General Strategies / Instructional Supports for All Students: High School Social Studies

Assessment Strategies

The following modifiable tools and materials support differentiated instruction and student achievement of social studies learning outcomes. They supplement the assessment strategies provided to meet the specifics of each suggested activity in Related Issue 2.

Multiple Ways to Access Information, Reading Comprehension, and Vocabulary Development

Research and Inquiry:

Teaching Resource—Oxford University Press, Living in a Globalizing World:
- AM 1 Demonstrating Understanding Rubric
- AM 2 Generating & Organizing Ideas Rubric
- AM 4 Considering Multiple Perspectives & Viewpoints Rubric
- AM 15 Discussing Issues Rating Scale
Teaching Resource—McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Exploring Globalization:
- Reproducible 2.8.1 Analyzing and Interpreting Cause-and-Effect Relationships: Genocide in Rwanda

Oral and Visual Literacy:

Teachnology website: Graphic Organizers Maker
LearnAlberta.ca:
- Modelling the Tools: Interpreting and Reinterpreting Images
- A Classroom Example of Interpreting and Reinterpreting Images

Textual Literacy:

Teaching Resource—Oxford University Press, Living in a Globalizing World:
- AM 20 Persuasive Writing Assignment Rubric
Instructional Strategies Online website: What Are Graphic Organizers?

Media Literacy:

Teaching Resource—Oxford University Press, Living in a Globalizing World:
- AM 2 Generating & Organizing Ideas Rubric
- AM 3 Considering Multiple Perspectives Rating Scale
- AM 4 Considering Multiple Perspectives & Viewpoints Rubric
Animoto website

Learning with Others/Working Together Strategies

Activating Prior Knowledge and Dimensions of Thinking

Critical and Historical Thinking:

Teaching Resource—Oxford University Press, Living in a Globalizing World:
- AM 1 Demonstrating Understanding Rubric
- AM 2 Generating & Organizing Ideas Rubric
- RM 0.7 Analyzing Historical Documents
- RM 0.11 Critical Assessment: Plus-and-Minus Chart
Teaching Resource—McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Exploring Globalization:
- Reproducible 2.8.2 Assessing Responses to the Genocide in Rwanda
Teaching Resource—Oxford University Press, Understandings of Ideologies:
- RM 4.2 Using Criteria to Determine Historical Significance
- RM 4.3 Skill Path: Understanding Cause and Effect Relationships and the Historical Significance of Changes and Events
- RM 5.2 Identifying Points of View and Perspectives
- RM 5.3 Skill Path: Analyzing Differences between Historical Facts and Interpretations in Sources and Narratives
Knowledge and Employability Studio (Social Studies):
- Self-assessment Checklist: 10-4.2 The History of Globalization
- Social Studies 10-4 Multimedia Interactives (Section 10-4.2: The History of Globalization)

General Strategies