Civics Mini-Assessment Content Focus Report 2017-2018

Mini-Assessment 2: Foundations of Government & Creating the U.S. Constitution
Item # / Main Tested Benchmark / Also Assessed Benchmark / Complexity / Skill Code / Content Focus
1 / SS.7.C.1.1 Recognize how Enlightenment ideas including Montesquieu’s view of separation of powers and John Locke’s theories related to natural law and how Locke’s social contract influenced the Founding Fathers. / n/a / Low / SR / Montesquieu
2 / SS.7.C.1.1 Recognize how Enlightenment ideas including Montesquieu’s view of separation of powers and John Locke’s theories related to natural law and how Locke’s social contract influenced the Founding Fathers. / n/a / High / TA/QA / Separation of powers
3 / SS.7.C.1.1 Recognize how Enlightenment ideas including Montesquieu’s view of separation of powers and John Locke’s theories related to natural law and how Locke’s social contract influenced the Founding Fathers. / n/a / Moderate / TA/QA / John Locke
4 / SS.7.C.1.2 Trace the impact that the Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact, and Thomas Paine’s Common Sense had on colonists’ views of government. / n/a / Moderate / SA / Mayflower Compact
5 / SS.7.C.1.2 Trace the impact that the Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact, and Thomas Paine’s Common Sense had on colonists’ views of government. / n/a / Low / SR / Thomas Paine's Common Sense
6 / SS.7.C.1.2 Trace the impact that the Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact, and Thomas Paine’s Common Sense had on colonists’ views of government. / n/a / High / TA/QA / Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
7 / SS.7.C.1.3 Describe how English policies and responses to colonial concerns led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence. / n/a / Moderate / SA / Taxation without representation
8 / SS.7.C.1.3 Describe how English policies and responses to colonial concerns led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence. / n/a / Moderate / SA / English colonial policies/colonial grievances
9 / SS.7.C.1.4 Analyze the ideas (natural rights, role of the government) and complaints set forth in the Declaration of Independence. / n/a / Moderate / TA/QA / Natural rights
10 / SS.7.C.1.4 Analyze the ideas (natural rights, role of the government) and complaints set forth in the Declaration of Independence. / n/a / Moderate / TA/QA / Declaration of Independence
11 / SS.7.C.1.5 Identify how the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation led to the writing of the Constitution. / n/a / Moderate / SA / Articles of Confederation
12 / SS.7.C.1.5 Identify how the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation led to the writing of the Constitution. / n/a / Moderate / SA / Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
13 / SS.7.C.1.8 Explain the viewpoints of the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists regarding the ratification of the Constitution and inclusion of a bill of rights. / n/a / Low / SR / Anti-Federalists
14 / SS.7.C.1.8 Explain the viewpoints of the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists regarding the ratification of the Constitution and inclusion of a bill of rights. / n/a / Low / SR / Federalists
15 / SS.7.C.1.8 Explain the viewpoints of the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists regarding the ratification of the Constitution and inclusion of a bill of rights. / n/a / Moderate / TA/QA / Viewpoints of Federalists v. Anti-Federalists
Skill Code / Skill Description
SR / Simple Recall: usually a web level 1 question- requires a student to recall content information in a simple manner.
RA / Recall Application: usually a web level 1 or 2 question- requires a student to recall content information and apply it in some manner.
TA/QA / Text Analysis/Application & Quote Analysis/Application: usually a web level 2 or 3 question- requires a student to read and analyze or apply an excerpt from a text. This category also includes analyzing quotes which is usually a web level 2 or 3 type of question, and requires a student to read and analyze or apply meaning from a quote.
SA / Stimuli Application: usually a web level 2 or 3 question- requires a student to analyze a stimulus, such as a graph, timeline, chart, image etc., and extract meaning from the stimuli.
PC / Political Cartoon: usually a web level 2 or 3 question- requires a student to extract meaning regarding content from a political cartoon.