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Warm Ups & Short Answer Responses (SAs)

Evaluate student understanding of Civil War and Reconstruction concepts through short answer responses. Includes government roles, failure reflection, Reconstruction amendments, and Jim Crow laws.

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Warm Ups & Short Answer Responses (SAs)

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  1. Warm Ups &Short Answer Responses (SAs) Civil War & Reconstruction (Review)

  2. Name:__________________________ Directions:Score each activity below using the “Social Studies Rubric” and the four point scale. Write your score on the line provided. If you do not have an activity for a day you had an excused absence, write the letter “A” on the line provided, otherwise write a “0”. Then add up your scores. Total Points (TP) _____ Actual Total (AT) _____ (20) Notes: • Total Points (TP) is the sum of your warm up scores. To determine your TP, add up the scores for all of your warm ups/written activities. • Actual Total (AT) is the number of warm ups multiplied by four (a perfect score). To determine your AT, count the number of warm ups you were present for and multiply this number by four (the true actual total – perfect attendance). TOTAL SCORE _____/10

  3. Name: Directions:Score each activity below using the “Social Studies Rubric” and the four point scale. Write your score on the line provided. If you do not have an activity for a day you had an excused absence, write the letter “A” on the line provided, otherwise write a “0”. Then add up your scores.

  4. Total Points (TP) Actual Total (AT) . Notes: • Total Points (TP) is the sum of your warm up scores. To determine your TP, add up the scores for all of your warm ups/written activities. • Actual Total (AT) is the number of warm ups multiplied by four (a perfect score). To determine your AT, count the number of warm ups you were present for and multiply this number by four (the true actual total – perfect attendance). TOTAL SCORE _____/10

  5. SA Key

  6. Short Answer (SA)Government, School & Community In AS2, students will examine the role of government, school and the community in their lives. • Identify what you believe to be the type of government in the U.S. today. • Describe what you believe is the purpose of government. • Describe what you believe is the purpose of school. • Identify what you believe are TWO responsibilities of citizens of the U.S. today. • Be sure to include specific details and examples in your response. SCORE_____

  7. SA: Failure Directions: Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the tasks below. Then write a Brief Constructed Response (BCR: 3-5 sentences) in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations. “The principle is this: each failure leads us closer to deeper knowledge, to greater creativity in understanding old data, to new lines of inquiry. Thomas Edison experienced 10,000 failures before he succeeded in perfecting the lightbulb. When a friend of his remarked that 10,000 failures was a lot, Edison replied, "I didn't fail 10,000 times, I successfully eliminated 10,000 materials and combinations that didn't work." —Myles Brand, "Taking the Measure of Your Success" • Explain the opinion of “failure” expressed in the passage above. • Describe a time in your life when one (or more) failure(s) on your part help(ed) you to achieve success. • Include details and examples to support your response. • Be prepared to share your response with the class.

  8. SA: Civil War – Election of 1860 Look at the chart below. • Identify which party received the most popular votes in the election of 1860. • Identify which candidate received a majority of the electoral votes. • Explain why the results of this election led to southern secession from the Union. • Include historical details and examples to support your response. SCORE_____

  9. SA: Reconstruction - Amendments Following the Civil War, Reconstruction-era amendments altered the lives of African-Americans. • List the rights guaranteed to African Americans in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. • If you were granted the passage of one and only one of the three Reconstruction Amendments, in your opinion, which is the most important amendment and why? • Include examples and cases that apply to your lives in today’s world. SCORE_____

  10. SA: Reconstruction - Amendments Following the Civil War, Reconstruction-era amendments altered the lives of African-Americans. • List the rights guaranteed to African Americans in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. • If you were granted the passage of one and only one of the three Reconstruction Amendments, in your opinion, which is the most important amendment and why? • Include examples and cases that apply to your lives in today’s world.

  11. SA: Jim Crow Laws • Describe Jim Crow laws and how they worked. • List TWO ways that the “Jim Crow” laws affected the lives of the freedmen in the South following the Civil War. • Include details and examples to support your answer. Following the Civil War, many governments in the South passed Jim Crow laws to lesson the impact of Reconstruction. SCORE_____

  12. SA: Civil War — Winston Churchill Read the quote below. Winston Churchill concluded the chapter in his book on the Civil War with above statement. • Explain what Winston Churchill meant by the quote. • Based on your knowledge of the events leading up to the war and the actual war itself, ASSESS the validity of Churchill’s statement. • Include historical details and examples to support your answer. Write a bold introduction (thesis statement) for the SA question. SCORE_____

  13. SA: Civil War — Winston Churchill Write a bold introduction (thesis statement) for the SA question.

  14. Quiz No. 1: Civil War & Recon.SA Question No. 31 • Based on the chart, identify TWO rights that were given to African Americans during Reconstruction. • Explain the historical significance of TWO acts of legislation from the chart above. • Include historical details and examples to support your answer.

  15. Quiz No. 1: Civil War & Recon.SA Question No. 31 Sample Introductions • During the Reconstruction period, African Americans were granted more rights through the passing of legislative acts. • African Americans were given the right to vote and the right to be included as citizens in the U.S. • According to the chart, during the Reconstruction Act of 1867, African Americans were given more rights. • During Reconstruction, many acts or legislation were put into effect, and had a great impact on African Americans and history in general. • Two rights that were given to African Americans were the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments.

  16. Students may NOT share answers. ALL quizzes MUST begin at the same time. Pencils may NOT be broken in half, nor may students share pencils and/or pens. Students who finish their quiz before their time is used up may NOT give their extra time to another student. Students may purchase the right to use a pencil for five (5) quiz-taking minutes. Students who are disruptive during any stage of the quiz-taking process will receive a 0% for any infraction there after. Before the quiz can be administered, the following requirements must be fulfilled: All students who do NOT have BROWNEYESMUST, in an orderly fashion (I know this will be hard for many of you): Place all of your materials (textbooks, notebooks, pencils, pens, etc.) neatly along the wall at the back of the classroom. Then, place your chairs neatly along the wall at the front of the classroom. All students with BROWN EYES please remain quietly in your seats while we wait for the “NON-BROWN EYES” (sorry you have to put up with them). Each student will have 20 minutes to take the quiz from the time these directions appear on the board. BROWN-EYED students are allowed to use their notes and textbook. NON-BROWN-EYES are NOT allowed to use their notes and MUST remain standing throughout the entire quiz. Quiz No. 1 Directions Students will take a quiz on Unit 1: Civil War & Reconstruction (Review). During the quiz, students must adhere to the following rules:

  17. STOP!!! • What’s going on here? • NON-BROWN-EYES, get your stuff and give me back my pencils!!! • BROWN EYES, what’s wrong with you? Don’t you care about your classmates?!?

  18. SA Key

  19. Inside/Outside Circle Card • On the term side, write your name. • On the blank side, write a QUESTION to which your term, concept, event, etc. is the answer (do NOT use the term in the question). What was the first major battle of the Civil War where the South won, setting the tone for the early years of the war? Bull Run Wagner

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