CIVICS BENCHMARK ACCOUNTABILITY TASK CARD SS.7.C.3.1d Point of View of Reference public and current issues. STANDARD: Demonstrate an understanding of the principles, functions, and organization of government. BENCHMARK: SS.7.C.3.1 Compare different of government (direct democracy, representative democracy, socialism, communism, monarchy, oligarchy, autocracy). BENCHMARK KEY PEOPLE, SAMPLE ITEM EVENTS, IDEAS, AND DOCUMENTS absolute monarchy, direct democracy, representative democracy, republic, socialism, communism, monarchy, oligarchy, autocracy SAMPLE HIGHER ORDER STUDENT SCALE QUESTIONS TEST ITEM SPECIFICATION NOTES QUESTIONS What is the difference between a How have I used concepts from this The student will: benchmark? direct democracy and a Students will identify different of How did the benchmark help me better representation democracy? government based on its political understand __________? What is the difference between philosophy or organizational structure. Where is my learning on the scale? Communism and Socialism? Students will analyze scenarios How does an oligarchy conflict describing various forms of government. with democratic principles? Students will apply their understanding of the definitions of the various forms of government. Content Limit: Items will not require students to identify SOCIAL STUDIES TASK QUESTION STUDENT SUMMATIVE WRITING TASK specific countries by a form of STEMS government. Task: Compare and Contrast After studying ___________, the evidence Items will not require students to How are ___ and ____ similar? from the lesson that helps me understand and How does the comparison between evaluate the efficacy of different forms answer the essential question is __________. and ___ help to illustrate _ ? of government. This relates to the essential question What do ___ and ___ have in because____________. common? Stimulus Attributes: Items addressing THINKING MAPS CORRELATION Which sentence gives the best comparisons of different forms of Cognitive Process: Compare and Contrast description of how ____ and ____ deal government may use historical and with ______? Product: Double Bubble Map contemporary documents and other relevant How are ___ and ___ different? stimuli (e.g., maps, timelines, charts, graphs, tables).
CIVICS BENCHMARK ACCOUNTABILITY TASK CARD SS.7.C.3.1d Point of View of Reference public and current issues. STANDARD: Demonstrate an understanding of the principles, functions, and organization of government. BENCHMARK: SS.7.C.3.1 Compare different of government (direct democracy, representative democracy, socialism, communism, monarchy, oligarchy, autocracy). BENCHMARK KEY PEOPLE, EVENTS, IDEAS, AND DOCUMENTS SAMPLE ITEM absolute monarchy, direct democracy, representative democracy, republic, socialism, communism, monarchy, oligarchy, autocracy SAMPLE HIGHER ORDER QUESTIONS STUDENT SCALE QUESTIONS TEST ITEM SPECIFICATION NOTES What is the difference between a direct democracy and a representation democracy? What is the difference between Communism and Socialism? How does an oligarchy conflict with democratic principles? 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 identify different of government based on its political philosophy or organizational structure. Students will analyze scenarios describing various forms of government. Students will apply their understanding of the definitions of the various forms of government. Content Limit: Items will not require students to identify specific countries by a form of government. Items will not require students to evaluate the efficacy of different forms of government. Stimulus Attributes: Items addressing comparisons of different forms 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? Which sentence gives the best description of how ____ and ____ deal with ______? How are ___ and ___ different? After 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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