Reorganize Information: Concept Strips and Foldables
Use Visuals: Political Cartoons and charts/graphs review skills
Simulations: Justice Cafe, current event philosophical chairs or Socratic Seminar

41. Interactive Reviews Kahoot - https://getkahoot.com/
Quizlet –
Study Blue -
Search - American Government HSA Review

42. Helpful Websites When Reviewing

43. Reflection Questions
What are some strategies that you learned about today that you can use with your students to help them prepare for the H.S.A.?

44. Questions? Feel free to email us with any questions.
Missy Parsons –