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Selected Response Assessment Creation

Samuel Gard

EDU 340

Dr. Gray

March 12, 2023

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Colorado Academic Standards:

Content Area: Social Studies // Grade Level: High School // Standard Category: History.

“Prepared Graduates” will:

1. Understand the nature of historical knowledge as a process of inquiry that examines

and analyzes how history is viewed, constructed, and interpreted.

“Grade Level Expectation”:

1. Use the historical method of inquiry to formulate compelling questions, evaluate

primary and secondary sources, analyze and interpret data, and argue for an

interpretation defended by textual evidence.

“Evidence Outcome(s)”

a. Formulate compelling and supporting questions after evaluating primary sources for

point of view and historical context.

b. Gather and analyze historical information to address questions from a range of

primary and secondary sources containing a variety of perspectives.

c. Gather and analyze historical information from a range of qualitative and quantitative

sources. For example: demographic, economic, social, and political data.

d. Construct and defend a historical argument that evaluates interpretations by

analyzing, critiquing, and synthesizing evidence from the full range of relevant

historical sources.

Colorado Department of Education (2020). 2020 Colorado academic standards online. Colorado
academic standards. https://www.cde.state.co.us/apps/standards/6,8,19
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Instructional Objectives:

1. Identify key terms and ideas from the class and correctly define them.

2. Attain a holistic understanding of American History from its origins until present day.

Brainstormed List of Propositions:

1. John Wilkes Booth shot and killed Abraham Lincoln.

2. The Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776.

3. King George III was the monarch of England during the American Revolution.

4. The Manifest Destiny is the belief that the American settlements westward (sea to sea)

was inevitable and ordained by God.

5. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States and Thomas Jefferson

bought the land from Napoleon Bonaparte for less than three cents per acre.

6. Jefferson Davis was the only president of the Confederate States of America.

7. Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and William Sherman served in the Union during the

Civil War while Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson served in the

Confederate Cause.

8. The Founding Fathers were George Washington, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson,

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Adams.

9. The three branches of the US government are the judicial, legislative, and executive

branches.

10. Congress has 100 senators, two from each state.

11. Nine justices make up the bench on the Supreme Court.

12. The United States started with 13 original colonies.

13. Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy were all US

presidents that were assassinated.

14. Franklin Roosevelt served an unprecedented four terms as president lasting from 1933-

1945.

15. Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump are the three US presidents to be

impeached.

16. Harry Truman was the president that ordered the atomic bomb droppings in Japan.

17. The two political parties in America during the 1780s were the federalist who favored a

strong central government, and the anti-federalist who fought for state rights.

18. During a presidential election a candidate must receive 270 of the 538 electoral college

votes to become president.

19. A two-thirds majority vote from both the Senate and the House of Representatives to

overturn a presidential veto.

20. The two most powerful political parties in the United States today are the Republicans

and the Democrats.

High School Selected Response Assessment:

True/False (each question is worth 1 point)

1. John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln.

a. True

b. False

2. The Declaration of Independence was signed in 1787

a. True

b. False

3. Queen Elizabeth was the monarch in England during the American Revolution

a. True

b. False

4. The US congress consists of 50 senators.

a. True

b. False

5. The Supreme Court is comprised of 10 justices.

a. True

b. False

Multiple Choice (each question is worth 1 point)

6. Who was the sole president of the Confederate States of America?

a. Abraham Lincoln

b. Jefferson Davis

c. George Washington
 d. Robert E. Lee

7. Which of the following men is a founding father?

a. Thomas Jefferson

b. Ben Franklin

c. John Adams

d. All of the above

8. Which of the following is a branch of government in the US?

a. Parliament

b. Legislative

c. Oligarchy

d. Feudalism

9. How many colonies did the United States start with?

a. 50

b. 25

c. 13

d. 9

10. Which of the following US presidents were assassinated?

a. William McKinley

b. Theodore Roosevelt

c. Richard Nixon

d. Gerald Ford

Fill in the Blank (each question is worth 1 point)

 11. The _________________ is the belief that the American settlements westward (sea to

sea) was inevitable and ordained by God.

12. The __________________ doubled the size of the United States and Thomas Jefferson

bought the land from Napoleon Bonaparte for less than three cents per acre.

13. _________________ served an unprecedented four terms as president lasting from 1933-

1945.

14. __________________ was the president that ordered the atomic bomb droppings in

Japan.

15. During a presidential election a candidate must receive ________________ electoral

college votes to become president.

Matching (each match is worth 1 point)

16. Match the Confederates and Union affiliated members:

Label: Name:

Union Confederate Abraham Lincoln

Jefferson Davis

Ulysses S. Grant

William Sherman

Robert E. Lee

Stonewall Jackson

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Barnett, R. E. (2017). Restoring the lost constitution: The presumption of Liberty. Princeton
University Press.

Rubric:

Label Basic Developing Proficient Advanced

True or False 0-1 correct 2 correct 3 correct 4-5 correct

answers answers answers answers

Multiple Choice 0-1 correct 2 correct 3 correct 4-5 correct

answers answers answers answers

Fill in the Blank 0-1 correct 2 correct 3 correct 4-5 correct

answers answers answers answers

Matching 0-2 correct 3 correct 4 correct 5-6 correct

matches matches matches matches

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 Answer Key:

1. A 9. C

2. B 10. A

3. B 11. Manifest Destiny

4. B 12. Louisiana Purchase

5. B 13. Franklin Roosevelt

6. B 14. Harry Truman

7. D 15. 270 of the 538

8. B 16. Union: Lincoln, Grant, Sherman. Confederate: Davis, Lee, and

Jackson.