Learning Goals: The students demonstrated their background knowledge of the material in Unit 1 of this year's curriculum. This included:
1. The reasons why we study social studies and the subjects we study in this discipline.
2. Vocabulary used by historians to describe time.
3. The regions of the Eastern Hemisphere.
4. Reading a non-fiction text for information.
5. Writing a persuasive paragraph.
Colorado State Standards: N/A
Lesson Overview: The students took a pretest on Unit 1 of this year's curriculum. The first 75% of it was done on the Smart Response clickers; the remaining 25% was a written portion of the test.
Follow Up: None.
Family Discussion Questions: "Why do teachers give their students pretests?"
1. The reasons why we study social studies and the subjects we study in this discipline.
2. Vocabulary used by historians to describe time.
3. The regions of the Eastern Hemisphere.
4. Reading a non-fiction text for information.
5. Writing a persuasive paragraph.
Colorado State Standards: N/A
Lesson Overview: The students took a pretest on Unit 1 of this year's curriculum. The first 75% of it was done on the Smart Response clickers; the remaining 25% was a written portion of the test.
Follow Up: None.
Family Discussion Questions: "Why do teachers give their students pretests?"