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Assessment Plan

Lesson Objective Activity Assessment Expectation Student


Abilities/Prior
Knowledge
Lesson 1
Pink and
Say
The student was
able to compare
and contrast the
lives of Pink (a
former slave) and
Say (the son of a
small farmer).
The class read
Pink and Say
and created a
chart
comparing and
contrasting
the characters.
The student
wrote 1
paragraph
comparing and
contrasting
Pink and Say.
The student
had at least
three details
contrasting or
comparing the
lives of Pink
and Say.
- Can compare
and contrast
- Have created a
chart to help
with writing
-Students IEP
requires all text
read aloud
Lessons 2,
4, and 5
Antebellum
Flipbook

The student was
able to create a
flipbook about
the antebellum
period including
details from each
social class.
The class
pulled
information
from a text
read together
and add to
flipbook.
The student
created a
flipbook
containing
information
about each
social class.
The student
had at least
four details in
each section
of the
flipbook.
-Created
flipbooks
previously
- Familiar with
pulling details
from text
-Students IEP
requires all text
read aloud
Lesson 3
Gullah
Culture
The student was
able to list facts
about the Gullah
people during
the Civil War.
The class read
two books
aloud and
worked with
two online
resources.
The student
wrote one
interesting fact
for the
following:
music, tales,
and baskets.
The student
wrote one
interesting
fact about
Gullah music,
stories, and
baskets.
-Familiar with
basic concept of
slavery
-Students IEP
requires all text
read aloud
Lesson 6
Antebellum
Role play
The student was
able to recognize
features of social
classes from the
antebellum
period in South
Carolina.
Small groups
read skits and
performed.
The student
matched each
skit to a social
class.
The student
had at least
5/7 correct
identifications
of social
groups.
- Students
interested in
skits.
-Small group to
meet student
needs.

Lesson 7
Sweet
Claras
Quilt

The student was
able to write
about the
importance of
secret messages
in allowing slaves
to escape to
freedom.
The class read
Sweet Clara
and the
Freedom Quilt
aloud and
discussed how
slaves
escaped.
The student
listed 3
difficulties
slaves faced in
escaping, 2
items the used
to escape, and
1 question.
The students
earned their
grade based
upon the
accuracy of
each item
listed. (at least
4/6 items)
- Students knew
slaves used
songs to help
them escape.
- Students IEP
requires all text
read aloud
Assessment Plan

Lesson Objective Activity Assessment Expectation Student
Abilities/Prior
Knowledge
Lesson 8
Follow the
Drinking
Gourd
The student was
able to write
about the
importance of
secret messages
in allowing slaves
to escape to
freedom.
The class
watched an
introductory
video. The
class read
Follow the
Drinking Gourd
aloud.
The students
wrote a journal
entry,
pretending
they were a
slave who
escaped.
The students
included a
date, 3 details,
and were
historically
accurate.
- Students
knew some
strategies
slaves used to
help them
escape.
- Students IEP
requires all
text read aloud
Lesson 9
The Cotton
Gin
The student was
able to write a
paragraph about
the impact of the
cotton gin on
South Carolina.
The class
passed around
cotton to feel
the seeds. The
class read
about the
cotton gin.
The students
wrote a
paragraph to
answer the
question: How
did the cotton
gin affect the
economy of
South
Carolina?.
The students
explained the
following
effects of the
cotton gin:
more slaves,
more money,
and more
cotton.
-Students had
heard about
cotton gin in
passing.
-Students
knew the
South
depended on
slaves.
-All text read
aloud and
group
prewriting
completed.
Lesson 10
South
Carolina
Secedes &
Abolition
The student was
able to able to
write about the
steps that led to
the secession of
South Carolina.
The class
created a
graphic
organizer as
they discussed
secession.
The students
created a
graphic
organizers
displaying the
events leading
to secession.
The students
included all 12
pieces of
important
information.
- The students
are familiar
with the term
abolition.
- The students
can name
some
abolitionists.

Summative Assessment:
The students displayed their content knowledge through a multiple choice unit post-test. Students
received a study guide before hand and participated in whole group review.

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