Classroom Based Assessments:

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Classroom Based Assessments

• Resources, Tips, and Tools

Trish Henry, Teacher-Librarian Mead School
District
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Agenda
Collaboration
Research Resources
Online Writing Tools
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What do Teacher-Librarians Contribute to the
Partnership?

• Provide instructional support
• Essential Questions
• Note Taking Strategies
• Reliable Resources
• Help with backwards planning
• Where do we want them to go?
• What do we expect to see?
• How will we get there?

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Common Steps

• Part I In the Classroom
• Essential Question
• Key Concepts Vocabulary
• Part II In the Library and/or Classroom
• Inquiry (reading and note-taking, bibliography)
• Organization Synthesis
• Group Process Discussion
• Part III In the Classroom
• Position (Writing!)
• Presentation (Communication!)

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Avoiding the Overload

• OSPI
• Libraries
• WLMA
• MEAD
• Museums

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OSPI

• Classroom Based Assessments
• http//www.k12.wa.us/assessment/WASL/SocialStudies
  /default.aspx
• OSPI Resources
• http//www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/SocStudies
  /default.aspx

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Libraries

• Pathfinders
• Interactive Portals
• Databases
• Subscription
• Free

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Pathfinders

• http//www.mead354.org/page.cfm?p423
• http//www.wlma.org/cbas

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Mead
http//www.mead354.org/page.cfm?p423
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Mead 5th
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Mead Whose Rules
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WLMA
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Civics
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PBS Kids
PBS Kids http//pbskids.org/democracy/
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Library of Congress
http//learning.loc.gov/learn/features/election/h
ome.html
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Clerk Kids
http//clerkkids.house.gov/
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Whitehouse
http//www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
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Scholastic
http//content.scholastic.com/browse/unitplan.jsp?
id140
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Washington State Library
Washington State Legislature http//www.leg.wa.gov
/legislature/StudentsPage/
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Bens Guide to Gov
http//bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/election/index.html
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http//www.thinkfinity.org/
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Literature
http//www.udel.edu/dssep/civicslit/chart2_k-2.htm
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Controversial Issues

• http//www.sac.edu/students/library/nealley/websit
  es/controversial.htm

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Center on Congress

• http//congress.indiana.edu/

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Center on Congress

• http//congress.indiana.edu/

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Our Documents

• http//www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flashtrue

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American Documents

• http//www.vlib.us/amdocs/

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http//lp.findlaw.com/
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History
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PBS
http//www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
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Martha Ballard
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Martha Ballard - HS

• Martha Ballards 27 yr. diary- colonial times
• http//dohistory.org/
• Magic Transcribing Lens
• http//dohistory.org/diary/exercises/lens/index.ht
  ml (requires Java)

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Treaty Trail

• http//www.washingtonhistoryonline.org/treatytrail
  /teaching/artifact-encounter.htm

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History Internet Portals

• American Revolution (NPS)
• http//www.nps.gov/revwar/

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Valley of the Shadow

• http//valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/

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Digital history

• http//www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

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National Archives

• Includes lessons and digital artifacts
• http//www.archives.gov/education/

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History Matters

• History Matters
• http//historymatters.gmu.edu/

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Digital Media
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University of Washington

• http//content.lib.washington.edu/

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Library of Congress

• American Memory- Library of Congress
• http//memory.loc.gov/ammem/

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Subscription Databases
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Proquest
ProQuest/elibrary http//portal.bigchalk.com/p
ortalweb/login.do
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Sirs
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Culture Grams
Culturegrams (states, countries,
multimedia) http//online.culturegrams.com/
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Culturgrams Egypt
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NetTrekker
Nettrekker (includes standards and timelines)
http//school.nettrekker.com/frontdoor
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Facts on File
Facts On File http//factsonfile.infobasepublishin
g.com/newsservices.asp
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ABC Clio
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Online Databases- Media

• Smithsonian
• http//americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhi
  bition/flash.html
• Library of Congress
• http//www.loc.gov/index.html

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Smithsonian
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Kitzu
http//www.kitzu.com
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Subscription Databases- Video

• DiscoveryStreaming
• http//unitedstreaming.com
• National Archives video on Google
• http//video.google.com/nara.html

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Discovery Streaming
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National Archives Video
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British Museums

• http//www.ancientcivilizations.co.uk/home_set.htm
  l

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Smithsonian Museum

• Smithsonian http//www.si.edu/

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Washington State History Lab Museums

• Washington State History Lab
• http//www.historylab.org/default.htm

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Burke Museum

• http//www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/

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MAC

• http//northwestmuseusm/northwest

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Online Tools

• Thesis Generators
• Timeline Builders
• Citation Creator
• And more

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Online Thesis Builders

• Persuasive
• http//www.ozline.com/electraguide/thesis.html
• Action Statement
• http//www.powayusd.com/projects/ewe2/thesis.htm

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Thesis builder
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Thesis builder electra
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Citations

• FREE
• Knight Cite
• http//www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/
• Bibme
• http//www.bibme.org/
• Oregon OSLIS Citation Maker
• http//www.oslis.k12.or.us/secondary/index.php?pag
  eciteSources
• Citation Machine (Warlick)
• http//citationmachine.net/
• Noodlebib Express
• http//www.noodletools.com
• SUBSCRIPTION
• Noodlebib
• http//www.noodletools.com

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Knightcite
http//www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/
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Noodlebib express
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Citation machine
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Bibme
http//www.bibme.org/
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Graphic Organizers

• Inspiration Software
• Microsoft Office
• ReadWriteThink
• http//interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx
  ?id127title

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Essay Map
http//www.readwritethink.org/materials/essaymap/
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Online Notes

• Notetaker http//interactives.mped.org/view_intera
  ctive.aspx?id722title
• NoteStar
• http//notestar.4teachers.org/

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Timeline Generators

• http//www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bi
  gtimeline/
• http//www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/

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End
Thank You!
Trish Henry thenry_at_mead.k12.wa.us