Social Studies Final Review

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Effective instructional planning requires a great deal of work by the teacher before a lesson is taught. Before planning a lesson, teachers must decide what we expect students to do; and what the teacher must do in order for our students to achieve what we expect of them.

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what we expect students to do; and what the teacher must do in order for our students to achieve what we expect of them

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A key goal for the beginning of a unit is for the teacher to: determine what students know about the topics the unit will cover

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determine what students know about the topics the unit will cover

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An assessment plan for a unit should:

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show how the teacher will determine if the unit's objectives have been met

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A comment a teacher might make to a student as part of formative assessment would include: "I read your journal entry and I think you are having a difficult time understanding how an irrigation system works. Let me draw you a picture."

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A comment indicating a student's difficulty in understanding a concept, followed by an offer to provide additional help.

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Constructing a valid rubric to assess student performance on an assignment must allow the teacher to: distinguish performance in one category on the rubric from performance in the other categories

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distinguish performance in one category on the rubric from performance in the other categories

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Why should the second grade teacher at Presley Elementary School re-think his perspective on assessing student achievement?

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The teacher is correct in that student achievement of standards should be any teacher's ultimate concern, but there is little chance his students will meet the standards if he doesn't check to see what students have learned.

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A multicultural social studies curriculum does not limit itself to presenting information about a wide range of people, rather it:

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Provides the perspectives of people who frequently have been relegated to the margins in traditional social studies programs.

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A fifth grade teacher who reads aloud I'm Deborah Sampson: A Soldier of the Revolution has:

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transformed the social studies curriculum because the roles women played in the American Revolution rarely are mentioned in elementary social studies

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The difference between a mural and a diorama is:

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murals are large pictures on walls, they are two-dimensional; dioramas are some sort of three-dimensional display

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The most effective way to teach the definition of a word that is an object is to:

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present the object itself or an illustration of it