CIVICS BENCHMARK ACCOUNTABILITY TASK CARD SS.7.C.3.2 Demonstrate an understanding of the principles, functions, and organization of government. STANDARD: SS.7.C.3.2 Compare parliamentary, federal, confederal, and unitary systems of government. BENCHMARK: BENCHMARK KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, EVENTS, SAMPLE ITEM IDEAS, AND DOCUMENTS confederal, federal, governor, parliamentary, president, minister, unitary SAMPLE HIGHER ORDER QUESTIONS STUDENT QUESTIONS TEST ITEM SPECIFICATION NOTES What is the difference between a governor How have I used concepts from this The student will: benchmark? and president? Students will define parliamentary, How did the benchmark help me How do the organizational structures of federal, confederal, and unitary systems better understand __________? systems of government function? of government. Where is my learning on the scale? How are federal, confederal, and unitary Students will compare the organizational systems similar and different from one structures of systems of government. another? Students will recognize examples of these systems of government. Students will analyze scenarios describing various systems of government. Content Limit: Items will not ask students to name the system of government for countries other than the United States. SOCIAL STUDIES TASK QUESTION STEMS STUDENT SUMMATIVE WRITING Item will not ask students to identify the TASK origins of systems of government. studying ___________, the Task: Compare and Contrast How are ___ and ____ similar? evidence from the lesson that helps me How does the comparison between Stimulus Attributes: Items addressing understand and answer the essential and ___ help to illustrate ? comparisons of various systems of question is ____________. This What do ___ and ___ have in common? government may use historical and relates to the essential question sentence gives the best description contemporary documents and other relevant because ______________. of how ____ and ____ deal with ______? stimuli (e.g., maps, timelines, charts, graphs, THINKING MAPS CORRELATION How are ____ and ___ different? tables). Cognitive Process: Compare and Contrast Product: Double Bubble Map
CIVICS BENCHMARK ACCOUNTABILITY TASK CARD SS.7.C.3.2 STANDARD: Demonstrate an understanding of the principles, functions, and organization of government. BENCHMARK: SS.7.C.3.2 Compare parliamentary, federal, confederal, and unitary systems of government. BENCHMARK KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, EVENTS, IDEAS, AND DOCUMENTS SAMPLE ITEM confederal, federal, governor, parliamentary, president, minister, unitary SAMPLE HIGHER ORDER QUESTIONS STUDENT QUESTIONS TEST ITEM SPECIFICATION NOTES What is the difference between a governor and president? How do the organizational structures of systems of government function? How are federal, confederal, and unitary systems similar and different from one another? How have I used concepts from this benchmark? How did the benchmark help me better understand __________? Where is my learning on the scale? The student will: Students will define parliamentary, federal, confederal, and unitary systems of government. Students will compare the organizational structures of systems of government. Students will recognize examples of these systems of government. Students will analyze scenarios describing various systems of government. Content Limit: Items will not ask students to name the system of government for countries other than the United States. Item will not ask students to identify the origins of systems of government. Stimulus Attributes: Items addressing comparisons of various systems of government may use historical and contemporary documents and other relevant stimuli (e.g., maps, timelines, charts, graphs, tables). SOCIAL STUDIES TASK QUESTION STEMS STUDENT SUMMATIVE WRITING TASK Task: Compare and Contrast How are ___ and ____ similar? How does the comparison between and ___ help to illustrate ? What do ___ and ___ have in common? sentence gives the best description of how ____ and ____ deal with ______? How are ____ and ___ different? studying ___________, the evidence from the lesson that helps me understand and answer the essential question is ____________. This relates to the essential question because ______________. THINKING MAPS CORRELATION Cognitive Process: Compare and Contrast Product: Double Bubble Map
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