Teacher Work Sample Learning Goals (LG) Chart
Learning Goal Learning Objectives (To
(LG) meet LG)
#1 Students will
be able to identify - Students will collaborate
and apply to form comprehension of
characteristics to Characteristics of Absolute
Absolute Monarchs.
Monarchs.
- Students will compare
characteristics and actions
from one historical figure to
another.
-Students will interpret and
discuss characteristics of
absolute monarchs
regarding Absolutism
Maine Common Core Applications of
Standards (MCCS) Alignment Bloom’s
Taxonomy
History 1, (D1): Analyzing and Apply:
critiquing varying interpretations -Students will
of historic people, issues, or interpret and
events, and explain how discuss
evidence from primary and characteristics of
secondary sources is used to absolute monarchs
support and/or refute different regarding
interpretations. * Absolutism
Analyze:
History 1, (D4): Making a
decision related to the classroom, - Students will
school, community, civic compare
organization, Maine, United characteristics and
States, or international entity by actions from one
applying appropriate and historical figure to
relevant social studies another.
knowledge and skills, including
research skills, ethical reasoning
skills, and other relevant
information. * Understand /
Knowledge:
History 2, (D2): Making use of
primary and secondary sources, -Students will
identifying and analyzing major interpret and
turning points and events in the discuss
history of world cultures as it characteristics of
pertains to various historical and absolute monarchs
recent migrant groups. * regarding
(Developing Across the Unit) Absolutism
History 1,(F4): Developing
individual and collaborative
decisions/plans by considering
multiple points of view,
weighing pros and cons, building
on the ideas of others, and
sharing information in an attempt
to sway the opinions of others. *
#2: Students will - Students will identify History 1, (D1): Analyzing and Apply:
be able to know aspects of life in 1500s critiquing varying interpretations
and understand Europe. of historic people, issues, or - Students will
how different events, and explain how model how
factors - Students will model how evidence from primary and Feudalism in 1500s
contributed to life Feudalism in 1500s Europe secondary sources is used to Europe Works.
/ lives in 1500s Works. support and/or refute different
Europe. interpretations. *
Knowledge /
Understanding:
History 2, (D2): Making use of
primary and secondary sources, - Students will
identifying and analyzing major identify aspects of
turning points and events in the life in 1500s
history of world cultures as it Europe.
pertains to various historical and
recent migrant groups. *
(Developing Across the Unit)

History 1, (D4): Making a

decision related to the classroom,
school, community, civic
organization, Maine, United
States, or international entity by
applying appropriate and
relevant social studies
knowledge and skills, including
research skills, ethical reasoning
skills, and other relevant
information. *

History 1,(F4): Developing

individual and collaborative
decisions/plans by considering
multiple points of view,
weighing pros and cons, building
on the ideas of others, and

#3: Students will - Students will identify
be able to aspects of life in 1500s
understand Europe.
religion’s impact
on 1500s Europe. -Students will interpret and
discuss characteristics of
absolute monarchs
regarding Absolutism
sharing information in an attempt
to sway the opinions of others. *
History 1, (D1): Analyzing and
critiquing varying interpretations Understand /
of historic people, issues, or Knowledge:
events, and explain how
evidence from primary and - Students will
secondary sources is used to identify aspects of
support and/or refute different life in 1500s
interpretations. * Europe.
-Students will
History 2, (D2): Making use of interpret and
primary and secondary sources, discuss
identifying and analyzing major characteristics of
turning points and events in the absolute monarchs
history of world cultures as it regarding
pertains to various historical and Absolutism
recent migrant groups. *
(Developing Across the Unit).