Sample Assessment Items
This is not meant to be printed off and given as a test…this document is to give you ideas of how this standard might be assessed. Please use these as an example when you are developing your own formative assessments. Remember formative assessment is to be given throughout the teaching of a standard to help you guide your instruction based on students needs. A good formative assessment should have a mix of multiple choice as well as open ended.
SS3H2 The student will discuss the lives of Americans who expanded people’s rights and freedoms in a democracy.
a. Paul Revere (independence), Frederick Douglass (civil rights), Susan B. Anthony (women’s rights), Mary McLeod Bethune (education), Franklin D. Roosevelt (New Deal and World War II), Eleanor Roosevelt (United Nations and human rights), Thurgood Marshall (civil rights), Lyndon B. Johnson (Great Society and voting rights), and César Chávez (workers’ rights).
b. Explain social barriers, restrictions, and obstacles that these historical figures had to overcome and describe how they overcame them.
Multiple Choice:
The main obstacle Paul Revere had to overcome to work for liberty was ____________.
a. the British Army
b. the Sons of Liberty
c. George Washington
d. Massachusetts colonists
Answer: a
Paul Revere is associated with which historical event?
a. the Civil Rights movement
b. the Worker’s Rights movement
c. education and Women’s Rights
d. independence and the American Revolution
Answer: d
What was the British Army going to do that Paul Revere wanted to stop?
a. burn Boston
b. start the Boston Tea Party
c. capture George Washington
d. destroy the weapons of the militia
Answer: d
Who warned colonists that British soldiers were marching from Boston?
a. Paul Revere
b. Cesar Chavez
c. Frederick Douglass
d. Thurgood Marshall
Answer: a
Paul Revere is remembered for his fight for _____________.
a. civil rights
b. voting rights
c. independence
d. women’s rights
Answer: c
Frederick Douglass wrote an autobiography about his years ______________.
a. sailing to America
b. fighting the British
c. fighting for women’s rights
d. as an enslaved farm worker
Answer: d
Frederick Douglass used what skill to work against slavery?
a. singing hymns
b. building railroads
c. making speeches
d. becoming president
Answer: c
Which of these American leaders fought for women’s right to vote?
a. Susan B. Anthony
b. Eleanor Roosevelt
c. Martha Washington
d. Mary McLeod Bethune
Answer: a
Susan B. Anthony is best known for _____________________.
a. refusing to give up her seat on a public bus
b. her work to secure the right to vote for women
c. being one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence
d. her historic Midnight Ride warning colonists of the impending British Army attack
Answer: c
Which award would be BEST to give to Susan B. Anthony?
a. “Most Popular Person”
b. “Greatest Women’s Accomplishment”
c. “Leader of American Independence”
d. “Best Supporter of Worker’s Rights”
Answer: b
Why did Mary McLeod Bethune move to Florida?
a. She liked to swim.
b. She enjoyed the weather.
c. She could not get a job in South Carolina.
d. She wanted to start a school for railroad workers.
Answer: d
Mary McLeod Bethune is best known for _____________________.
a. refusing to give up her seat on a public bus
b. leading the movement to give women the right to vote
c. being the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court
d. starting a school for black students in Daytona Beach, Florida and for being an advisor to President Franklin Roosevelt
Answer: d
Which event shows that Mary McLeod Bethune was dedicated to education?
a. She often participated in the United Nations.
b. She supported Franklin Roosevelt for president.
c. She started a school for African American girls.
d. She attempted to get women the right to vote.
Answer: c
Which of these people opened a school in Florida that became a university?
a. Susan B. Anthony
b. Franklin Roosevelt
c. Eleanor Roosevelt
d. Mary McLeod Bethune
Answer: d
Which of these American leaders led the United States during World War II?
a. John Q. Adams
b. Abraham Lincoln
c. Lyndon B. Johnson
d. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Answer: d
Which of the following presidents is known for creating a federal program called the "New Deal"?
a. Herbert Hoover
b. John F. Kennedy
c. Theodore Roosevelt
d. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Answer: d
The main obstacle Franklin D. Roosevelt had to face was ___________.
a. his height
b. having polio
c. his poor eyesight
d. his fear of public speaking
Answer: b
Eleanor Roosevelt helped her husband when he was both governor of New York and ______________.
a. founder of a school
b. a supreme Court justice
c. head of a farm workers union
d. president of the United States
Answer: d
Although she was shy, Eleanor Roosevelt often traveled for her husband, Franklin. Why would she travel instead of him?
a. He was too busy.
b. He was president.
c. He didn’t feel like it.
d. He didn’t get around very well.
Answer: d
Which famous American was the head of the United Nations Human Rights Commission?
a. Cesar Chavez
b. Eleanor Roosevelt
c. Frederick Douglass
d. Lyndon B. Johnson
Answer: b
Several years after the death of her husband, what American First Lady was appointed as a delegate to the United Nations?
a. Hilary Clinton
b. Nancy Reagan
c. Eleanor Roosevelt
d. Jacqueline Kennedy
Which American leader helped end segregation of public schools?
a. Cesar Chavez
b. Franklin Roosevelt
c. Thurgood Marshall
d. Mary McLeod Bethune
Answer: c
Which famous American became the first African American justice on the Supreme Court and fought for desegregation?
a. Susan B. Anthony
b. Thurgood Marshall
c. Frederick Douglass
d. Lyndon B. Johnson
Answer: b
In order for Thurgood Marshall to succeed as a lawyer and Supreme Court justice, which obstacle did he have to overcome?
a. segregation
b. independence
c. the right to vote
d. lack of education
Answer: a
Which goal did Thurgood Marshall work to accomplish?
a. He set world records during his career.
b. He worked to integrate all public schools.
c. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for nonviolence.
d. He was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson.
Answer: b
Thurgood Marshall is BEST known for his work in the area of _______________.
a. civil rights
b. women’s rights
c. the New Deal
d. the Great Society
Answer: a
Your school probably has children of different races. Who is MOST remembered for helping to make sure that children of different races go to the same school?
a. Cesar Chavez
b. Franklin Roosevelt
c. Thurgood Marshall
d. Mary McLeod Bethune
Answer: c
President Lyndon B. Johnson wanted Congress to pass _________________.
a. the 19th Amendment
b. the voting Rights Act
c. Brown v. Board of Education
d. The Human Rights Commission
Answer: c
Lyndon B. Johnson is BEST known for providing ________________.
a. a plan for a New Deal
b. leadership during World War II
c. organization for a farm worker’s union
d. a Great Society program to help Americans
Answer: d
Who was responsible for passing the Voting Rights Act?
a. Lyndon B. Johnson
b. Thurgood Marshall
c. Frederick Douglass
d. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Answer: a
Which American leader worked to improve the lives of farm workers?
a. Paul Revere
b. Cesar Chavez
c. Susan B. Anthony
d. Eleanor Roosevelt
Answer: b
Cesar Chavez was a key figure in gaining rights for what group of people?
a. migrant workers
b. industrial workers
c. illegal immigrants
d. people accused of crimes
Answer: a
Which obstacle would Thurgood Marshall have to overcome before becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1967?
a. racial discrimination
b. military discrimination
c. gender discrimination
d. religious discrimination
Answer: a
Open ended:
How did _______________ expand our rights and freedoms? (Paul Revere, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Mary McLeod Bethune, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, César Chávez)
What obstacles did ______________________ overcome? (Paul Revere, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Mary McLeod Bethune, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, César Chávez)
In what ways do you think Lyndon B. Johnson’s work for voting rights was important?
In what ways did Lyndon B. Johnson and Thurgood Marshall work for democracy?
Compare and contrast the lives of two famous Americans. Choose two: Paul Revere, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Mary McLeod Bethune, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, César Chávez
How did Paul Revere help the United States become an independent country?
How did Susan B. Anthony help women get the right to vote?
In what ways did Frederick Douglass work to improve civil rights?
Why did Mary McLeod Bethune believe education was important?
How did Franklin Delano Roosevelt help Americans when many people lost most of their money and their jobs?
How did actions of Eleanor Roosevelt expand the rights and freedoms of people in our country?
What role did Eleanor Roosevelt’s beliefs in human rights?
How did Thurgood Marshall’s beliefs affect his fight for civil rights?
Why was it important to Lyndon B. Johnson that all people had the right to vote?
Why was it important to Lyndon B. Johnson that all people had the right to vote?
How were the beliefs of Lyndon B. Johnson, Thurgood Marshall, and Eleanor Roosevelt similar?
How were Thurgood Marshall’s actions related to the actions of others?
How did the actions of the government impact Lyndon B. Johnson?
Why did Cesar Chavez feel that there needed to be change for farm workers?
What were some things that Cesar Chavez did to help bring change for farm workers?
How did Cesar Chavez’s words and actions help farm workers in California?
Why did Cesar Chavez feel that there needed to be change for farm workers?
What were some things that Cesar Chavez did to help bring change for farm workers?
Why were changes to farm workers’ rights important?