The Declaration of Independence Pre-Assessment

1. Students who are able to answer 9-10 questions correctly

1.1. After the Pre-Assessment has been administered I will instruct these students to a station where they will use their chromebook and headsets to watch the following video on the history channel about the Declaration of Independence. I will share with them a graphic organizer that asks them to make notations of the rights that they people interviewd in the video speak of as the body of the Declaration of Independence. I will also provide for them a copy of the language of the Declaration of Independence and ask that they identify the language in the document where these rights are addressed. http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/writing-of-declaration-of-independence. As they are watching the video i will ask

2. Students who answer 2-4 questions incorrectly

2.1. These students will move to work station where they will work with a partner to complete a graphic organizer that will help them organize the elements of the Quartering Act, The Stamp Act and the Sugar Act and helps them identify the grievances that the colonist had as a result of these acts. The reinforcement of these will help refresh their memory and help them classify the information in an organized way.

3. Students who answer more that 4 questions incorrectly

3.1. I will sit with this group and review the information that we had studied about the plight of the colonists and why the Declaration of Independence was drafted. We will review the Boston Tea Party and I will work with them to complete a graphic organizer of the essential elements of the injustices that the colonists were subjected to. I will include in their graphic organizer visual representations to help them identify the Quartering Act, Stamp and Sugar Act. I will also demonstrate to this group of learners the wording in the Declaration of Independence that addresses the colonists grievances so that they will have the confidence to participate in our next lesson when these elements are identified.