Spring 2010-Grade 8 TAH Teacher Self Assessment - Standards

This information in this survey is private and will only be shared with the grant evaluator. Please include your FIRST and LAST name. There are three sections to this self-assessment: (1) rating your personal knowledge of the content of each standard, (2) rating your knowledge of strategies in teaching each standard, and (3) knowledge in the use of technology/online resources.
Sept. 2009.
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is high):
    8.1 Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is high):
    8.2 Students analyze the political principles underlying the U.S. Constitution and compare the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is high):
    8.3 Students understand the foundation of the American political system and the ways in which citizens participate in it.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is high):
    8.4 Students analyze the aspirations and ideals of the people of the new nation.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is high):
    8.5 Students analyze U.S. foreign policy in the early Republic.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is high):
    8.6 Students analyze the divergent paths of the American people from 1800 to the mid-1800s and the challenges they faced, with emphasis on the Northeast.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is high):
    8.7 Students analyze the divergent paths of the American people in the South from 1800 to the mid-1800s and the challenges they faced.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is high):
    8.8 Students analyze the divergent paths of the American people in the West from 1800 to the mid-1800s and the challenges they faced.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is high):
    8.9 Students analyze the early and steady attempts to abolish slavery and to realize the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is high):
    8.10 Students analyze the multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is high):
    8.11 Students analyze the character and lasting consequences of Reconstruction.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is high):
    8.12 Students analyze the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in the United States in response to the Industrial Revolution.
     
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  1. SECTION 2: In this section you are asked to rate your KNOWLEDGE of STRATEGIES to TEACH each standard (10 is high).


  1. Rate your KNOWLEDGE of STRATEGIES to TEACH this standard (10 is high):
    8.1 Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    Low  High


  1. Rate your KNOWLEDGE of STRATEGIES to TEACH this standard (10 is high):
    8.2 Students analyze the political principles underlying the U.S. Constitution and compare the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government.
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
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  1. Rate your KNOWLEDGE of STRATEGIES to TEACH this standard (10 is high):
    8.3 Students understand the foundation of the American political system and the ways in which citizens participate in it.
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
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  1. Rate your KNOWLEDGE of STRATEGIES to TEACH this standard (10 is high):
    8.4 Students analyze the aspirations and ideals of the people of the new nation.
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
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  1. Rate your KNOWLEDGE of STRATEGIES to TEACH this standard (10 is high):
    8.5 Students analyze U.S. foreign policy in the early Republic.
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    Low  High


  1. Rate your KNOWLEDGE of STRATEGIES to TEACH this standard (10 is high):
    8.6 Students analyze the divergent paths of the American people from 1800 to the mid-1800s and the challenges they faced, with emphasis on the Northeast.
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    Low  High


  1. Rate your KNOWLEDGE of STRATEGIES to TEACH this standard (10 is high):
    8.7 Students analyze the divergent paths of the American people in the South from 1800 to the mid-1800s and the challenges they faced.
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    Low  High


  1. Rate your KNOWLEDGE of STRATEGIES to TEACH this standard (10 is high):
    8.8 Students analyze the divergent paths of the American people in the West from 1800 to the mid-1800s and the challenges they faced.
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    Low  High


  1. Rate your KNOWLEDGE of STRATEGIES to TEACH this standard (10 is high):
    8.9 Students analyze the early and steady attempts to abolish slavery and to realize the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    Low  High


  1. Rate your KNOWLEDGE of STRATEGIES to TEACH this standard (10 is high):
    8.10 Students analyze the multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War.
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    Low  High


  1. Rate your KNOWLEDGE of STRATEGIES to TEACH this standard (10 is high):
    8.11 Students analyze the character and lasting consequences of Reconstruction.

     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    Low  High


  1. Rate your KNOWLEDGE of STRATEGIES to TEACH this standard (10 is high):
    8.12 Students analyze the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in the United States in response to the Industrial Revolution.

     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    Low  High


  1. SECTION 3: In this section, you will rate your personal knowledge in the use of technology, online resources, and the overall grant (10 is high).


  1. Rate your COMFORT LEVEL with the use of technology for teaching history.
     
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  1. Rate your COMFORT LEVEL in the use of ONLINE RESOURCES as part of a lesson in teaching history.
     
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  1. Rate your UNDERSTANDING of WAYS to integrate technology into my history classroom.
     
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  1. Rate your UNDERSTANDING of STRATEGIES for integrating online resources into my history classroom.
     
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  1. Rate your UNDERSTANDING of the goals of this Teaching American History grant.
     
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  1. Approximately how many lessons did you teach last year using primary resources? (Please provide an estimated number).


  1. General Comments.





Lynne Silva