Social
Studies Small Group Review & Presentation of a Social Studies Resource
Based on an evaluation criteria
developed in class, you will critically review, in small groups, a social
studies, history or geography resource of your choice. You and your small group
will present the resource and your evaluation to the rest of the class.
25% (15% Instructor and 10% Peers). Due: Monday, January 8, 2001
Specific details of this assignment:
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Students will work in groups of 3.
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Based on the information provided on Social Studies Resources in class, develop
an evaluation criteria to critically examine social studies resources.
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During our library visit select a social studies/history/geography resource
that can be critically evaluated applying the criteria developed by your group.
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Your group may want to consider a social studies resource implemented at the
STEP/Practicum School.
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Your written report should include the components considered for the evaluation
criteria. As well, it should provide notes reflecting the analysis of the
particular resource being critiqued.
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Ensure that on your hard copy report, you provide information regarding the
name, publisher, date published, title of the social studies resource and
the appropriate grade level.
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Each group will present their social studies resource and their written evaluation
criteria report to the rest of the group on January 8, 2001. You should have
the social studies resource available for the presentation.
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Your presentation should not exceed 7 minutes in total length.
The mark out of 25 is
assigned as follows:
- 10 marks are
based on Peer Assessment using the "Rubric
for Assessment of Group Presentation of Criteria for Assessing Learning Material"
- 1 group of 3 students
evaluates the group presentation using the rubrics
- a mark out of 10
is based on the following from the rubric assessment:
- level 1=3 points
and below
- level 2=4 to
5 points
- level 3=6 to
8 points
- level 4=9 to
10 points
- the instructor compiles
the overall levels assigned from the rubrics from each member of the group
of 3 and gives an overall level and a mark out of 10
- the peer rubric assessments
are returned to the group presenters
- 15 marks are based
on the instructor's assessment:
- 10 points of this
assigned using the same assessment format as the peer assessment
- 5 points is given
by the instructor based on an overall understanding by the group of assessment
criteria for learning materials
- the marks from the peer
assessment and the instructor's assessment are added to provide the group
with one mark out of 25
- each member of the group
receives the same mark Please note that every group is responsible for one
peer evaluation. Peer evaluations of group presenters are assigned randomly
to each group.