Student Response and Assessment Tools

Lesson Idea Name: World War II

Content Area: World History/ Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 5th
Content Standard Addressed:

SS5H4 Explain Americas involvement in World War II.

1. Describe German aggression in Europe and Japanese aggression in Asia.

2. Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific; include Pearl Harbor, Iwo

Jima, D-Day, VE and VJ Days, and the Holocaust.

3. Discuss President Trumans decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and

Nagasaki.

4. Identify Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill, Hirohito, Truman, Mussolini, and Hitler.

5. Describe the effects of rationing and the changing role of women and African Americans or

Blacks; include Rosie the Riveter and the Tuskegee Airmen.

6. Explain the role of Eleanor Roosevelt and the U.S. in the formation of the United Nations.

Technology Standard Addressed:

3. Knowledge Constructor

Selected Technology Tool:

Socrative iRespond Quizlet Plickers Kahoot! Office365 Forms
Other:
URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):

Technology that student will use to respond to questions/prompts:

Computer Hand-held student response system (like iRespond) Phone Tablet (such as iPad)
Other wireless device (such as iPod Touch)
Type of session:
Teacher-Paced Student-Paced
Blooms Taxonomy Level(s):
Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating

Describe the instructional activities that will occur PRIOR to the SRT activity and how you will introduce
the SRT activity.
The activities prior to the SRT activity will be Brain Pop videos, to introduce the unit. The entire class will be
split up into different countries that played a critical role during the war at the beginning of the unit. During
this unit students will be expected to create a propaganda poster as well as learn about the United States role
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in the war as well as the causes of WWII. Students will be reading Number the Stars and other books that
relate to WWII. The class will also participate in a rationing activity. They will also debate whether or not
dropping the bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima was justified.

Describe the purpose of the SRT activity (check all that apply):
Assess prior knowledge Anticipatory set (Create interest in a topic) To illuminate common
misconceptions Formative assessment of content knowledge (for purpose of differentiation and
mastery for ALL students) Summative assessment of content knowledge Test preparation
Survey/Poll Discussion starter Homework collection Other (please explain):

Briefly describe what will happen DURING the SRT activity: (What will the students do? What will the
teacher do? What materials are needed? How long with the activity last?) The SRT activity will be considered
a summative assessment. During the assessment students will be answers the questions with a tablet or
laptop that will be proved for them. The assessment is a teacher paced assessment, so the teacher controls
the allotted time for each question.

Type of questions/prompts used in this activity (check all that apply):

Multiple choice Multiple select True/False Yes/No
Short open-ended response or fill-in the blank Longer open-ended response

If you are unable to provide a working sample of your questions, please list them below (8-10):
1. Who was the leader of the Nazi Party?
2. Which event led to the United States entering WWII?
3. Benito Mussolini was the leader of Italy during WWII
4. Which or the following was NOT an allied power?
5. When is D-day?
6. VE days is May 14
7. Where did the atomic bomb land?
8. What is the Holocaust?
9. When is VJ day?
10. Who was the President f the United States at the start of WWII?
Right/Wrong answers: Will there be right/wrong answers to these questions?
Yes No
Mixed (Some will have correct answers, other will not.)

Immediate corrective feedback: Will you pre-select correct answers to some of all of the questions and
display correct response to the class after the SRT activity?
Yes
No
Why or why not?
Some of the questions are multiple choice and some of them are short answer.
Describe what will happen AFTER the SRT activity?
After the SRT activity is done, the class will come together and start a new unit. This SRT activity was used as a
summative assessment.
How will the data be used?
The data that is collected from this activity will allow the teacher to determine if the student passed or
failed the social studies unit. Each student will be awarded a grade for their scores form this assessment. The
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results will be collected and set aside to monitor each student and their improvement in social studies. I will
use this data to determine who passed or failed the unit. The test will be differentiated by allowing the ESL
students extra time to complete the assessment.

Describe your personal learning goal for this activity.

My personal learning goal with this activity is to become more familiar with classroom tools like clickers. I
hope to learn from this activity an easier way to access and monitor students progress throughout the year.
(Optional) Other comments about your SRT activity:

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