Classroom Based Assessments:

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Classroom Based Assessments

• Resources, Tips, and Tools

Nadean Meyer Eastern Washington University
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Agenda
Civics- 2 pathfinders
Research Resources
Help for working with students
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Your goals

• Middle School --- High School
• Teachers--- Librarians Administrators
• Heard me before on CBAS- Never
• Came with a Team By yourself
• Done a CBA with students Not Yet
• Have your content selected--- Not Yet
• Resources Toolbox - Collaboration
• Database access in school Y N
• Computer access Y N

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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?
• Statewide assistance
• http//wlma.org/cbas

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Common Steps

• Essential Question
• Key Concepts Vocabulary
• Inquiry (reading and note-taking, bibliography)
• Organization Synthesis
• Group Process Discussion
• Position (Writing!)
• Presentation (Communication!)
• Transferable
• Research Process
• Bibliography- citing sources

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Avoiding the Overload

• OSPI
• Libraries
• WLMA
• Public
• Civic groups
• Museums

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OSPI

• Classroom Based Assessments
• http//www.k12.wa.us/assessment/WASL/SocialStudies
  /default.aspx
• Many updated Summer 2008
• OSPI Resources
• http//www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/SocStudies
  /default.aspx
• Unit outlines, supporting resources, anchored
  sets graphic organizers and more

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Libraries

• Pathfinders
• Databases
• Reference librarians
• Best of web
• Evaluation criteria

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Pathfinders

• Procedure to scaffold resources
• Preselected for guidance
• Library of Congress
• Internet Public Library
• Joyce Valenza
• http//www.wlma.org/cbas
• http//www.mead354.org/page.cfm?p423

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Mead
http//www.mead354.org/page.cfm?p423
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Mead -Middle School
http//www.mead354.org/page.cfm?p9686
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Civics
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Where to start? Process

• OSPI Directions and Rubric
• Decide topic or content
• WLMA pathfinder
• Andrew Johnson Impeachment
• Use teacher mind to determine KWL
• Examine best resources available
• Teaching toolkit
• CAUTION!-letting students loose on issue with
  many choices

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Gradual Release of Responsibility
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We the People
http//www.civiced.org/
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Our Documents

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

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Think aloud

• Rubric
• Resources
• Keywords
• Engagement
• Assessing
• Success for all students

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WLMA Pathfinder

• Checks Balance- 3 branches
• Impeachment
• Andrew Johnson
• Time- reconstruction
• Primary sources
• Secondary

http//wlma.org/storage/cbas/pathfinders/middle-ch
ecks-johnson.html
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National Archives archives.gov
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Bens Guide to Gov
Range of Grades
http//bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/election/index.html
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Civics
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First Amendment

• Congress shall make no law respecting an
  establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
  free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom
  of speech, or of the press or the right of the
  people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
  Government for a redress of grievances.

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Interactive Constitution
http//72.32.50.200/constitution/index_no_flash.ph
p
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Supreme Court
http//www.oyez.org/
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First Amendment Study
http//firstamendmentfuture.org/
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Freedom to Read

• Resources from libraries
• Banned Books Week every late September (near
  Constitution Day)
• Access Northwest- study of Banned Books in
  Washington State

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Teachfirstamendment.org
Quiz in bottom right corner of home page
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Kidspeakonline.org
Online quiz IQ with answer hints
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Media Lesson- Debbie Abilock
http//noodletools.com/debbie/projects/firstam/lib
free.html
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J-ideas
http//www.jideas.org/
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National Coalition against Censorship
http//www.ncac.org/education/schools/
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Illinois First Amendment Center
Free materials
http//www.illinoisfirstamendmentcenter.com/
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More resources

• Access NW Banned Books
• http//www.wsu.edu/accessnw/resources/banned02-04
  .htm
• Random House Teachers Toolkit
• http//www.randomhouse.com/highschool/rhi
• Banned Books online list- Historical
• http//onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.
  html
• Notable 1st Amendment Court Cases
• http//www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/firsta
  mendment/courtcases/courtcases.cfm
• Banned Books Week
• http//bannedbooksweek.org/support.html

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Still to do to make pathfinder

• Check the rubric
• Check my understanding
• Key words and vocabulary in context
• Concepts- learning activities
• Thoughtful critical questions
• Enough resources of different reading levels
• Engaging activities
• Search for the gaps
• Time to reflect

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Finding the good stuff
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Factchecked.org
Lessons, straight from the source, tools of the
trade, wikipedia lessons
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Thinkfinity.org- Lessons
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Valley of the Shadow

• http//valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/

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National Archives

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

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Washington State Historical Society
http//stories.washingtonhistory.org/education/tea
chers/index.shtml
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Washington State History Lab Museums
http//www.wsu.edu/accessnw/resources/banned02-04
.htm

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

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Washington State Library
Washington State Legislature http//www.leg.wa.gov
/legislature/StudentsPage/
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Digital history

• http//www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

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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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Statewide Library Listings
http//www.secstate.wa.gov/quicklinks/searchwayfin
der
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Subscription DatabasesSchool ESD
pricingStatewide Databses Public
LibraryAcademic
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Proquest
ProQuest/elibrary http//portal.bigchalk.com/p
ortalweb/login.do
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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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ProQuest

• Search within publications like
• Social Education
• Cobblestone
• Elibray Lexiles for range of reading levels
• Statewide Database Project- funded through your
  money access through school or public library
  help with getting all students with a card

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Cobblestone Online
http//cobblestoneonline.net
Free index, 50 per building online
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Discovery Streaming
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Freely accessible media
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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

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

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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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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/
• 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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Noodlebib express
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Graphic Organizers

• Inspiration Software
• New Webspiration
• 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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Online notetaking

• The Awesome Highlighter
• http//www.awesomehighlighter.com

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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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Readability

• Readability.info
• Lexiles.com
• Check readability in MS word
• Reading non-fiction
• Web page reading

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Historical Thinking

• Noodletools.comTeachers- Abilock
• PBS teachers
• Why Historical Thinking Matters
• http//historicalthinkingmatters.org/why/
• Jamie McKenzie- fno.org
• http//fno.org/sept07/soc.html

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Chart of CBAS

• http//wlma.org/storage/traincbas/cbas-list.html
• Training for Washington State Library grant has
  many more resources and ideas
• http//wlma.org/storage/traincbas/links.html
• On-line GLEs will have resources too

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Sharing resources

• Tagging- delicious.com
• Http//delicious.com/mzinfo/
• Better annotations and organization
• http//ewumeyer/cbas/
• What I am finding, needs organization
• Can be shared

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End
Thank You!
Nadean Meyer and WLMA task force nmeyer_at_ewu.edu