Fall 2010 Grade 12 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):
    12.1 Students explain the fundamental principles and moral values of American democracy as expressed in the U.S. Constitution and other essential documents of American democracy.
     
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    12.2 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on the scope and limits of rights and obligations as democratic citizens, the relationships among them, and how they are secured.
     
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    12.3 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on what the fundamental values and principles of civil society are (i.e., the autonomous sphere of voluntary personal, social, and economic relations that are not part of government), their interdependence, and the meaning and importance of those values and principles for a free society.
     
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    12.4 Students analyze the unique roles and responsibilities of the three branches of government as established by the U.S. Constitution.
     
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    12.5 Students summarize landmark U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution and its amendments.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is high):
    12.6 Students evaluate issues regarding campaigns for national, state, and local elective offices.
     
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    12.7 Students analyze and compare the powers and procedures of the national, state, tribal, and local governments.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is high):
    12.8 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on the influence of the media on American political life.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is high):
    12.9 Students analyze the origins, characteristics, and development of different political systems across time, with emphasis on the quest for political democracy, its advances, and its obstacles.
     
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    12.10 Students formulate questions about and defend their analyses of tensions within our constitutional democracy and the importance of maintaining a balance between the following concepts: majority rule and individual rights; liberty and equality; state and national authority in a federal system; civil disobedience and the rule of law; freedom of the press and the right to a fair trial; the relationship of religion and government.
     
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  1. How often do your students use primary sources?
     
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  1. How often do your students work in small groups?
     
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  1. How often do your students do history related projects?
     
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  1. How often do your students make presentations to the class?
     
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  1. How often do your students create research reports?
     
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  1. How often do your students use a variety of resources in your classroom such as computers, maps, globes, film, etc.?
     
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    Never  Daily


  1. How often do you as a teacher develop lessons and materials that go beyond traditional use of lectures and textbooks?
     
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    never  Daily


  1. How often do you as a teacher create reading and writing activities focused on primary documents?
     
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    Never  Daily


  1. How often do you as a teacher allow time and space for interactive class discussions, debates, etc.?
     
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    Never  Daily


  1. How often do you as a teacher organize instruction to connect a variety of historical themes and topics throughout the year?
     
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    Never  Daily


  1. Rate your personal knowledge in the use of technology and online resources for teaching history.
     
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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