Fifth Period: 10:45am to 11:45am
YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE ONE OF THE TWO ASSESSMENTS:
Antebellum Culture Assessment
Each unit will have one summative assessment at the end that test how well you have learned key standards and ideas. Unit assessments are worth 50 points and the following is the standard breakdown:
15 vocabulary matching questions (1 point each)
5 true/false questions (1 point each)
18 multiple choice questions (1 points each)
3 short answer questions (4 points each)
1 extra credit short answer question (4 point maximum)
Antebellum Culture Essay Test
For the "Antebellum Culture" unit, you will be taking an essay test to better prepare for a common high school assessment type. You will be given five prompts and on your test, three of the five will be provided. You will then need to answer two of the three with two paragraphs or more. Each student will be allowed a 5x3 notecard to use on the test. The possible prompts are as follows:
1) Why do you think the Industrial Revolution led to so many advances in technology?
2) Compare and contrast the lives of enslaved African Americans in the South and free African Americans in the North during the early 1800s.
3) What was the Know-Nothing Party? What political advantage did the Know-Nothing Party gain by opposing Irish immigrants?
4) Who were the people in the South said to make up the ”cottonocracy”? What was its impact on southern culture?
5) Explain how politics and religion led to an American era of reform during the early and mid-1800s. Talk specifically about either a particular denomination of Christianity or individual.