The Great War: World War I Then and Now

Assessment Types and Examples

Informal Formative Assessments:
Informal Formative Assessments are the day-to-day, moment-to-moment, finger-to-the-pulse
assessment the teacher will make based upon observation of the students engagement and
assessment of the students verbal responses and attitudes. They take place in every lesson and
will inform the teachers evaluation of student performance during the Unit.
Formal Formative Assessments:
Formal Formative Assessments generally take the form of homework in these lessons. They
differ from Informal Formative Assessments because students must produce a tangible artifact,
such as written work, diagrams, illustrations, drawings, etc. Each artifact will be given a grade
that is separate from the Informal Formative Assessment of participation.
Summative Assessments:
There are two types of Summative Assessments utilized in this unit. Because students record
bell ringers and many of their in-class written assignments in journals, these journals will be
collected and graded for the quality of their content and evidence of engagement with the subject
at the end of each week. This is considered Summative because it is a grade given to a large
collection of work students are performing within the classroom that is separate from the
Informal Formative Assessment of participation and the Formal Formative Assessment of
Homework.
The other type of Summative Assessment utilized in this unit is the In-Class Project that will be
completed in the final week of the unit. Students will be asked to leverage what they have
learned about the war as well as what they have learned about historical research and how it is
changing in order to complete a project of which there are multiple iterations for a final
grade. This is similar to a unit test in scope, but will be more intensive, will hopefully feel like a
lower stakes assignment, and will also hopefully be more fun.
Types of Assessments in this Unit:
Journals

Writing Samples

Direct Observation

Bell Ringers

Homework

Rubrics

Hands on Experience
(building diorama)

Long Term Projects

(Unit Activities)

Class Discussions
(Peer/Peer Discussions,
Peer/Teacher Discussions,
Entire Class Discussions)