Assessments are a key way to check in on student learning and to make sure that students are staying on task and actively learning. Below you will find examples of assessments that you can use to check your students learning progress.
This pre-assessment "quiz" or question sheet is intended to give to students before they start learning about a unit to find out what they already know about the unit. Click on the button below to go to pre-assessment!
The formative assessment is designed to evaluate students progress throughout the unit and provide ongoing feedback. Below is an ABC of Ancient Egypt activity with directions that can be used as fun formative assessment for students!
The summative assessment is designed to evaluate student learning at the end of a lesson or unit. Below is an idea for a summative assessment with directions where students get to channel their inner creativity and make a real estate brochure or flyer to demonstrate their knowledge of the impact of geography in Ancient Egypt.
Essential Questions:
Common Core Standards:
- Why were pharaohs important to ancient Egyptians?
- What economic and geographic factors led to the rise of the Ancient Egyptian Civilization?
- How do the natural resources of a geographical region affect the day to day life of the people?
- How does a leader of a country impact the socioeconomic aspect of a culture?
Common Core Standards:
- 6.3 EARLY RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS IN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE (ca. 3500 B.C.E. – ca. 500 B.C.E.): Complex societies and civilizations developed in the Eastern Hemisphere. Although these complex societies and civilizations have certain defining characteristics in common, each is also known for unique cultural achievements and contributions. Early human communities in the Eastern Hemisphere adapted to and modified the physical environment.
- 6.5 COMPARATIVE CLASSICAL CIVILIZATIONS IN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE (ca. 600 B.C.E. – ca. 500 C.E.): As complex societies and civilizations change over time, their political and economic structures evolve. A golden age may be indicated when there is an extended period of time that is peaceful, prosperous, and demonstrates great cultural achievements.
- 6.7 INTERACTIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE (ca. 600 C.E. – ca. 1450): Trade networks promoted the exchange and diffusion of language, belief systems, tools, intellectual ideas, inventions, and diseases.
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