Spring 2011 Grade 5 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):
    5.1 Students describe the major pre-Columbian settlements, including the cliff dwellers and the pueblo people of the desert Southwest, the American Indians of the Pacific Northwest, the nomadic nations of the Great Plains, an the woodland peoples east of the Mississippi River.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is High):
    5.2 Students trace the routes of early explorers and describe the early explorations of the Americas.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is High):
    5.3 Students describe the cooperation and conflict that existed among the American Indians and between the Indian nations and the new settlers.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is High):
    5.4 Students understand the political, religious, social, and economic institutions that evolved in the colonial era.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is High):
    5.5 Students explain the causes of the American Revolution.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is High):
    5.6 Students understand the course and consequences of the American Revolution.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is High):
    5.7 Students describe the people and events associated with the development of the U. S. Constitution and analyze the Constitution's significance as the foundation of the American republic.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is High):
    5.8 Students trace the colonization, immigration, and settlement patterns of the American people from 1789 to the mid-1800's, with emphasis on the role of economic incentives, effects of the physical and political geography, and transportation systems.
     
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  1. Rate your PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of the content of this standard (10 is High):
    5.9 Students know the location of the current 50 states and the names of their capitals.
     
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  1. How often do your students use primary sources?
     
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    Never  Daily


  1. How often do your students work in small groups?
     
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    Never  Daily


  1. How often do your students do history related projects?
     
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    Never  Daily


  1. How often do your students Make presentations to the class?
     
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    Never  Daily


  1. How often do your students create research reports?
     
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    Never  Daily


  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 COMFORT LEVEL with 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