Formative Assessments and Evaluative Criteria

Learning Outcome Planned Assessment

Day 1 ● Students will summarize the forces that led to Complete an exit ticket
the fall of the Han Dynasty in order to describe describing one political
political and social movements within the and one social movement
Dynasty and list prominent cultural geographic within the Han Dynasty
features. and state one distinct
geographical feature.

Day 2 ● Students will determine the forces that led to the State three elements that
fall of the Mayan Civilization and compare and are similar in the fall of
contrast them to the Han Dynasty in order to the Han and the Mayans.
describe political and social movements within
the Civilization, list prominent cultural
geographic features, and connect it to the fall of
other Classical Societies.

Day 3 ● Students will analyze the forces that led to the Ten question in-class
fall of the Roman Empire and compare and multiple choice quiz on
contrast them to the Han Dynasty and Mayan key points emphasized
Civilization in order to describe political and over the three days about
social movements within the Empire, list the Han, Mayans, and
prominent cultural geographic features, and Romans.
connect it to the fall of other Classical Societies.
Complete the three-way
Venn Diagram comparing
and contrasting the
decline and fall of the
Han Dynasty, Mayan
Civilization, and Roman
Empire.

Evaluative Criteria for Day 1 Assessment, Full/Partial Credit

A student will receive full credit on their exit ticket by:

● Describing one entire political movement within the Han Dynasty.

● Describing one entire social movement within the Han Dynasty.
● Stating one geographical feature of the Han Dynasty.
A student will receive partial credit on their exit ticket if:

● They complete two of the three above criteria to the full standard.

OR

● They complete three of the full credit criteria to some extent, but not to the full standard
(Not fully describing a political or social movement, stating a geographical feature that
was not of significance to the Han Dynasty or not apart of their territory).

A student will receive no credit on their exit ticket if:

● They can only complete one of the three full credit criteria to a complete standard.

OR

● Their answers for the three questions of the extra credit are not correct or incomplete.

Evaluative Criteria for Day 2 Assessment, Full/Partial Credit

A student will receive full credit on their exit ticket by:

● Stating a total of three elements similar in the fall of the Han Dynasty and Mayan
Civilization:
○ It can be any combination of political, socioeconomic, or environmental.

A student will receive partial credit on their exit ticket if:

● Stating two or only one similar in the fall of the Han Dynasty and Mayan Civilization:
○ It can be any combination of political, socioeconomic, or environmental.

A student will receive no credit on their exit ticket if:

● They cannot state any element similar in the similar in the fall of the Han Dynasty and
Mayan Civilization (either political, socioeconomic, or environmental)

Evaluative Criteria for Day 3 Assessment, Quiz Grade/Pass or Fail

 Students will complete a low-stakes ten question multiple choice quiz

o Each question is worth 10 points
o Refer to the quiz answer key
 A student will pass if:
o They answer at least six questions correctly to obtain the minimum number of
points, 60 points out of 100 points
 A student will fail if:
 o They cannot answer at least 6 or more questions, meaning they have not earned
enough points to obtain a bare minimum passing numerical grade

Evaluative Criteria for Day 3 Assessment, Full/Partial Credit

A student will receive full credit on their Venn Diagram by:

● Listing at least one connection between the Roman Empire and Han Dynasty.
● Listing at least one connection between the Roman Empire and Mayan Civilization.
● Listing at least one connection between Mayan Civilization and Han Dynasty.
● Stating at least one connection common between the Roman Empire, the Mayan
Civilization and the Han Dynasty.
● Being able to acknowledge individual factors involved in the fall of empires as well.

A student will receive partial credit on their exit ticket if:

● They can list the similarities between only two connected empires.

● They are unable to list one factor similar in all three empires

● They are do not list individual differences in the fall of empires.

OR

● Some of their connections are incorrect or incomplete.

A student will receive no credit on their exit ticket if:

● They are unable to see any similarities between at least two of the empires AND all three
of the empires.

OR

● Their answers incorrect or incomplete.