Name: ____________________ Date: ______________ Period: _____________

Unit 2 Formative Assessment 1

Learning Target 1: LT 1: I will be able to analyze a primary resource for
understanding.
Directions: Using the excerpt provided from the Magna Carta, explain how English
citizens lives were improved from TWO of the rights listed.
1. the English Church shall be free, and shall have her rights entire, and
her
liberties inviolate;
20. A freeman shall not be amerced for a slight offense, except in accordance
with the degree of the offense; and for a grave offense he shall be amerced
in
accordance with the gravity of the offense
39. No freemen shall be taken or imprisoned or diseased or exiled or in any
way destroyedexcept by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of
the land
42. It shall be lawful in future for anyone (except those imprisoned) to leave
our kingdom and to return
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RUBRIC

Student chooses two of the listed rights and explains how they each improved
English citizens lives.

Student chooses two of the listed rights, but only explains how one improved the
English citizens lives.

Student either lists rights or talks about how they improved the lives of English
citizens.

Student does not answer the question with materials provided.

Student was present, but did not complete assessment. Must redo.

Name: ____________________ Date: ______________ Period: _____________

Learning Target 2: Explain how the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Right
protected the British citizens in the American colonies.
Directions: Complete each section based on what each question is asking for. There
is a rubric on the back of this paper to guide your thinking.

List three rights that Americans

can trace back to our English Heritage.

What are two reasons that

English citizens were outraged with their

monarchy?

Explain how the Magna Carta

and the English Bill of Right protected

the citizens in the American colonies.

RUBRIC
Student included 3 rights that can be traced back to our English heritage; 2
reasons English citizens were outraged with their monarchy; 1 complete sentence
explaining how the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights protected the
citizens in the American Colonies.
Student is missing one of the 3 rights that can be traced back to our English
heritage; or one the 2 reasons English citizens were outraged with their monarchy;
1 complete sentence explaining how the Magna Carta and the English Bill of
Rights protected the citizens in the American Colonies.
Student is missing or is incorrect on one entire component of 3 rights that can be
traced back to our English heritage; 2 reasons English citizens were outraged with
their monarchy; 1 complete sentence explaining how the Magna Carta and the
English Bill of Rights protected the citizens in the American Colonies.
Student is missing a variety of components from chart.

Student was present, but did not complete assessment. Must redo.